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How Disney’s Controversial Jungle Cruise Ride Was Adapted for the Screen—and What It Means for Indigenous Representation

O ver the years, a number of Disney’s theme park attractions have served as inspiration for films: The Country Bears (2002), The Haunted Mansion (2003) and, most notably, the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Jungle Cruise is the latest addition to this sub-genre. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, the film—released in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on July 30, and topping the weekend box office with $90M globally, which factors in over $30M on streaming—is based on the ride of the same name. Jungle Cruise was on Disneyland’s roster when the theme park opened in 1955, and has since become an iconic attraction, operating at Disney theme parks in Orlando, Tokyo and Hong Kong in addition to the original Anaheim location.

But the popular ride has long faced criticism for its racist portrayal of Indigenous peoples. In January 2021, Imagineering—the arm of Disney that creates and constructs its theme parks— announced that it would be updating the 66-year-old ride to address “negative depictions of natives.” In July, two weeks before the film’s release, Disney shared that it was reopening the revamped attraction.

On the ride, visitors to the Jungle Cruise journey on boats through major rivers of the world, from the Amazon to the Nile, as animatronic characters emerge from corners of the jungle. A skipper, who keeps guests entertained with dad jokes and corny puns, serves as a guide. The film also ventures into the Amazon jungle, with Dwayne Johnson playing the skipper, Frank Wolff. Set in 1916, Jungle Cruise follows British botanist Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) as she enlists Frank’s help to explore the jungle to find the Tree of Life, which is fabled to have healing powers and which she hopes will revolutionize the field of medicine.

Plans for a movie based on the Jungle Cruise ride were in motion since at least 2004, and a script was already in development when Michael Green was brought on to write the screenplay in 2017. Green would complete the screenplay with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. He tells TIME that the initial script had already sourced a lot of material from the ride, but that he saw an opportunity to incorporate more elements from the attraction. Green adds that Imagineers and Disney representatives were collaborating on renovations for the Jungle Cruise well before he joined the production team. “They were aware of things they wanted to improve on, and had far-reaching plans.”

While the Jungle Cruise movie draws inspiration from the ride, it also departs from aspects of it in significant ways, with the script finding opportunities to turn racially insensitive perceptions on their heads. Here’s what to know about the original ride, how the movie differs and what all of it means in the grand scheme of Indigenous representation in popular culture.

How the Jungle Cruise ride portrayed Indigenous characters

In the Jungle Cruise theme park attraction, Indigenous peoples appeared as headhunting tribesmen with spears in their hands—next to piles of human skulls—who guides warned were attacking passing boats. One character in particular who was portrayed as primitive and dangerous was Trader Sam, who carried shrunken heads and was known as the “head salesman.” “He has a great special for you all today: just two of his heads for one of yours,” a skipper would joke to tourists on the ride. Trader Sam was also referred to as a chef who opened a cannibalistic cafe. Another area of the jungle showed a “trapped safari” scene, where men were chased up a tree by surrounding animals, with a white explorer at the top of the trunk and dark-skinned native guides at the bottom, next to the horn of a rhinoceros.

In Disney’s recent refurbishment of the Jungle Cruise ride, these racist and stereotypical features were removed. The headhunting tribe is gone, Trader Sam is replaced with “Trader Sam’s gift shop” that includes a lost and found, and the trapped safari scene now features adventurers of varied racial backgrounds grabbing onto the tree. The changes were made at the theme park in Anaheim, and Disney has said the updates will be completed by this summer at Walt Disney World in Orlando.

“Oftentimes in these scenarios, if there is Indigenous representation, we’re depicted as the stereotypical savage, or uncivilized creature,” says Daisee Francour, the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at Cultural Survival —a nonprofit that advocates Indigenous peoples’ rights and cultures—of the headhunters and Trader Sam. Francour is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and identifies as Haudenosaunee. “It’s very dehumanizing and we’re often not even seen as people, but we’re almost portrayed more as animalistic.”

The depiction of Indigenous peoples as “merciless Indian savages” can be traced back to the Declaration of Independence , which uses that exact phrase to describe Native Americans. “That dehumanization, which we see reflected here with this theme park, is rooted in the foundation of this country,” Francour says. “And because of that foundation, it shows up in this stigma in other ways.”

The dehumanized view of Indigenous peoples carries through much of American popular culture, seen commonly in Westerns and television series like Tarzan , says Cliff Matias, the Cultural Director of the Redhawk Native American Arts Council, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about Native American heritage. “It’s the same narrative of these homelands of Indigenous people being rescued from the savage people, and the humble, noble explorer being victimized,” Matias, who is Taíno and identifies as Latinx, says of the depiction of Indigenous peoples in the theme park. The narrative has always been flipped to show the “European mindset of, it’s the savages who attack,” Matias says. “Hollywood has always pretty much told that story through those eyes.”

Adapting a ride for the big screen

The Jungle Cruise movie loosely follows the theme park attraction’s storyline of early 20th century adventurers exploring the jungle, reimagining some of the ride’s characters for the film. Most notably, Trader Sam appears in Jungle Cruise, played by Veronica Falcón, as a woman who is a chieftain of the Puka Michuna tribe. Green describes her character as smart and savvy, someone “who was very much in control of herself and what happens to her and her tribe.” “That was a chance to take a familiar trope of the ride and bring it into the film in a new way,” Green says.

More broadly, the Puka Michuna tribe is portrayed with an approach that aims to subvert stereotypes about Indigenous peoples. In one of the film’s opening scenes, skipper Frank tells the tourists on his riverboat about the tribespeople who are the “deadliest hunters in the hemisphere.” The passengers are attacked by a crew with blow darts, before it becomes evident that Frank had staged the ambush to add some thrills to his tour. “What we felt we could still play with is a lot of false preconceived notions,” Green says of the scene. “At the time when this film takes place, a lot of people coming from where those tourists were coming might think of those natives as backwards tribes. And we could instead be poking fun at people’s expectations of it.”

These tourists only see a glimpse of the Pika Michuna tribe while on the cruise, and are missing the “sophisticated, rich, dignified lives” of the Indigenous people, Green says. He and the team hoped to portray the local inhabitants in a more well-rounded way. “We wanted to give everyone in the film the dignity they deserve,” Green says. “If you set something in a place you want the people to be represented correctly and you want them to speak the correct languages.”

According to Disney’s press notes , the filmmakers researched the Tupi language that was widely spoken in Brazil and created their version of the language for the film’s characters. They also wanted to accurately emulate what the Amazon jungle looked like in the early 1900s, and studied the animals and flora of the time. Director Collet-Serra spoke of a cultural advisor that the team worked with to aim for proper representation.

While these efforts brought necessary changes to the film adaptation, some viewers have commented on the mixed messages conveyed by the portrayal of Indigenous characters. In NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour , Native American journalist Vincent Schilling gave a nod to Disney casting Johnson, who is Samoan, as the lead character. But Schilling also discussed a scene in which Trader Sam referred to the tribe’s clothing as “ridiculous costumes.” “I feel as though Jungle Cruise did a valiant effort in trying to represent Brazilian Amazonian tribes in a certain way that was actually fairly legitimate,” Schilling said, which was why the chieftain’s description stuck out. “You’re trying to be authentic. So is it ridiculous, or is it authentic?” Similarly, the reappearance of Trader Sam has prompted questions about why a character removed for racial insensitivity in the theme park was brought back, even in a revamped version. Other viewers have posted on Twitter about the film sidelining Indigenous characters who merely assist in the quest of the European main protagonists.

The film’s villains are obvious, as would be expected for a family movie, and they differ from those of the theme park ride. They include a German aristocrat leading a military expedition in hopes of obtaining the powers of the Tree of Life no matter the cost to the jungle, and a cursed group of conquistadors who had attacked the local tribe. Blunt’s Dr. Lily Houghton is the protagonist, but also an outsider entering the jungle with the goal of taking away something native to the land. Asked whether her character’s mission could be interpreted as exploitative, Green says that Houghton is not someone who would put herself front and center. “To my mind, she is the type of character who would credit where things came from, the people who helped her to it and would bring them into it,” he says.

Indigenous representation in TV, film and theme parks in the future

Seeing authentic and accurate representation of Indigenous peoples has lasting effects on young audiences, many of whom are the target demographic of Disney’s theme parks and films. Matias says that multiple generations of Americans have been taught while growing up, through watching TV and movies, that Indigenous peoples are savages. “They might grow up to be creators, producers, directors, writers, so if they have a little better understanding and were taught a little better history, then they might be able to form a better mindset as to what they’re writing about,” he says.

According to Francour, dehumanization of Indigenous peoples—like in the original Jungle Cruise attraction—is closely tied to depicting them as people of the past. “As an Indigenous person living in 2021, I myself am a modern person, I live in two worlds,” she says. She describes being immersed in her Indigenous community while residing in Chicago.

“I live in a big city, and I wear ‘normal’ clothes, I guess you would say, that aren’t my regalia when I go on the street,” she says. “To see this dehumanized illustration of our people as in the past tense, it just does not fully represent the diversity of who we are, then, now and in the future.”

Francour describes a growing movement of Indigenous communities and organizations that are changing past narratives by retelling stories from a first-person perspective. And, from non-Indigenous people, “there’s a growing movement of openness to connect and to consult and to collaborate with Indigenous peoples to make sure that their narratives are represented well,” she says. Francour gives the example of Disney partnering with the Sámi people for Frozen 2 with the goal of portraying the Sámi community—who were the inspiration for the fictional Northuldra tribe—in a culturally sensitive and respectful way.

“I think there’s a lot of opportunities where Indigenous peoples themselves can be centered,” she says. “We need to shift the power of who is producing this content, producing this narrative, and making sure that Indigenous people, and our leadership are at the forefront.”

Correction, Dec. 1

The original version of this story misstated the roots of the phrase “merciless Indian savages” in the founding of the United States. It appeared in the Declaration of Independence, not the U.S. Constitution.

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• Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.
• 1916. Dreaming about saving countless lives and having another adventure, the feisty English feminist and doctor of botany, Dr Lily Houghton, embarks on a peril-laden mission to change the world. Along with her fashionable brother, MacGregor, Dr Houghton enlists the help of the arrogant, wisecracking riverboat skipper, Captain Frank Wolff, to guide them through the serpentine Amazon River in La Quila, his swift wooden boat. Now, as the intrepid trio ventures deeper and deeper into the heart of an impenetrable green maze, searching for something that cannot be found, a centuries-old curse and the ruthless aristocrat, Prince Joachim, threaten to put an end to their ambitious plans. And, sooner or later, the jungle always wins. Is it true that the Spanish conquistador, Don Aguirre, was lost in the same God-forsaken part of the world? — Nick Riganas
• In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors travel to South America in search of the Tears of the Moon, a mythical tree whose petals can cure any illness, heal any injury, and lift any curse. After most of the men die in the jungle, the survivors are nursed back to health by a local tribe using the tree petals. When they refuse to reveal the location of the tree, the Spanish destroy the village, and as punishment are cursed to never die and never be able to leave sight of the river. In 1916, Dr. Lily Houghton and her brother MacGregor detail Lily's research on the Tears of the Moon to an association of English explorers, explaining that the petals could revitalize medicine and aid in the war effort. The Houghton's request access to an arrowhead recovered by Dr. Albert Falls that Lily believes is key to locating the tree. When the association denies their request, believing the tree to be a myth and a female scientist unqualified to join their ranks, Lily steals the arrowhead instead. She narrowly avoids Prince Joachim, a German aristocrat who also wants the arrowhead and the tree. In South America, Frank Wolff takes tourists on jungle river cruises, which he embellishes with fake dangers and corny jokes. When his boat engine is repossessed by businessman Nilo, he attempts to steal it back. Caught in the act by Lily, Frank pretends to be Nilo and arrogantly tells her that the Tears of the Moon is a myth and that she will not be able to handle the dangers of the jungle, but changes his tone when he notices that Lily is in possession of the arrowhead. Frank's deception is revealed with the real Nilo shows up, but Lily hires Frank anyway after he underbids Nilo and bravely fights off a wild jaguar attack. Frank, Lily, and MacGregor depart on Frank's boat but are almost intercepted by Nilo attempting to get his engine back, mercenaries hired by Joachim to retrieve the arrowhead from Lily, and Joachim himself attacking in a German submarine. After they make their mistake, it is revealed that the attacking jaguar was actually Frank's pet Proxima, and Lily wonders if Frank can be trusted. Joachim locates the cursed conquistadors, whose bodies have turned to stone due to them traveling too far from the river, and have been infested over time by tree roots, snakes, and insects. Joachim frees them by diverting the river, and offers to help them break the curse if they help him to retrieve the arrowhead. As Frank, Lily and MacGregor continue down the river they become closer. MacGregor reveals to Frank that he was nearly disowned by his family due to his homosexuality, but Lily stood by him. Breaking into Frank's cabin, Lily finds photos and drawings of new inventions such as the automobile, but also discovers drawings of the arrowhead and research on the Tears of the Moon. Lily accuses Frank of wanting the tree for himself, but he explains he gave up searching for it a long time ago and believed it couldn't be found. They are attacked by a tribe of "cannibals" who demand the arrowhead, but this is revealed to be another deception by Frank working with a friendly tribe. Frank apologizes and says he was unable to call off the plan, but Lily rebuffs him. Trader Sam, the tribe's female leader, translates the writing on the arrowhead, revealing the location of the tree, and that it only blooms under a blood moon. The conquistadors attack and manage to take the arrowhead; Frank recovers it and gives it to Lily but is stabbed through the chest with a sword and falls to his death. Lily runs away from the river so that the Spaniards cannot follow her. The next morning, Lily discovers that Frank has miraculously survived. He reveals that his real name is Francisco, and he is actually one of the cursed conquistadors, unable to die or leave the river. The expedition to find the tree was originally a noble one to save the leader's sick daughter, but when the natives were attacked by the Spaniards, Frank switched sides to help the villagers. After years of fighting, Frank trapped the others in a cave away from the river. He then spent time searching for the tree to lift his own curse, but had been unable to find it without the arrowhead. An injured MacGregor stays behind with Trader Sam while Lily and Frank make the final journey to the tree. MacGregor is captured by Joachim and forced to reveal the location of the tree. Frank, Lily, the Germans, and the Spaniards all converge on the tree, which begins to bloom under the blood moon. The moon passes quickly as they fight, and Lily is only able to recover one petal. MacGregor kills Joachim, and Frank crashes his boat to block the river, turning himself and the other Spaniards into stone. Lily uses the petal to revive Frank and break the curse, only afterwords discovering that due to a shift in the moonlight there is one petal left for Lily's research. Back in London, the society has offered full membership to Lily, which she rejects. She shows Frank London and gives him his first driving lesson in her automobile as well as delivering a corny joke herself.

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Designing the World of Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’

Disney’s Jungle Cruise , which floats into theaters and Disney+ Premier Access on July 30, tells the heart-racing—and often hilarious—story of Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt), a doctor in botany who hires skipper Frank Wolff (Dwayne Johnson) to embark on a grueling journey up the Amazon River in search of a legendary tree that can cure all human ailments. Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra ( Non-Stop ,  The Shallows ) turned to French production designer Jean-Vincent Puzos ( The Lost City of Z , Amour ) to help bring this otherworldly journey through a verdant mystical jungle on a creaking old tramp steamer so dramatically to life.

