The Bearded Trio

When it was announced that Jumanji ( read our review here ) was being remade with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Kevin Hart, many of us would probably admit to rolling our eyes a little. The fact of the matter is that there have been a number of what could be considered nostalgia-baiting remakes over the years and the large majority have slavishly referenced the original films and their respective time periods with little else in the way of substance. Nostalgia Is Our Oldest Friend However, Jumanji has proven to be both a critical and commercial success due to the fact that it subtly references the 1995 original - the second act contains a brief but necessary reference to Robin Williams' original character and we even get to see the original board game in the opening sequences - and yet it manages to do so without it feeling like a simple token gesture. A post shared by Dwayne Johnson 💘 (@team_rock) on Dec 21, 2017 at 6:49am PST The success of Jumanji ...

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale Based on Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Screenplay by Chris McKenna, Eric Sommers, Jake Kasdan, Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner Directed by Jake Kasdan Out of Four Joe Johnston's 1995 fantasy Jumanji was a pleasant surprise for that holds a great deal of setimental value, so when we heard that a remake was in developement, we weren't excited. Plain and simple, remaking a Robin Williams movie is one of the worst things Hollywood can do this decade, and while he can be fun in the right role, Dwayne Johnson is no Robin Williams. And when we heard the premise: A group of teenagers get sucked into a role-playing video game version in the bodies of their characters, we were torn between disappointment that it would ruin the similar screenplay we wrote 9 years ago for a Dungeons & Dragons based comedy/fantasy, and the fact that clearly w...