According to Deadline, Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Run All Night, The Shallows) has been chosen to direct superstar Dwayne Johnson (The Fate of the Furious) in Jungle Cruise, Disney’s live-action film based on their popular theme park attraction.
Writer-director pair John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (Focus, Crazy, Stupid, Love.) were originally set to pen the Jungle Cruise script, though J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay (Star Trek Beyond) wrote the most recent draft.
Another attempt was made in 2011 with Disney officially announcing an adaptation starring Toy Story‘s own Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.
The film is slated to begin shooting in spring of 2018.