Puzos designed a variety of vivid tableaux for the film—including a London set where the movie opens and closes and a remote village in the heart of the Amazon jungle—but perhaps most impressive was the sprawling jungle port town of Porto Velho. Built on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, a visitor would be excused for mistaking the set for an authentic Amazonian village, circa 1916. Every structure—from the Porto Velho town set and Nilo’s (Paul Giamatti) jungle cruise operation and tavern to Skipper Frank Wolff’s steam cruiser, La Quila , and his home on the water—is a functional building not a mere movie set façade. Each building is replete with artifacts, furniture, books, trinkets—and this focus on authenticity helps give the film its naturalistic flavor.

“It’s an exciting challenge when you read a script and it has a description of an arrival in a city on the Amazon River with a couple of streets, a big market, a harbor with four boats, a hotel, a restaurant, a cruise company building and our hero Frank’s skipper building workshop and pontoon,” says Puzos. “You begin to divide the space and reinvent a landscape composed by many other spaces, and bend your research in a unique direction to create a cartography where every set is directly connected to the next one. And when you find an incredible location in Hawai‘i, it’s the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime. What makes this set so special is its gigantic scale, the complexity of the landscape and the visual power of the vegetation—which gave us a rich range of shooting possibilities.”

Puzos, who says the Porto Velho set took one month to scout, two months to design and four months to build, dress and landscape, says the biggest challenges his team faced were location and weather. “First of all the location was so wild, so dense in terms of vegetation, so hard to define during the survey—full of scars, holes, cliffs covered by bushes. The access was nearly impossible. We relied on drones to scout the location. When construction got up to full speed, the weather changed, and we had rain every day, flooding the sets and slowing down the construction.”

When asked for a favorite location on the Porto Velho set, Puzos says, “Every building was my favorite! In terms of architecture, the hotel was a pleasure of complexity and simplicity, following a strong pattern of Spanish/Portuguese style of colonial architecture. In terms of design, the vertical building of Frank’s workshop, standing in the water, was an iconic shape in the middle of the location. For Frank’s steam ship, I tried to visualize the journey of a conquistador constantly rebuilding his boat with debris and pieces of other boats, and constantly rebuilding his engine. In terms of colors, Nilo’s Tavern was designed like a rusted building of metal, showing all the variations of textures and colors of a piece of metal lost in the jungle, from dark rust and almost black to golden, sunny orange. In terms of fluidity, the market was designed and built for an epic action scene. This building symbolized our design: to treat the entire location like a garden, to stay fluid in the ground plan, to mix the interiors and the exteriors, and remove some roofs to see inside.

“For this set, the amount of information we wanted the audience to receive was extremely rich. It was important to define every character with a space, an idea, a building or a tool like a boat. This set helps define the story. When the audience sees the port town set, I hope they will see a tribute and an homage to a famous Disney attraction. I hope they will dream of arriving by train in the middle of the Amazon and immediately enter a world of adventures. I hope they will see a rich and charismatic city—and feel the danger of leaving it.”

For director Jaume Collet-Serra, Jungle Cruise  offered the opportunity to make the type of storyline he “loved as a kid, but had never gotten the chance to make, something like  Romancing the Stone . Visually, I wanted to make a movie with a lot of scope. That would feel like you’re on an actual journey through the Amazon. And this set really helped us bring that to life.”

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Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s Jungle Cruise, a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila—his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities—possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank and their fate—and mankind’s—hangs in the balance.

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We had the incredible opportunity to visit the set of Disney’s Jungle Cruise as the production roared to life with intricate locations, costumes, and characters, shot on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. We watched a scene being filmed, toured the set, and interviewed members of the cast and crew, including stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Afterwards, we could not wait to see the final film, and the wait is almost over! The film lands in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on July 30, and it’s sure to be action-packed, hilarious, and heartfelt. 

In case you missed the latest , Disney’s Jungle Cruise is inspired by the Disney Parks attraction and is an exciting adventure that takes place on the Amazon River with skipper Frank Wolff (played by Johnson) and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton (played by Blunt). Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s help to guide her downriver on his boat, La Quila. The unlikely duo encounter innumerable dangers and supernatural forces on their journey, and they are so fun to watch together! Jaume Collet-Serra directs the film, which also stars Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti. 

We sat down with Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Whitehall (who plays Lily’s brother, MacGregor Houghton), Paul Giamatti (who plays Nilo, Frank’s rival), costume designer Paco Delgado, and producers Glenn Ficara and Hiram Garcia. We learned so much about the process and incredible journey during the making of Jungle Cruise! Here’s an exclusive behind-the-scenes look:

We started our visit with a tour of the set, which included the docking area shown above, a marketplace, a hotel, a tavern, Nilo’s landing, Frank’s living quarters, and of course, Frank’s iconic boat, La Quila. We learned on our tour that the film takes place around the year 1916 in Porto Belo, Brazil. The sets revealed that while Frank runs a one-man operation, lives in a modest shack, and built his boat by hand, Nilo practically owns the town and runs a large fleet of boats. Some of the sets (like Nilo’s landing) could only be accessed by water! We even got to step aboard La Quila and stand at the helm:

And here’s a closer look at La Quila during our tour, and a view of the water around the set:

After our tour, we watched a scene being filmed on the tavern set, including some incredible character work by Johnson, Blunt, Whitehall, and Giamatti. It was so exciting to watch them all in action together!

When we spoke to producers Glenn Ficara and Hiram Garcia, they noted that they jumped aboard the film two or three years previous. Ficara and Garcia read the script at the same time as Johnson, and all three loved it. Ficara noted, “I think you’ll be very surprised by the tone of the movie — by the scale, the scope, the set pieces, but most importantly the core of Dwayne and Emily Blunt.” They noted that the chemistry between Johnson and Blunt on screen will make audiences feel like the two have known each other forever. As far as the plot, Ficara and Garcia teased that what triggers the story is Blunt’s character Lily showing up to search for a legend that “may or may not exist.” Whitehall’s character MacGregor also joins Frank and Lily on the adventure and adds some incredible comedy, according to the producers. 

Ficara and Garcia were also working very closely with Disney Imagineers as the film progressed. Garcia noted that throughout the film, “There are nods to the world of Disneyland in subtle ways.” Ficara added, “It was important for us to transport the audience and transport this iconic [attraction].” They also noted that as the journey through the Amazon progresses, we’ll see some beautiful wish-fulfillment scenes for Disney fans, as well as danger, excitement, and animal encounters. “Because the ride is now over 70 years old, you have three generations of families that have all experienced it… so, it’s really deep-rooted… when you hear the name it brings back memories of you and your family going there,” Ficara said. For fans of the Disney Parks attraction, they also confirmed we will get to see the “backside of water” in the film, as well as some excellent puns delivered by Johnson. 

Costume designer Paco Delgado talked about what inspired him to create the costumes for the film. Of starting his work on the film, Delgado said, “I always think that when you design a movie, you are almost like a reader. It’s exactly the same process as a person who reads and starts to imagine things in their head. That’s the way I normally try to work.” For Blunt’s character, Delgado was excited to depict a woman in trousers in the time period that the film takes place, and took inspiration from Amelia Earhart and other female icons of the early 20th century. 

Delgado noted, “I always find that in order to be free to create, you have to have a really huge foundation. I believe that everything comes from the research.” He and his team looked at library records and photographs of the time period to see how expeditions and clothing might have looked. “Costumes and clothing are so intermingled with society,” Delgado said, and that heavily influenced his work.

