Traveling to a forest beyond the desert, the group crosses a series of rope bridges, while being attacked by a group of mandrills. Meanwhile, Eddie bickers with Milo, revealing their friendship ended when Milo sold their diner behind Eddie's back, forcing him into retirement. However, the group struggles to adjust to the avatar changes: Fridge has trouble figuring out how Oberon is even relevant to the game, Spencer's meekness makes him unable to fully utilize Ming's skills, Milo's tendency to 'take the scenic route' when talking makes him unable to relay vital information quickly, and Eddie's hotheaded stubbornness costs the group several lives. While attempting to escape the desert, they face new challenges and problems, along with collecting a Jumanji Berry and discovering a pool of glowing green water that allows them to switch avatars. Apologizing for their predicament, Spencer joins them. Transported to a desert to pursue Jurgen, and narrowly escaping a herd of ostriches, the team encounters Spencer who has a new avatar, a skilled female thief called Ming Fleetfoot. Meanwhile, Bethany, still out of the game and in the real world, finds the other Jumanji player, Alex Vreeke, for help. To leave the game, they must end the drought by recovering a magical necklace known as the Falcon Heart, stolen by warlord and Bravestone’s rival, Jurgen the Brutal. Smolder Bravestone and Franklin "Mouse" Finbar (who had been Spencer and Fridge respectively).Īfter explaining Jumanji's rules to Eddie and Milo, they encounter a non-player character, Nigel Billingsley, the game guide, who reveals that Jumanji is suffering from a massive drought. Fridge becomes Professor Sheldon Oberon (who had been Bethany previously), while Eddie and Milo become Dr.
Inside the game, Martha becomes an avatar named Ruby Roundhouse (whom she had been previously). Eddie and Milo are also sucked into the game inadvertently while Bethany is left behind. Fridge, Martha, and Bethany realize he has gone into the game and they follow Spencer. When he is late to the meet-up, his friends visit his mother's, and are greeted by Spencer's grandfather, Eddie, and Eddie's estranged friend and former business partner, Milo Walker. The night before, Spencer, feeling despondent that his life isn't as glamorous as his friends', gets out Jumanji. In 2019, two years after their previous adventures in Jumanji, Spencer Gilpin, Anthony "Fridge" Johnson, Martha Kaply, and Bethany Walker plan to meet up over Christmas break to discuss their first year out of school. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $800 million worldwide against a $125–132 million budget, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2019. Jumanji: The Next Level was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing, under its Columbia Pictures label. Principal photography took place during 2019, between January 21 to May 11 in locations including Atlanta, New Mexico, Alberta, and Hawaii, with much of the cast consisting of those from the previous film, reprising their original roles for the sequel. There, they all find themselves facing new problems and challenges with both old and new avatars while having to save the land from a new villain to escape.
The film's plot takes place two years after Welcome to the Jungle, in which the same group of teenagers, along with an old friend and two unwitting additions, become trapped in Jumanji once again. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser'Darius Blain, and Madison Iseman reprising their roles from the previous film while Awkwafina, Rory McCann, Danny Glover, and Danny DeVito also join the cast. It is a sequel to 2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the second follow-up to 1995's Jumanji, and is the fourth installment in the Jumanji franchise.
Jumanji: The Next Level is a 2019 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and co-written by Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg.