Jungle Cruise (film)

Jungle Cruise is an upcoming American adventure film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay written by Michael Green, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, based on Walt Disney's theme park attraction of the same name. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Édgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti.

Jungle Cruise
Theatrical release poster with original release date
Directed byJaume Collet-Serra
Produced by
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Glenn Ficarra
  • John Requa
Based onJungle Cruise
by Walt Disney
Starring
Music byJames Newton Howard
CinematographyFlavio Labiano
Edited byJoel Negron
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Jungle Cruise is scheduled to be released on July 30, 2021 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Premise

Set during the early 20th century, a riverboat captain named Frank takes a scientist and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find the Tree of Life which is believed to possess healing powers. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals and a competing German expedition.

Cast

Production

Early versions

In September 2004, it was announced that Jungle Cruise would be developed for Mandeville Films, with a script by Josh Goldstein & John Norville. The film was loosely inspired by the theme park attraction of the same name. The film was announced to take place within the twentieth century.[3] In February 2011, it was announced that Toy Story stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would star in the long-gestating film, with a script to be written by Roger S. H. Schulman.[4]

Casting

In August 2015, it was announced that Walt Disney Pictures was redeveloping its film adaptation based on Jungle Cruises, to star Dwayne Johnson.[5] The script would be written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, and the film produced by John Davis and John Fox, with the intention to harken back to its period roots.[5] In April 2017, Johnson expressed his interest in having Patty Jenkins helm the project,[6] but in July 2017, Jaume Collet-Serra was announced as the director of the film.[7]

In January 2018, Emily Blunt joined the cast.[8] The same month, Michael Green was reported to have rewritten the script, previously worked on by Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne.[9] In March 2018, Jack Whitehall joined the cast to portray the brother of Blunt's character.[10][11] In April 2018, Édgar Ramírez and Jesse Plemons joined the cast to portray villains with the former being "a man with a conquistador background".[12][13] In May 2018, Paul Giamatti joined the cast to portray a “crusty harbormaster.”[14] In June 2018, Quim Gutiérrez joined the cast to portray one of the villains.[15]

In December 2018, it was reported that Whitehall's character would be gay and would have a coming out scene in the film with Johnson.[2] This would be the second incidence of a gay character in a live-action Disney film, the first being Le Fou, portrayed by Josh Gad, in the 2017 adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. There was some backlash over the report, with some online expressing anger over a straight man being cast as a "camp" gay character.[16]

Filming

Principal photography began on May 14, 2018, in Hawaii.[17] Filming wrapped after several months on September 14.[18]

Post-production

Joel Negron serves as editor on the film, with DNEG, Industrial Light & Magic, Rodeo FX and Weta Digital providing the visual effects.[19][20]

On January 23, 2019, it was announced that James Newton Howard was hired to create the musical score of the film.[21]

Release

Jungle Cruise is scheduled to be released on July 30, 2021.[22] Initially, it was slated for October 11, 2019 before being moved to July 24, 2020,[23] and was delayed to its current date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

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See also

References
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  15. Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ Adds Spain’s Quim Gutiérrez (EXCLUSIVE)
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