Giamatti was incredibly excited to be a part of Jungle Cruise and to portray Nilo. He said of the script and story: “There’s lots of really interesting stuff going on in there. It’s got some fantasy elements in it that are very cool. And it’s surprising and I just thought it was unexpected.” For his character, he was given a lot of opportunity to explore traits and props, and even chose for his character to have a pet cockatoo. When asked about filming on a set built in Kauai, Giamatti noted, “Working here is unbelievable. It’s beautiful.”

Whitehall was equally excited to join the cast of Jungle Cruise and shared, “I love Disney. I read the script and it just instantly appealed to me. It was so much fun and it was exactly the kind of movie that I’d go and watch in the cinema. Added to that you’ve got Dwayne and Emily who I’ve been a huge fan of for a long time. And Jaume the director was great. I met him and I thought he was superb and really had a distinct idea for what he was going to do with it. So, I was on board very easily.” He explained that his character MacGregor is a very savvy, dapper gentleman who is “really dragged on this cruise by his sister and is a reluctant party on it.” He also noted, “probably not a million miles from how I would behave if I was in the situation that the character is in.” He went on to joke, “MacGregor might just be the worst person you can throw into this environment.” 

Whitehall noted that Lily is very head first, asking questions “on the way down,” while MacGregor balances that out. When asked about building the brother-sister relationship with Blunt’s character, Whitehall said, “We grew up a couple of streets away from each other in London… we instantly got on and had a natural chemistry.” As far as MacGregor’s relationship with Johnson’s character Frank, Whitehall noted, “Over the course of the movie, I think he realize[s] you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and there’s a lot more depth and surprising aspects to Frank’s character than he probably suspects when he first met him.” Regarding working with Johnson, Whitehall said, “He’s incredible. He’s exactly the kind of person you want him to be.”

Between scenes, we also interviewed Blunt and Johnson — in their amazing costumes — as a light rain drizzled over the set. Holding umbrellas, the hilarious duo answered questions about working on the film. Blunt said of taking on her character Lily, “There was something about this character… she just was so tenacious and exciting, determined, completely free-spirited. And kind of weird. A really interesting character.” She also noted, “She is very unusual and at the time she’s kind of a trailblazer.” On Frank and Lily’s scenes together, Blunt noted, “At the core of it is this relationship, this unlikely duo… there’s this chemistry between them and this rapport between them.” 

Both Johnson and Blunt are incredibly excited about the film, and grew up as Disney fans as well. “I was just so amazed because I’d always dreamed about going to [ Walt Disney World ]... I finally went and I fell in love with the ride just like I fell in love with the Park,” Johnson said. Johnson also noted that he took inspiration from the fact that Walt Disney was the very first skipper for the Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland . Blunt added, “I think that the experience for me, and I know for Dwayne as well, is just really personal and it feels really exciting. And I think that Disney films are those kind of films that are seared into your nostalgia. Certainly as a child I have such lasting memories of Disney movies. Those were the films I grew up watching, so it’s completely surreal to be now in a few of them.” Of the film itself, Johnson said, “There’s heart, there’s universal [themes], there’s fun, there’s adventure, and there’s also a good lesson with that as well.” When asked about the filming experience, Blunt said, “I’m having the time of my life.” Johnson chimed in, “It’s a dream come true.”

Visiting the Jungle Cruise set was a Disney dream come true, and we can’t wait to see the film come to life!

Disney’s Jungle Cruise is in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on July 30. (Additional fee required.) For more Disney+ news and updates, follow @DisneyPlus on YouTube , Instagram , Twitter , and Facebook . 

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This article is about the 2021 film. For the Disney Parks ride of the same name, see Jungle Cruise .

Jungle Cruise is a fantasy adventure film based on the ride of the same name , starring Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson who also served as producer.

The film is co-produced by John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment, Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., and Dany and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions. [1] John Requa and Glenn Ficarra penned the script. [2]

The film was initially announced to be released on October 11 , 2019 , but was been pushed back to July 24 , 2020 , [3] only for the COVID-19 pandemic to cause it to be pushed back again to July 30 , 2021 . [4]

• 4 Development
• 6.1 Home media
• 7 Reception
• 11 References
• 12 External links

Synopsis [ ]

Set in the early 1900s, a tramp steamer captain named Frank Wolff [5] takes a pair of scientist siblings down the Amazon River in search of the Tears of the Moon , a flower with miraculous healing properties, while evading Germans. [6]

In the 16th century, Don Aguirre leads Spanish conquistadors to South America in search of the Tears of the Moon, a mythical tree whose petals can cure any illness, heal any injury, and lift any curse. After most men die in the jungle, the survivors are nursed back to health by a local tribe using the tree petals. When they refuse to reveal the location of the tree, the Spanish destroy the village. As punishment, the conquistadors became cursed by the village chief to never die and never be able to leave sight of the river or the jungle would take them back to it for all eternity.

In 1916 London, Dr. Lily Houghton and her brother, MacGregor , present Lily's Tears of the Moon research to an association of Royal Society explorers, explaining that the petals could revitalize medicine and aid in the British war effort. The Houghtons request access to an arrowhead recovered by Dr. Albert Falls that Lily believes is key to locating the tree. When the association denies their request, believing the tree is a myth and a female scientist is unqualified to join their ranks, Lily steals the arrowhead. She narrowly avoids Prince Joachim, a German aristocrat who also wants the arrowhead to find the tree.

In South America, Frank Wolff takes tourists on jungle river cruises, which are embellished with fake dangers and corny jokes. When his boat engine is repossessed by businessman Nilo, Frank attempts to steal it back. Caught in the act by Lily, Frank pretends to be Nilo and claims the Tears of the Moon is a myth and that she could not withstand the dangerous jungle; he then backtracks after noticing Lily possesses the arrowhead. Frank's deception is revealed when the real Nilo shows up, but Lily hires Frank anyway after he underbids Nilo and bravely fights a jaguar.

Frank, Lily, and MacGregor depart on Frank's boat, but they are nearly intercepted by Nilo attempting to confiscate his engine, by mercenaries hired by Joachim to retrieve the arrowhead from Lily, and by Joachim himself attacking in a German submarine. After making their escape, it is revealed that the attacking jaguar was actually Frank's pet, Proxima. Lily wonders if Frank can be trusted.

Joachim locates the cursed conquistadors, whose bodies turned to stone due to them traveling too far from the river, and have been infested over time by tree roots, deadly snakes, poisonous frogs, and stinging insects. Joachim frees them by diverting the river, and offers to help them break the curse if they help him retrieve the arrowhead.

As Frank, Lily and MacGregor continue down the river, they grow closer. MacGregor tells Frank he was nearly disowned by his family due to being gay, but Lily stood by him. Breaking into Frank's cabin, Lily finds photos and drawings of inventions such as the automobile, but also discovers drawings of the arrowhead and research on the Tears of the Moon. Lily accuses Frank of wanting the tree for himself, but he explains he gave up searching for it a long time ago and believed it can never be found. A tribe of "cannibals" attack them and demand the arrowhead, but this is exposed as another of Frank's faked dangers; they are a friendly tribe he has an arrangement with. Frank apologizes and claims he was unable to call off the plan, but Lily rebuffs him.

Trader Sam, the tribe's female leader, translates the writing on the arrowhead, revealing the tree's location and that it only blooms under a blood moon. The conquistadors attack and take the arrowhead; Frank recovers it and gives it to Lily, but is fatally stabbed through the chest with a sword. Lily runs away from the river so the Spaniards are unable to follow due to the curse's limits.

