Calm down, The Rock just let everyone know that the new “Jumanji” is NOT a reboot

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Calm down, The Rock just let everyone know that the new “Jumanji” is NOT a reboot

Calm down, The Rock just let everyone know that the new “Jumanji” is NOT a reboot
Calm down, The Rock just let everyone know that the new “Jumanji” is NOT a reboot

When a precious movie from your childhood is rebooted, you are either like “YES, I’VE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS,” or you’re like “boooo, how dare you touch my favorite VHS from when I was six.”

So when a new Jumanji movie was announced earlier this year, everyone seemed to fall into one of these two categories. The 1995 movie was probably one of the first to completely scare the bejesus out of you, and in hindsight it probably holds a huge place in your heart because of the late Robin Williams. So could The Rock, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Nick Jonas really do a remake justice?

Well, rest assured. The Jumanji movie isn’t actually a remake. It’s not even a reboot. It’s, very simply, a sequel.

Taking to Instagram, The Rock (aka, Dwayne Johnson, but it’s just so much fun to always call him The Rock), reassured the world that this new movie is actually a continuation and that it hopes to “honor the legend of ‘Alan Parris‘” — aka, Williams’ character in the OG movie.

Yo.. Lots of positive chatter now on something I should've clarified months ago when we announced we were making JUMANJI. This new movie will NOT be a remake or reboot of the original. It will be a CONTINUATION of the awesome JUMANJI adventure 20 years later. As a producer on this movie and someone who loves the original, you have my word we'll honor the legend of "Alan Parrish" and properly introduce a whole new generation to the fun and crazy JUMANJI universe that so many of us loved and grew up on. Our director Jake Kasdan and lead producer Matt Tohlmach are focused and ready go. They also have no f*cking idea what they've gotten themselves into by hiring Me, Kevin Hart and Jack Black aka "The Cray Cray Triplets" as the stars of this movie. Shooting begins in 4 weeks. And on a personal note, it's such a cool thing for me to bring the production of this movie to Hawaii. The positive ripple effect it has on local businesses and families in terms of creating jobs and additional income makes me very happy. I grew up on the island thru hard times and good times, so it means a lot to this local boy. Hell, I used to steal a Snickers candy bar every day from 7-11 when I walked to the gym as my pre workout meal when I was 14yrs cause I was too broke to buy one. When I return to Hawaii, I will go back to that 7-11 (on Kapiolani Blvd) and finally buy that Snickers bar after all these years. Then I'll proceed to my psychiatric therapy session cause clearly I'm still messed up over that broke time in my life. #JUMANJI #HAWAII #SonyPictures #SnickersForTheWholeCrew

A photo posted by therock (@therock) on Aug 22, 2016 at 9:50am PDT

Of course this new Jumanji will be a continuation of the first, because if you remember correctly, the Jumanji book is still out there. At the very very end of the OG movie, Alan throws the book into the river, and sometime later, the book washes up on the beach in France. This new Jumanji is actually set to take place in Hawaii…which means that someone else has probably thrown the book into a body of water over the last 20 years. Hope this new crew knows exactly what they’re getting into.

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