Whisper “Jumanji” to any millennial, and they’ll immediately hear the haunting drumbeats that signaled yet another shocking twist in the 1995 classic about two children lured into playing a cursed board game. For over two decades, the action-adventure movie, which starred Robin Williams, delivered an irreplaceable combination of fright and fun. (Though the unofficial 2005 spin-off, Zathura: A Space Adventure, did try to match it.) But 2017’s official continuation of the saga, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle — now streaming on Netflix — features several distinctive changes to the ’90s blockbuster.

When students Spencer (Alex Wolff), Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain), Bethany (Madison Iseman), and Martha (Morgan Turner) all land themselves in detention, they’re forced to clean out the high school’s basement, where they discover an old gaming system. Deciding they deserve a break, the four set up the ancient ’90s tech to play a video game they’ve never heard of before: Jumanji. But the second they each choose their avatars — played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan, respectively — the whole group gets sucked into the cursed game (literally). Dropped into the middle of the jungle, they must survive dangerous predators, scheming archeologists, bewitched jewels, and each other in order to return to real life. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is directed by Jake Kasdan (Red One), and has a 2019 sequel titled Jumanji: The Next Level.

When will Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle be released?

Stream it now.

Who’s in the cast of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle?

• Dwayne Johnson (Red Notice) as Spencer Gilpin
• Alex Wolff (Dude) as Spencer in the real world
• Kevin Hart (Lift) as Anthony “Fridge” Johnson
• Ser’Darius Blain (When the Game Stands Tall) as Fridge in the real world
• Jack Black (Anaconda) as Bethany Walker
• Madison Iseman (Annabelle Comes Home) as Bethany in the real world
• Karen Gillan (The Bubble) as Martha Kaply
• Morgan Turner (Mildred Pierce) as Martha in the real world
• Rhys Darby (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) as Nigel Billingsley
• Bobby Cannavale (Thunder Force) as Russell Van Pelt
• Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers Family Roast) as Alex Vreeke
• Missi Pyle (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) as Coach Webb
• Marc Evan Jackson (The Baby-Sitters Club) as Principal Bentley
   

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