The next morning, Lily discovers that Frank has miraculously survived. He reveals that his real name is Francisco, and he is one of the cursed conquistadors, unable to die or leave the river. The expedition to find the tree was originally a noble one to save Aguirre's sick daughter, Anna, but when the natives were attacked by the Spaniards, Frank switched his allegiance to help the villagers. After years of fighting, Frank trapped Aguirre and the others in a cave where the river could not reclaim them and where they became petrified. He then spent centuries searching for the tree to lift his own curse. But unable to find it without the arrowhead, he had finally given up. He decided to build a town next to the river, he made and lost friends and eventually decides to build a boat and give jungle cruises as well as taking in stray kitties all of which were named Proxima.

An injured MacGregor stays behind with Trader Sam while Lily and Frank make the final journey to the tree. MacGregor is captured by Joachim and forced to reveal the tree's location. Joachim breaks his arrangement with the cursed brigands, in order to keep the petals for himself, but Frank, Lily, the Germans, and the Spaniards all converge on the tree. While solving the puzzle, the arrowhead is discovered to be a heart piece having a gem, which after placing blooms the tree under the blood moon. The moon passes as they fight, and Lily is only able to recover one petal. MacGregor fights Joachim, who gets flattened under a fallen piece of ruin, while Frank crashes his boat to block the river, which turns himself, Aguirre, and the other Spaniards into stone. Lily expends the petal to revive Frank and break his curse. The moon breaks out one last ray of light and one final petal blooms - Lily's research can proceed.

Returning to the United Kingdom, the society has offered full membership to Lily, which she rejects via MacGregor, who uses the opportunity to insult the society, saying that they are unworthy of the research, or the tale of the trip, or anything learned by it, primarily stories due to their chauvinism and insular nature. Lily fulfills her promise to show Frank all of London and the movie ends as she gives him his first driving lesson in her automobile, where she herself delivers a corny joke, worthy of Frank's admiration.

• Dwayne Johnson as Frank Wolff :

A shrewd, cynical but ultimately noble steamboat skipper who reluctantly agrees to guide two explorers on their quest for the mythical Tears of the Moon Tree. He eventually reveals his true name (Francisco Lopez de Heredia) and identity as the adopted brother of Aguirre as well as one of the cursed conquistadors, forever trapped by the Amazon river. He is a trained cartographer who has spent centuries searching for the Tree to break the curse that made him immortal so he can die peacefully. Meanwhile, he has built a town, and a boat he christened " La Quila " for his business under "Jungle Navigation Company". He has had a number of tamed exotic cats as a pet, each one named "Proxima".

• Emily Blunt as Dr. Lily Houghton :

An eccentric, adventurous, and virtuous botanist working in a male-dominated field. She embarks on a quest to find the Tears of the Moon Tree, hoping to harness its power for modern medicine. Possessing an ancient arrowhead and one of Frank's old maps of the Amazon, she proves she is resourceful and capable in martial arts and lock picking skills, though she cannot swim. She wants to prove herself equal to her chauvinistic peers but gains some notoriety for wearing trousers.

• Édgar Ramírez as Lope de Aguirre :

A Spanish conquistador who once sought the Tree's power to save his ill daughter, only to be cursed with immortality for his cruelty towards the tree's guardians. Temporarily freed by German explorers, he sets out to take revenge on his adopted brother, Francisco, who sided against him to defend a native tribe. His body is now composed of and infested with snakes.

• Jack Whitehall as McGregor Houghton :

Lily's younger brother who works as her assistant. He confesses to Frank that Lily stood by him when his family nearly disowned him after he refused to marry, as his interest lies "elsewhere". Lily hired him and allowed him to stay with her so he could support himself. A somewhat foppish snob who adheres to proper etiquette and prefers wearing three-piece suits. He seems ill-suited to jungle life, but gradually develops into a more confident, rugged man by the end of the expedition.

• Jesse Plemons as Prince Joachim :

A deranged and ambitious German royal, who finances and leads a military expedition with mercenaries to claim the Tree of Life, both to aid Germany's war effort and achieve immortality. According to Lily, he is the youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, unlike the other characters, he is based on an actual prince.

• Paul Giamatti as Nilo Nemolato :

The harbormaster at Porto Velho, where Frank moors his boat. He is also a business rival and confiscates Frank's boat engine when Frank is unable to repay him his loan. This leads Frank to wreck Nilo's prize boats in return. He owns a parrot he named "Rosita".

• Veronica Falcón as Trader Sam :

The chief of Puka Michuna tribe in 1916, a tribe which guards the Tree.

• Dani Rovira as Sancho :

A conquistador that is covered in honey and bees.

• Quim Gutiérrez as Melchor :

A conquistador who is made out of mud with frogs.

• Dan Dargan Carter as Gonzalo :

A conquistador who is made out of roots and tree branches.

• Andy Nyman as Sir James Hobbs-Cunningham:

The Royal Society's artifact handler who briefly helps Prince Joachim.

• Raphael Alejandro as Zaqueu:

Frank's young assistant.

• Simone Lockhart as Anna:

The daughter of Aguirre.

• Ben Jenkin as Proxima :

Frank's pet jaguar.

Development [ ]

Dwayne Johnson commandeering a Jungle Cruise boat at the Magic Kingdom for "research"

A Jungle Cruise movie has been in the works at Disney since at least 2006 . A previous attempt that was originally intended for a 2007 release would have featured Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in starring roles as a Skipper and a frustrated passenger going down river to search for a miraculous cure in a story described as a more comical take on Heart of Darkness . This version was still being tossed around as late as 2011 , but ended up never materializing. [7]

On August 19, 2015 , it was confirmed a new version of the project was moving forward with Dwayne Johnson set to star. [8] On April 7, 2017, Johnson announced he would also be producing. [9] On July 31 , 2017 it was confirmed that Jaume Collet-Serra will direct the film. [10] They have also been confirmed to be working off on a script written by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. [11]

On January 30 , 2018 , Emily Blunt was announced to sign on to the project and that Michael Green was hired to rework the script. [12] On March 26 , 2018, English comedian Jack Whitehall was cast as the scientist's brother. [13] On April 19, 2018, Édgar Ramírez and Matt Damon had signed on to the project as the film's villains. [14] In December 2018 , it was reported that actor Jack Whitehall 's character would be homosexual and would have a coming out scene in the film with Dwayne Johnson . There was some backlash over the report, with a few expressing outrage over a straight actor being cast as a "camp" gay character.

In January 2019 , it was announced that James Newton Howard had joined the production as the film score composer. Additionally, he would later collaborate with Metallica on an instrumental version of the song "Nothing Else Matters" for the film. According to the band's drummer Lars Ulrich, Metallica worked on the film after Walt Disney Pictures president Sean Bailey , felt like Jungle Cruise was "the right fit" for a collaboration between Disney and Metallica. Bailey had been "always looking for the right match where there was a way that Metallica could contribute to some Disney project". The band members recorded their parts from their individual studios, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The score was recorded in February 2020 by a 99-person orchestra, with vocals provided by 40 members from the Los Angeles Master Chorale. In order to add a "regional flavor", Howard incorporated panpipes and Brazilian percussion instruments. Frequent Metallica collaborator Greg Fidelman served as associate producer and engineer. The soundtrack album was released on July 30 , 2021 .

Release [ ]

Jungle Cruise had its world premiere at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim , California on July 24 , 2021 . It was released in the United States on July 30 , 2021, simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access for US$30. Initially, it was slated for October 11 , 2019 before being moved to July 24, 2020 , and was delayed to its current date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In May 2021, Disney announced that the film would be released simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. The filmmakers decided on this, after being given multiple options by Disney , due to the continued closure of theaters in markets like Brazil and Europe due to surges in COVID-19 cases.

Home media [ ]

Jungle Cruise had a digital release on August 31 , 2021 and it was released via 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 16 . All of the home media releases include 16 minutes of 11 deleted scenes and 6 bonus featurettes.

