Action-Adventure 'Jungle Cruise' Movie starring The Rock and Emily Blunt

[Fallen Angel]

Dwayne Johnson to Star in 'Jungle Cruise' Movie for Disneyhttp://thr.cm/IWiOeU

Dwayne Johnson is teaming up with Disney to translate a theme park ride to the big-screen.


Johnson is attached to star in Jungle Cruise, based on the classic ride, while John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the duo behind the Will Smith heist movie Focus, have been tapped to write the script.

The duo, who have directed movies such as Focus and Stupid Crazy Love, are not attached to helm at this stage.
John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment, the banner behind Man From U.N.C.L.E, are producing.
Johnson’s involvement once again puts the Jungle boat back into the water after a multi-year dry-dock phase.


Disney has been trying to mount a movie based on the popular ride since at least 2004, during the years when the success of The Pirates of the Caribbean set sail many ride-based projects.

The studio last tried to develop the project as a starring vehicle for Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in early 2011 with writer Roger S.H. Schulman. Jungle Cruise is one of the Disneyland’s original rides and has a retro adventure vibe, transporting parkgoers into a mélange of African settings such as the Nile River and Congo River, encountering rhinos and hippos and headhunters along the way. There’s an Amazon River section featuring piranhas.

While the Hanks-Allen iteration was to have been set in modern times, the new take brings the project back to its’ period roots with even the intent to harken Cruise to movies such as The African Queen, the 1951 classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn adventure movie that was one of the original inspirations for the ride.
Johnson is pumped to take a ride down the river: “[Disney production president] Sean Bailey and Disney have been awesome partners and now the fun part begins ... We’re starting to put in the work with Requa and Ficarra and our creative team. Fired up about this one. Here we go.”

The project is in early development and it’s unclear where it would fit into Johnson’s busy schedule. The actor is currently shooting the action comedy Central Intelligence for New Line and will shoot Baywatch with Zac Efron early next year. He is also due to reteam with his San Andreas director Brad Peyton for New Line’s adaptation of the video game Rampage.
Also on the docket, although without any specific dates, are a new Fast & Furious movie and a Shazam! Movie.
The actor already has an anchor in Disney by being a lead voice in Moana, the animated project that emerged as one of the buzzy movies out of company's D23 Expo last weekend.
Kristin Burr is overseeing Cruise for Disney.

 

[Sawyer]

Johnson getting that Disney $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Snow Queen]

We better get a back side of water joke in the film.

 

[Fallen Angel]

The mouse get's everyone eventually.

 

[Hypestyle]

He'd be better of joining Marvel in some MCU films. Oh well.

 

[Fallen Angel]

He'd be better of joining Marvel in some MCU films. Oh well.

He's already been cast as Black Adam in the DC universe.

 

[Fallen Angel]

http://screenrant.com/dwayne-johnson-jungle-cruise-1920s/

Dwayne Johnson Confirms Jungle Cruise Movie Set In the 1920s.

Johnson took to his Instagram account to confirm that Ficarra and Requa are actively working on the Jungle Cruise movie script, citing Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride-turned movie franchise as being the template for how the screenwriters are approaching the task of turning Jungle Cruise into a popular genre movie. More interesting, though, is The Rock’s confirmation that Jungle Cruise will indeed retain the early 20th century setting and inspiration of the original theme park ride.

 

[terry78]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dwayne-johnsons-jungle-cruise-is-a-go-at-disney-991947


Officially greenlight and set for 2018.

 

[chaseter]

Forget Rotten Tomatoes, Dwayne Johnson is destroying the film industry.

 

[Alien Anal]

What's with The Rock in jungle set films.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Jumanji prequel.

 

[samsnee]

I like the Rock but his movies start to feel the same after awhile.

 

[dude stannis]

He's still got Rampage and Chinese Die Hard to shoot and he's very mercurial with the order of films.

 

[chaseter]

I'm sure he's in no hurry to make the next mediocre/bad film.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Jaume Collet-Serra To Direct Dwayne Johnson In ‘Jungle Cruise:’ No ‘Suicide Squad 2’ http://deadline.com/2017/07/dwayne-johnson-jungle-cruise-jaume-collet-serra-director-disney-suicide-squad-2-1202139090/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

: Jaume Collet-Serra has been set by Disney to direct Dwayne Johnson in Jungle Cruise. This means that Collet-Serra will withdraw from Suicide Squad 2, the Warner Bros sequel for which he was top choice. After directing a bunch of hit movies that included last summer’s sleeper The Shallows, Collet-Serra has been poised to take that step to star filmmaker, and numerous studios chased his next slot. He decided that the opportunity to originate a new Indiana Jones-like action-adventure franchise in lockstep with one of the most globally bankable film stars — like Gore Verbinski did with Johnny Depp in The Pirates of the Caribbean — was a better opportunity than continuing a storyline originated by another director. Production will begin late next spring.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Something tells me this movie won't be as good as the one the ride was largely based on (John Huston's The African Queen).

 

[Black Narcissus]

Jaume Collet-Serra To Direct Dwayne Johnson In ‘Jungle Cruise:’ No ‘Suicide Squad 2’ http://deadline.com/2017/07/dwayne-johnson-jungle-cruise-jaume-collet-serra-director-disney-suicide-squad-2-1202139090/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

YAS!

Keep him away from Swad and Patty from this.

Two birds with one stone. Win/Win.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Any of you guy's been on the Jungle Cruise ride?

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Any of you guy's been on the Jungle Cruise ride?

At Magic Kingdom, yes. Always thought it was kind of meh. Busch Gardens is much better for that sort of thing.

My actual personal preference would be to take one of the many real river boat cruises that they have throughout the state.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Any of you guy's been on the Jungle Cruise ride?

I have been on the Walt Disney World version quite a few times (we're a Disney family). I'm really hoping this movie doesn't abandon the corny Skipper humor from the ride that makes it fun. If they lose that part of the charm, then it's just another action movie.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Emily Blunt Joins Dwayne Johnson in Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' http://thr.cm/lOGJgW

 

[terry78]

How about that.

 

[Spider-Fan]

This thing is just CRUISING along

 

[superman-mos]

I haven’t seen a thread for this one yet and just wanted to put it out there. The Rock is a solid action star whose films are all blockbusters( baywatch not included). Who doesn’t love Emily?? She is a beautiful and talented actress. Being based off of a Disney ride could make one a little nervous but so were the Pirate movies, the original 3 were pretty good and made lots of money. Jungle cruise is said to have an Indy vibe ( not enough of those these days) and a bit of The African Queen which is another great film. I for one am kind of excited for this one. Thoughts ??

 

[I Am The Knight]

Another Rock jungle themed film?