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Jungle Cruise
File:Jungle Cruise film logo.jpg
Official logo
Directed byJaume Collet-Serra
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFlavio Martínez Labiano
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • July 24, 2020 (2020-07-24)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Jungle Cruise is an upcoming American adventure film based on the Disney theme park attraction of the same name. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, the film will star Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Jack Whitehall, and is set for release on July 24, 2020, by Walt Disney Pictures.[1]

Premise

Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression, a riverboat captain named Frank takes a scientist and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find a tree believed to possess healing powers. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals, and a competing German expedition.

Cast

Production

Development

In September 2006, it was announced that Jungle Cruise would be developed for Mandeville Films, with a script by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, loosely inspired by the theme park attraction of the same name. Details have not been forthcoming, apart from confirmation that the film is set in the twentieth century.[4]

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.[5]

In December 2018, it was reported that actor Jack Whitehall's character would be homosexual and would have a coming out scene in the film with Dwayne Johnson.[6] This would be the second incidence of a gay character in a Disney film, the first being Le Fou, portrayed by Josh Gad, in the 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. There was some backlash over the report, with a few expressing outrage over a straight man being cast as a "camp" gay character.[7]

Casting

On August 9, 2015, it was announced that Walt Disney Pictures was redeveloping its film adaptation based on Jungle Cruises, to star Dwayne Johnson.[8] The script will be written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, and the film will be produced by John Davis and John Fox. The film is intended to hark back to its period roots.[8] In April 2017, Johnson expressed his interest in having Patty Jenkins helm the project.[9] In July 2017, Jaume Collet-Serra was announced as the director of the film, dropping out of Suicide Squad 2 in order to do so.[10] In January 2018, Emily Blunt joined the cast.[11] That same month, Michael Green was reported to have rewritten the script, previously worked on by Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne.[12] In March 2018, Jack Whitehall joined the cast to portray the brother of Blunt’s character, although there was some social media backlash about a straight actor playing a "camp gay character".[13][14] In April 2018, Édgar Ramírez and Jesse Plemons joined the cast to portray villains with the former being “a man with a conquistador background”.[15][16] In May 2018, Paul Giamatti joined the cast to portray a “crusty harbormaster.”[17] In June 2018, Quim Gutiérrez joined the cast to portray one of the villains.[18]

Filming

Principal production commenced on May 14, 2018, in Hawaii.[19] Johnson stated filming will begin proper the following week.[20] Filming wrapped on September 14.[21]

Release

Jungle Cruise is set to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on July 24, 2020. The film was originally scheduled to be released on October 11, 2019, but on October 19, 2018, Johnson announced on behalf of Disney that the film had been delayed to 2020.[22]

References

  1. ^ Welk, Brian (October 19, 2018). "Dwayne Johnson's 'Jungle Cruise' Release Pushed Back 9 Months to Summer 2020". thewrap.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' Has Coming Out Scene with Openly Gay Character". TMZ. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  3. ^ "Disney's Jungle Cruise Casts Edgar Ramírez As Its Villain". ScreenRant. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  4. ^ Stix (September 21, 2006). "Jungle Cruises to Big Screen". IGN. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
  5. ^ Young, John (February 18, 2011). "Disney pairing Tom Hanks and Tim Allen for 'Jungle Cruise'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' Has Coming Out Scene with Openly Gay Character". TMZ. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  7. ^ "Disney slammed after reportedly casting Jack Whitehall as gay character in "Jungle Cruise"". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  8. ^ a b Kit, Borys (April 9, 2015). "Dwayne Johnson to Star in 'Jungle Cruise' Movie for Disney (Exclusive)". Deadline. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "Dwayne Johnson Wants Patty Jenkins to Direct 'Jungle Cruise'".
  10. ^ Jr, Mike Fleming (31 July 2017). "Jaume Collet-Serra To Direct Dwayne Johnson In 'Jungle Cruise': No 'Suicide Squad 2'".
  11. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (30 January 2018). "Emily Blunt Joins Dwayne Johnson in Disney's 'Jungle Cruise'". Deadline. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  12. ^ Kroll, Justin (January 30, 2018). "Emily Blunt to Star With Dwayne Johnson in Disney's Jungle Cruise (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  13. ^ Kroll, Justin (26 March 2018). "'Jungle Cruise' Taps British Comedian Jack Whitehall to Star With Dwayne Johnson (EXCLUSIVE)".
  14. ^ "Jack Whitehall to play Disney's first openly gay character in new film". Gay Star News. 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  15. ^ "Edgar Ramirez Joins Dwayne Johnson in 'Jungle Cruise' (Exclusive)".
  16. ^ Kroll, Justin (19 April 2018). "Jesse Plemons Lands Villain Role Opposite Dwayne Johnson in Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' (EXCLUSIVE)".
  17. ^ "Paul Giamatti Joins Dwayne Johnson in Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' (Exclusive)".
  18. ^ Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ Adds Spain’s Quim Gutiérrez (EXCLUSIVE)
  19. ^ "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Kicks Off 'Hardcore' Eight-Month Workout Program". 11 May 2018.
  20. ^ therock (May 15, 2018). "Lil' nervous signing the biggest contract of my career for JUNGLE CRUISE". Instagram. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  21. ^ ‘Jungle Cruise’ shooting finally wrapped up
  22. ^ Welk, Brian (October 19, 2018). "Dwayne Johnson's 'Jungle Cruise' Release Pushed Back 9 Months to Summer 2020". thewrap.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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