Reception [ ]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 62% based on 331 reviews, with an average rating of 6.00/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Its craft isn't quite as sturdy as some of the classic adventures it's indebted to, but Jungle Cruise remains a fun, family-friendly voyage." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 52 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

• The film was initially slated for October 11, 2019 before being moved to July 24, 2020, and was delayed to its current date to July 30, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• It is also the fourth Disney film to be released in theaters and on Disney+ on the same day after Raya and the Last Dragon , Cruella , and Black Widow .
• This is also the first and only Disney+ Premier Access release to date to have a male protagonist.
• In addition, this is the last Disney+ Premier Access release to date, following Disney's new releasing plan that allow theaters release Disney's films executively for first 45 days starting with Free Guy .
• This is also the sixth non- Jerry Bruckheimer Disney film to be rated PG-13, after John Carter , Saving Mr. Banks , The Finest Hours , Mulan , and Cruella .

Gallery [ ]

References [ ]

• ↑ Jungle Cruise: Dwayne Johnson Disney Movie Lands Director Jaume Collet-Serra . Den of Geek (July 31, 2017). Archived from the original on August 4, 2017.
• ↑ Chitwood, Adam (August 20, 2015). Dwayne Johnson to Rock Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' Movie . Archived from the original on August 21, 2015.
• ↑ Pearson, Ben (October 19, 2018). Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' Movie Shifts From Fall 2019 to Summer 2020 . Slash Film . Archived from the original on October 20, 2018.
• ↑ McClintock, Pamela (April 3, 2020). 'Black Widow,' 'Mulan' Land New 2020 Release Dates, 'Jungle Cruise' Delayed a Year . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on April 4, 2020.
• ↑ https://movies.disney.com/jungle-cruise
• ↑ What Dwayne Johnson's Jungle Cruise movie is Going to be About - Cinema Blend
• ↑ https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Tim-Allen-Tom-Hanks-Star-Disney-Jungle-Cruise-23447.html
• ↑ " Dwayne Johnson to Star in 'Jungle Cruise' Movie for Disney (Exclusive) ". The Hollywood Reporter (August 19, 2015).
• ↑ Johnson's 'Jungle Cruise' Is a Go at Disney (Exclusive)
• ↑ Disney announes Jaume Collet-Serra to direct upcoming "Jungle Cruise" movie
• ↑ Jungle Cruise: Dwayne Johnson Disney Movie Lands Director Jaume Collet-Serra
• ↑ " Emily Blunt Boards Disney's 'Jungle Cruise; with Dwayne Johnson ". Collider (January 30, 2018).
• ↑ " Disney's Jungle Cruise Movie Casts Emily Blunt's Brother ". Screen Rant (March 26, 2018).
• ↑ Jungle Cruise Casts Jesse Plemons As Another Villain

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Blame Johnny Depp.

I mean, listen, feel free to blame the actor for any number of things , if you want. But specifically, in terms of riot-act reading, let’s go back to 2003, when Mr. Depp slapped on a head scarf, trotted out his best Keef Richards wobble and slur, and turned what felt like a Disney Hail-Mary I.P. cash-in into a cash cow. No one expected a movie based on an amusement park ride based on creaky, age-old seafaring stories to give birth to a popular franchise; no one expected a movie about 18th century pirates to show up in the early part of the 21st century, period. (What is this, the Watchmen universe ?)

Depp is responsible for turning the Pirates of the Caribbean films into hits, even when the series slipped into diminishing-returns territory. More importantly, he helped to prove a Mouse House theorem: When it comes to licensing, exploiting and rebooting, why stop at your best-known characters? Find the right actor, and you can sell your park properties’ greatest hits as intellectual properties too. If you can hire a better-than-decent director and keep the pace frantic, all the better. The movies then direct customers back to the park, and the circle of l̶i̶f̶e̶ commerce continues. The question was not whether this was the beginning of a trend but what the next “title” would be and how soon we’d be E-ticketing to a theater near us.

The reprieve lasted longer than we thought, enough to lull us into a false sense of security. Maybe it’s unfair to blame the ghost of Jack Sparrow and the Pirates boom-bust of yore for Jungle Cruise . But dear Walt in the heavens, the shadow of that series looms large over this attempt to sell the Magic Kingdom’s vintage, colonialism-a-go-go boat ride as the next big endless-summer-movie thing. To be fair, so too does the specter of the Indiana Jones films, The African Queen, steampunk, old-school Werner Herzog, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne, the entire previous filmography of the Rock, that book on Ponce de Leon you forgot to return to your library in fourth grade and every boys’ adventure ever written. Still: the wisecracking, trickster rascal? The hyper-capable and social-sexism-thwarting heroine? The mystical, supernatural villains, and their imperialistic, human bad-guy counterpart? The set pieces that update bits of ye olde derring-do, often digitally and occasionally successfully? You’ve seen this film. Only the hats, the source material’s location in the park and the size of the biceps have changed.

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First, your lovable scamp of a skipper: His name is Frank Wolff, but feel free to call him Dwayne Johnson. This is a great example of what a movie star, a real one, does when you hire them: gives you their screen persona and molds it to fit the container without changing the essential recipe. It’s the one big difference between this and other Disney’s other big cinéma du amusement park entry, in that Depp injected everything an odd sense of unpredictability and Johnson gives us the reassuring feeling we’re watching a Dwayne Johnson movie. Except this time, it happens to be 1916, we’re deep in the Brazilian rain forests, and the star is smiling instead of seriously scowling. Wolff is a tour guide who runs his trusty boat up and down the Amazon for gullible tourists, which — yup — is distinguished by the captain’s facepalm-inspiring banter. Maybe you forgot for a nanosecond that the movie is based on the ride distinguished by a running commentary of puns ranging from bad to very bad to “make it stop, make it stop!!” Anyone who’s been to Disneyland in the past 50 years will recognize the jokes Johnson tells to his hostages (sorry, “customers”). The meta-gag is that even folks in 1916 thought these groaners were god-awful.

Meanwhile, in Merry Olde England, a young man named MacGregor Houghton (Jack Whitehall) is making a plea to ye olde stuffy historical organization to let him access an arrowhead recently found in the Amazon. This artifact, about to be tucked away in their archives, is allegedly the key to unlocking “the Tears of the Moon” — bright flowers found blossoming only on the mystical Tree of Life, and the obsession/downfall of Spanish conquistador Don Lope de Aguirre (Edgar Ramírez). He’s not the Houghton to keep an eye on, however: That would be MacGregor’s sister, Lily ( Emily Blunt ), the headstrong adventurer of the family. She’s keen to prove that the rumors surrounding the magical healing properties of this foliage are true, and thus cure all ills. Yet another party, Germany’s Prince Joachim (Jesse Plemons), would also like the arrowhead. There’s a world war going, you see. Having access to the tree’s bounty might give his nation the winning edge.

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We get one rousing set piece involving Blunt and Plemons competing to liberate the arrowhead from its crate — a jumble of feints and moving parts that director Jaume Collet-Serra smooths out nicely; even if you didn’t know he’s logged time putting Liam Neeson through his Action Gramps paces , you see why he got the job — before everyone meets up in South America, and everything settles into a well-worn, familiar Jungle Adventure 101 groove. It turns out that Blunt’s tart apple crisp of a comic performance pairs nicely with Johnson’s beefcake served with a side of ham. The actress, especially, seems to thrive in playing the Hepburn to Johnson’s buffed-up Bogart. (When you watch her spring into action, and see how well the movie plays to her vulnerability and her fearlessness, you remember that this is the filmmaker who also gave us Blake Lively’s alpha-female-in-peril in The Shallows. ) Blunt’s already proven to be a great physical screen performer as well as an expressive one, versatile enough to go deep or stay breezy, and even when she leans heavily on righteous indignation, there’s a verve she brings to all of this. It rubs off on her screen partner, too. She calls him “Skippy.” He calls her “Pants.” (Because she wears pants, and is also a lady.) They can almost jointly convince you this is a cruise worth taking. Almost.

