American television and film director, Jake Kasdan will direct Columbia Pictures’ Jumanji remake, according to reports.
Kasdan will direct from a script by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner, with the original draft having been penned by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
He is known for directing Zero Effect (1998), Orange County (2002), The TV Set (2007), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Bad Teacher (2011) and Sex Tape (2014).
The remake will be a re-imagination of the 1981 children’s book, Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg, that inspired Joe Johnston’s 1995 film.
The 1995’s Jumanji‘s cast included the late Robin Williams along with Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, David Alan Grier and Patricia Clarkson.
Jumanji (picture book) storyline:
“While their parents are out for the evening, Judy and Peter Shepherd, after playing with some toys, become bored and don’t know what to do so they go to the park.
There they find a jungle adventure game called Jumanji, which seems to have been abandoned. They take Jumanji home and find a warning message: ‘Do not begin unless you intend to finish.’ They start playing, only to discover that the game is real: any dangers encountered in the game spring to life somewhere in the house.
When Peter rolls on a lion, a real lion appears, which Judy and Peter trap in their mother’s bedroom. Judy rolls on a stampede, Peter rolls on a monsoon, and Judy rolls on an explorer—each appears in real life to wreak havoc in the house.
Still they continue to play, hoping that by finishing the game everything will go back to normal. The game finally ends when Judy rolls a volcano and yells ‘JUMANJI!’ In an instant everything is back to normal, and the siblings quickly return the game to the park before their parents finally return.
The story ends when Judy and Peter look outside and see their neighbors, Danny and Walter, excitedly returning from the park with Jumanji in their hands and their mother claims they never bother to finish the games they play, nor read the instructions.”
The remake will be produced by Matt Tolmach & Bill Teitler. Ted Field and Mike Weber are set to serve as executive producers.
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Source: Deadline.