Dwayne Johnson Reveals Disney’s Jungle Cruise 2 Replace: Sequel Plans Stalled

4 years after the primary film hit theaters, Dwayne Johnson simply gave a devastating new replace about Disney’s Jungle Cruise 2. Different Disney theme park rides, like The Haunted Mansion and, most notably, Pirates of the Caribbean, have been was films. Jungle Cruise acquired the movie remedy in 2021 with stars Johnson and Emily Blunt within the lead roles.

Over the previous few years, Disney began growing a sequel to Jungle Cruise. Nonetheless, Johnson simply revealed that these plans are now not in movement. The actor defined to EW that as Disney was shifting out of the COVID-19 pandemic, new management was put in on the firm, and their priorities have now modified.

In line with Johnson, Disney realized that they need not “revisit it once more.”

“I do not assume so. I believe when Disney got here below new management, they only shifted popping out of COVID. COVID shifted our enterprise in lots of methods. I believe they checked out that property and thought, we did it as soon as, unsure if we must always revisit it once more. Regardless of whether or not or not our chemistry was nice.

Blunt added that she and Johnson have come to phrases with the truth that Disney in the end did not wish to make Jungle Cruise 2, regardless of how nice their chemistry was on-screen. “That is superb,” she mentioned.

They didn’t wish to set sail once more, and that is superb.

Bob Chapek was the CEO on the time that Jungle Cruise was launched in theaters, however now Bob Iger is again to make a course correction with the corporate earlier than he arms it off to a brand new successor.

The COVID-19 pandemic performed a significant position within the rollout of Jungle Cruise. After being scheduled for July 2020, the pandemic compelled Disney to delay the movie till July 2021. The caveat is that Jungle Cruise was launched on Disney+ with Premier Entry concurrently with the theatrical launch.

The Premiere Entry function, which was an additional price on high of a Disney+ subscription, was added to the streaming service when Disney wasn’t capable of launch films in theaters as a result of pandemic. Different films launched with Premiere Entry included the live-action Mulan, Raya and the Final Dragon, Cruella and Black Widow.

Regardless of moviegoers having the choice to look at it at house, Jungle Cruise nonetheless managed to gross $220.9 million on the field workplace. The movie was acquired properly by followers (receiving a 92% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes), although critics weren’t as receptive, giving the Johnson and Blunt flick a 62% rating.

Regardless of having to navigate numerous obstacles just like the pandemic, it appeared inevitable {that a} sequel can be greenlit. Johnson, a producer on the movie, and Blunt had reportedly signed on to Jungle Cruise 2, with Jaume Collet-Serra as director and Michael Inexperienced as screenwriter. As lately as fall 2022, it was revealed that Inexperienced was engaged on the script.

Now 5 years have handed since that main replace, with Johnson and Blunt revealing that plans have stalled as a consequence of new management. It is potential that Disney could not assure Jungle Cruise 2 can be a field workplace hit, contemplating the primary movie’s pandemic-related circumstances. It doesn’t matter what led to Disney’s choice, Jungle Cruise 2 is lifeless.

Luckily for followers of Johnson, his relationship with Disney continues to be going robust, regardless of the disappointing information about Jungle Cruise 2. Zootopia 2 hits screens on November 26, and a live-action remake of Moana shall be launched in July 2026. The identical goes for Blunt, as The Satan Wears Prada 2 will lastly arrive in Might 2026.