‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Trailer: Danny DeVito And Danny Glover Enter The Game As Two New Players In ‘Jumanji 3’
TheJumanji 3has just changed up the game with the arrival of two new players in the form of…Danny DeVitoandDanny Glover? The septuagenarians don’t seem like people who would get anywhere near video games, but they get pulled into the magical jungle world ofJumanjiregardless inJumanji: The Next Level, the highly anticipated sequel to Sony’s 2017 mega-hitJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
This time, DeVito and Glover’s characters — two cranky grandpas who happen to be in the same house when theJumanjigame malfunctions — are swapped into the bodies ofDwayne JohnsonandKevin Hart. That’s right, this is a whole movie of Dwayne Johnson doing a Danny DeVito impression. Watch theJumanji The Next Leveltrailer below.
Jumanji The Next Level Trailer
We’d long theorized that the upcomingJumanjifilm would switch things up by putting returning kid actorsAlex Wolff,Madison Iseman,Ser’Darius Blain, andMorgan Turnerin different avatar bodies, but we couldn’t have anticipated DeVito and Glover joining the game — literally. InJumanji: The Next Level, DeVito plays Wolff’s grandfather while Glover is his friend who happens to be visiting when the game malfunctions and sucks everyone in. Turner’s awkward teen Martha ends up back in the Ruby Roundhouse avatar (Karen Gillan), but everyone else is jumbled up: Blain’s Anthony ends up taking Professor Sheldon Oberon (Jack Black) while DeVito and Glover find themselves swapped with none other than Dr. Bravestone (Johnson) and Franklin Finbar (Hart), respectively. Cue: several minutes of jokes as Ruby and Professor Sheldon have to explain what a video game is to Bravestone and Finbar.
Already this sequel looks like a riot — Johnson surprised in the last film with his ability to emulate a vulnerably teenage boy, and now the prospect of him doing a two-hour Danny DeVito impression is just hilarious. Hart is having a blast too, leaning into his cranky Glover persona. While Jack Black’s black teenager persona could potentially wear thin, it seems like Gillan is relishing in stepping up to the protagonist role, as as Ruby realizes the game is “busted” and they must undergo a new quest to find Spencer (Wolff) and Bethany (Iseman), now mysteriously missing.Also returningforJumanji 3will beNick Jonas’character, who ended up being played byColin Hanks, also set to return.Rhys Darbyis also back as the game’s guide, Nigel.Awkwafinais another newcomer entering the game, and we get a glimpse of her in the trailer.
Jake Kasdanwill be back behind the camera as director, and the script will again be written byScott RosenbergandJeff Pinkner.Jumanji: The Next Levelhits theaters onDecember 13, 2019.