Other than that, well…Plemons’ evil Saxon may worship the Kaiser instead of the Fürher, but he’s a screen Nazi by any other name, and the mustache-twirling giddiness he brings to this stock villain soon dissipates quicker than a cow leg in a piranha pool. Paul Giamatti drops by with a that’s-ah-spicy-meatball accent, a gold tooth and a vibe that scream “my summer house needs renovating, too.” One character’s interest in then-verboten alternative lifestyles doubles as both sympathetic representation and gay-panic-driven punchline, leaving you with a chicken v. egg dilemma over what came first in script rewrites. And the ride’s legacy of blithe exoticism butting up against Tarzan-grade stereotypes — to quote a bit player here, “that booga-booga nonsense” — gets dealt with in a way that suggests a box has been summarily ticked off a previous-grievances list. It wants to have your cannibal-natives cake and critique it too, at least in theory.

There are a few elements in Jungle Cruise that would constitute being labeled as spoilers, but the fact that the movie ends ready and revved up for a sequel is not one of them. Disney would very much like lightning to strike twice, and you can feel moments here — notably when Aguirre and some conquistador comrades return in a, shall we say, more “natural” postmortem state — where they’re purposefully nudging you: “Hey, remember how much you loved those early Pirates movies? So why not give this a try as well?” The ride they’re really asking you to go on, however, isn’t a reprise of their hokey upriver excursion. It’s something closer to an amusement-park attraction named Generic Blockbuster Cruise, where you slowly glide past a bunch of prefab set-ups — over there you’ll see some thrills, look out on your right for some spills and chills — and the whole thing moves inexorably forward on a track, while a skipper cracks the same corny jokes. It’s a decent enough way to kill time once if the lines are short. You won’t be particularly be rushing to jump back on the ride again.

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NPR's Noel King speaks to Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, the co-stars of the new film Jungle Cruise . The film opens in theaters on Friday.

NOEL KING, HOST:

When Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson started planning his latest adventure movie, which is set on the Amazon River 100 years ago, he already knew who he wanted to co-star. He'd never met Emily Blunt, but he loved her in "The Devil Wears Prada." To get her on board, he recorded a video with the aim of convincing her that making a movie based on a Disneyland ride was a solid idea.

DWAYNE JOHNSON: That was a real shot in the dark. And that was like a real gut check and an instinct call when I sent her this video. And I was very direct and upfront and I said, I would love for you to do this movie. There's no one else on this Earth that I feel could play this role, this female Indiana Jones, like you can.

KING: And she never responded.

JOHNSON: To get zero response...

EMILY BLUNT: Was hurtful.

JOHNSON: Was - yeah, it was so cruel.

BLUNT: That was a little bit cruel.

JOHNSON: (Laughter).

KING: But then she read the script, and she actually really liked it. The two of them are now good friends. And "Jungle Cruise," the movie, is out in theaters on Friday. Dwayne plays Frank, a skipper on a rundown river boat, and Emily plays Lily, the scientist who hires him to take her down the Amazon. This being an adventure movie, things go terribly wrong. There are crashes and falls. At one point, they swing through the jungle on a vine.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "JUNGLE CRUISE")

JOHNSON: (As Frank Wolff) Come on, I got you, pants (ph). Trust me. Hold on.

BLUNT: (As Lily Houghton) Frank. Frank, get it.

JOHNSON: (As Frank Wolff) I got it.

BLUNT: (As Lily Houghton) Frank.

JOHNSON: (As Frank Wolff) I don't got it.

BLUNT: It was very much made in the free-spirited tone of those films where you don't have slick action stars. They fall on their faces, and they're scared of stuff, and they're human, and he's untrustworthy and unreliable. They're sort of imperfectly perfect characters. And here they are, jammed together on a boat. And it's just a recipe for such hilarity and disaster. And it's just - it was heaven, heaven to do it.

KING: There is something a little crazy about an entire movie based on a Disneyland ride. You're shaking your head. You're saying it's not crazy.

JOHNSON: No.

KING: What is the appeal? What was the appeal?

JOHNSON: I agree with you.

KING: (Laughter).

JOHNSON: I'm saying you're absolutely right. It is. The conceit of it is wild when you think about it, especially a Disneyland attraction that has been beloved and iconic over the years. 1955, when the gates of Disneyland opened, Jungle Cruise was Walt Disney's baby. So, you know, the responsibility and the magnitude of this opportunity was not lost on Emily and I and Jaume, our director, and everybody involved.

KING: Dwayne, I wanted to ask about a ritual that I've read you do before you release a new movie.

JOHNSON: Uh-oh.

KING: You've said that you take time to reflect on your life, even the painful parts of your life...

JOHNSON: I do.

KING: ...of growing up.

BLUNT: Really?

JOHNSON: Yeah.

KING: What has been on your mind this week? You seem like you're having a good time.

BLUNT: Oh, I didn't know that. This is news to me.

JOHNSON: I do. I get reflective.

BLUNT: Yeah?

JOHNSON: Contemplative.

BLUNT: Contemplative. He is very contemplative. These things people don't realize about Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

KING: What have you been contemplating this week?

JOHNSON: Just where I've come from and the journey and, you know, the kid who - when I was 8 years old, to use a movie analogy, I saw "Indiana Jones" for the first time, sold-out theater. I sat right in the front row. I was like, wow. I want to be that. But then I also wanted to be (laughter) Richard Pryor. And I also want to be...

JOHNSON: So that journey from that kid then to, you know, the kid who was a teenager who was evicted out of Hawaii - we were booted off the island because we couldn't afford the rent. And the rent was $180 a week. I'll never forget it. And then to this and I'm, you know, in this movie with Emily. And so I start thinking in those terms because it just helps keep things grounded...

BLUNT: Grateful.

JOHNSON: ...And grateful and no pressure and just...

BLUNT: And weirdly not bogged down in Hollywood, you know?

JOHNSON: Yes.

BLUNT: Like, if you can...

BLUNT: ...Release yourself from that...

BLUNT: ...Then it's all about gratitude. And then you can really look at your movie and go, look what we did.

BLUNT: Like, look what we made.

JOHNSON: The stuff that really matters, I think, is the dream and the journey that it took to get here. And then here we are.

KING: I have always assumed that actors really like going to the movies, that in addition to doing the thing, you probably like going to the theater and hanging out and, like, so...

BLUNT: I love it. I love it.

KING: Yeah. I had read that you're kind of - you just kind of go in stealth with a hat on and (laughter)...

BLUNT: Yeah.

KING: ...Sit with the people.

BLUNT: I can blend in. I'm small. I can blend in, and it's great.

BLUNT: This one...

KING: So...

BLUNT: ...Is not blendable. We've found this out.

JOHNSON: I'm unblendable.

KING: This one is not blendable.

BLUNT: He is unbendable. He doesn't know the - he's never known the word inconspicuous.

JOHNSON: They're like, who's the human...

BLUNT: Who is...

JOHNSON: ...With the horse neck...

JOHNSON: ...And the bald head and...

KING: Who is that...

BLUNT: And also...

JOHNSON: That's The Rock.

KING: ...Giant?

BLUNT: ...People would be so pissed if they were sitting behind you. They'd be so pissed.

BLUNT: Like, you'd anger people, and you'd cause a riot. But you love it. You just can't do it. You'd have to go with, like, a bag over your head or something, or over your whole body.

