Are Disney‘s sequel plans for Jungle Cruise 2 dead in the water? Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt think so. While speaking to The Awardist podcast host Gerrad Hall about the possibility of a follow-up to 2021’s Jungle Cruise, Johnson revealed {that a} sequel to the action-adventure movie, which earned $220 million on the international field workplace, is unlikely to occur.
When requested if a Jungle Cruise 2 stays afloat, Johnson mentioned, “I don’t think so.”
“I think when Disney came under new leadership, they just shifted coming out of COVID,” the actor continued. “COVID shifted our business in a lot of ways. I think they looked at that property and thought, ‘We did it once, not sure if we should revisit it again.’ Despite whether or not our chemistry was great.”
Blunt added, “They did not want to set sail again, and that’s fine.”
Jungle Cruise is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and is ready throughout the early twentieth century. Within the movie, a riverboat captain named Frank (Dwayne Johnson) takes a scientist (Emily Blunt) and her brother (Jack Whitehall) on a mission right into a jungle to seek out the Tree of Life which is believed to own therapeutic powers. All of the whereas the trio should battle in opposition to harmful wild animals and a competing German expedition. The movie additionally stars Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti, Andy Nyman, Quim Gutierrez, Dani Rovira, Veronica Falcon, and Simone Lockhart.
Disney’s Jungle Cruise set sail on July 30, each in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Entry, for an extra value of $30. Woof! I keep in mind that transfer. Rattling. What had been they pondering? The movie generated $34.2 million in ticket gross sales from theaters and an extra $30 million from Disney+. Ultimately, Jungle Cruise sailed to $221 million, a greater than admirable displaying all issues thought-about.
Are you upset to listen to {that a} Jungle Cruise 2 is unlikely? What different Disney theme park attraction do you suppose is value adapting into a significant movement image? Did you watch Jungle Cruise? Did you take pleasure in it? Be happy to pontificate within the feedback part beneath and share your ideas.
