Welcome to the Jungle takes place in the present-day (circa 2017 or so), with the original Jumanji board game having been adapted into a video game at some point over the twenty-plus years that have passed between Jumanji films.
That said, the combination of star-power and brand recognition – coupled with what sounds like a creative video game-based premise – will certainly give Welcome to the Jungle a proper fighting chance at the box office.
Those in-game characters include Dr. Smolder Bravestone.
Welcome to the Jungle marks a change of pace for director Jake Kasdan and finds the filmmaker working in more family-friendly adventure territory after having specialized in R-Rated raunchy comedies for much of the past decade.