Kasdan directed Welcome to the Jungle from a script credited to Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg - co-creators of the campy animals-run-amok TV series Zoo - as well as The LEGO Batman Movie and Spider-Man: Homecoming cowriters Chris McKenna (who is also credited for the story) and Erik Sommers. Welcome to the Jungle is an entertaining - if shallow - return to the world of Jumanji that's intended more for youngsters than nostalgic adults. With comedy filmmaker Jake Kasdan - director of the musician biopic parody Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and the Cameron Diaz comedies Bad Teacher and Sex Tape - calling the shots, Welcome to the Jungle is also much goofier than Joe Johnston's more dramatic take on Jumanji in the 1990s. Much like the 1995 Jumanji served as a family-friendly starring vehicle for the late Robin Williams, Welcome to the Jungle allows headliner Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson a chance to flex his acting (and literal) muscles in a mostly kid-friendly context. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a (quasi) sequel to the 1995 action-adventure film Jumanji, which itself was based on the illustrated children's book by Chris Van Allsburg.
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