Sony’s next Jumanji film is moving into production in November in Los Angeles, with the core quartet of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan set to return under director Jake Kasdan. Casting is expanding as well: Brittany O’Grady and Burn Gorman have joined the ensemble, signaling another ensemble-driven chapter for the franchise that migrated the game board into a video-game conceit for its recent entries. The production start was first reported this week, with filming planned to begin next month.
The project reunites the key creative team behind the previous installments while refreshing the roster with new faces, a template that helped the last films broaden their audience beyond fans of the 1995 original. Plot details are under wraps, but the Los Angeles start suggests a mix of stage work and location shooting before any overseas legs, a pattern the series has used to balance scale with practical logistics. Updates on preproduction indicate budgets and schedules are being finalized ahead of the November call, aligning with the studio’s holiday-season ambitions for the brand.
The franchise’s recent momentum provides the commercial backdrop for the new entry. After the 2017 revival introduced the video-game avatar twist, 2019’s The Next Level extended the premise and finished with strong global earnings, reinforcing audience appetite for character-swapping comedy inside a muscular adventure frame. That box-office track record, combined with the returning cast’s social reach, has made another sequel a reliable bet as studios position known properties for late-year theatrical corridors.
While neither a final title nor full storyline has been made public, the casting of O’Grady and Gorman points to the same genre blend the series favors: a family-friendly action comedy that can fold in heist, survival, and quest elements while giving the leads room for physical humor. With cameras due to roll in November and development milestones now locked, the film moves from long-running speculation into tangible production, setting the table for a marketing handoff once first-look materials emerge.