KING: So we just did a year. Like, we did 16 months with no theaters, basically. And for people who love the movies, it was really, really grim. When you guys think about the future of the movies - we hear people say things like, everything's going to be streamed at home on your laptop - what do you think the future of the movies is? Not Hollywood. Forget Hollywood. The movies, the movies, movies, that we love.

JOHNSON: You want to take it?

BLUNT: I think...

JOHNSON: Go.

BLUNT: I think we're figuring out the roadmap now. I really do. I don't think any of us have the answers. And this year, certainly my two biggest movies maybe in my career have both come out during a sort of post-pandemic feeling. But yet people are still sort of - there's a - yes, there's a bit of caution. There's a bit of unsurety ahead. But I think these films are coming out with a surge of hope. And I think what has been made apparent is people's passion for film.

JOHNSON: And that's really well said.

BLUNT: Thanks, toots.

BLUNT: You know what's funny? I've been talking about this a lot, that I think that there was a feeling, like, oh, cinema's dead if we just go to streaming and - but actually, the box office and the opening weekend can be so gladiatorial if it's just theatrical only. And so films that I built my whole career on, like "The Devil Wears Prada," "Sicario," these sort of mid-range budgets, these smaller movies, that without the gladiatorial box office, if we can celebrate streamers as being a valuable part of seeing, like, really beautiful films, then maybe we can get back to this sort of '70s era of having really artistic films that are not sort of curated and contorted to kind of be like, how do we get these bums on seats, you know?

BLUNT: So I think there's also a celebration of the fact that we don't have to contort every film towards the box office now. And that's no bad thing.

JOHNSON: No, not at all. I love that.

KING: Love the optimism. I do.

KING: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson. The movie is "Jungle Cruise." Thank you both so much for taking the time. This was really fun.

BLUNT: Thank you.

JOHNSON: Guys, thank you very much.

BLUNT: Thank you so much.

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Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s Jungle Cruise, a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila—his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities—possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank and their fate—and mankind’s—hangs in the balance.

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Inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride, Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” is an adventure-filled, rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank’s questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila—his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities—possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank and their fate—and mankind’s—hangs in the balance.

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Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson fail to ignite in a Disney adventure that’s long on tropes and short on sparks

B y casting Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson , two actors of rare personal charm, this Disney adventure should have managed to transcend its somewhat unpromising origins (it was, like Pirates of the Car ibbean , based on a theme park ride). But for some reason, while both are perfectly likable independently (Blunt in particular is a feisty joy as scientist Lily Houghton), they fail to gel on screen.

Their lack of chemistry is not fatal to the film – director Jaume Collet-Serra creates a romp of a picture booby-trapped with adventure movie tropes (arcane curses, snakes, evil Germans) which, while they might seem familiar to Indiana Jones fans, still combine to make for a decent family flick. It’s just that a movie that requires its characters to “mend a broken heart” as part of an ancient riddle should probably have a heart to begin with.

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The ending of Disney's Jungle Cruise , Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt's exotic river adventure, has just as many twists and turns as the Amazon. In Jungle Cruise , Dr. Lily Houghton (Blunt), a botanist with shades of Indiana Jones, searches for the Tears of the Moon, a mythical tree with unparalleled healing powers. After an association of explorers denies Lily and her brother, McGregor (Jack Whitehall) , access to an arrowhead that could help find the tree, Lily purloins the artifact, and the pair head to the Amazon searching for the magical plant. There, they are guided down the river by Frank Wolff (Johnson), who's after the Tears of the Moon for his own reasons.

Lily, McGregor, and Frank face many adversaries on their journey to the Tears of the Moon. The movie starts by introducing 16th-century Spanish conquistadors, led by Aguirre (Édgar Ramírez), who have been cursed after searching for the tree. Now, they are never able to die or leave the Amazon River. Leaving sight of the river leaves them trapped in stone and turns them into monsters. Additionally, the film takes place during World War I, and a German aristocrat named  Prince Joachim (Jesse Plemons) is also searching for the tree's healing powers, hoping it'll help win the war for Germany. For a time, the Germans even join with the Spaniards to stop Lily and her team.

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Though  Jungle Cruise is based on a Disney theme park ride,   the plot is complicated and leads to many questions .  For instance, what is actually going on with the Tears of the Moon and its healing powers? Also, what's the truth about Johnson's mysterious Frank Wolff? The ending of Jungle Cruise  also leaves questions about where the film's sequels will go in the future. Though, the Disney theme park ride may offer some answers.

What Happens At The End Of Jungle Cruise?

At the end of Jungle Cruise , Lily and Frank discover where Tears of the Moon is located, activating a device that drains part of the Amazon River and reveals a cave that holds the tree. Unfortunately, Prince Joachim has captured Lily's brother, forcing him to reveal the tree's location. Frank, Lily, Joachim's Germans, and the Spaniards all converge on the cave, hoping to get the tree's petals. After Lily and Frank discover a gem inside the arrowhead, they place it in a contraption that lets the Tears of the Moon bloom. However, the tree can only bloom under the blood moon, and it quickly wilts, leaving Lily as the only one to grab an unwilted petal. Eventually, McGregor kills Joachim and Frank blocks the river water, stopping the cursed conquistadors and turning them into stone. However, in an earlier twist,  The Rock's Frank Wolff  revealed that he was one of the conquistadors as well. Because of that, he also turns into stone. Lily uses the petal to save her riverboat skipper and free him from the curse, turning him back into a mortal person. She is then rewarded, as a ray of moonlight makes another petal bloom.

McGregor shows up in a scene at the end, denying an invitation to the Royal Society explorers and rejecting them as they once rudely rejected him and his sister. He notes that his sister is now a professor at Cambridge, hinting that Lily took the petal back with her to London and has become renowned in her efforts to rid the world of disease. During their Amazon adventure, Lily and Frank developed feelings for each other. The end reveals the pair enjoying life together in London and ready to return in a  Jungle Cruise sequel .

What Is The Tears Of The Moon?

In Jungle Cruise , Tears of the Moon is the name of a tree with magical healing petals. The tree's petals supposedly cure any disease or break any curse. With such extraordinary powers, the tree is thought to be a myth. Despite that, Lily devotes years of her life to discovering its whereabouts, hoping that the tree could save millions of lives.

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Adventurers can only find the tree with an ancient arrowhead, which the Royal Society explorers eventually get a hold of. But, because the explorers don't take Lily's research seriously or respect her as a woman, they deny her the chance to use it. Because of that, she takes things into her own hands, stealing the arrowhead and making her way to the Amazon. After seeing the arrowhead, Frank leaves his life leading Jungle cruises for tourists and makes sure he's the riverboat skipper Lily travels with.

What Is The Truth About Frank Wolff?

Though Frank originally tells Lily that the Tears of the Moon is a myth, she discovers that he is after the tree and the arrowhead. With the help of friends who live along the river, Frank even tries to trick Lily and McGregor into thinking cannibals captured them and that they have to give up the arrowhead to live. Though he tried to trick Lily out of the arrowhead, Frank later seemingly gives up his life, taking a blade through the heart to save Lily and stop the cursed conquistadors from getting the artifact. Though it looked like he died, Lily and McGregor soon discover Frank is alive.

Frank reveals he is one of  Aguirre's cursed conquistadors  forced to live along the river forever. He's been searching the river for hundreds of years for the Tears of the Moon, but he could never find it without the arrowhead. He wants to find the tree to lift his curse so he can die in peace. Though he never found the Tears of the Moon, he now knows the river inside and out. He's even the cartographer who drew the map that Lily follows.

What Is The Truth About The Cursed Soldiers?

There's more to the story of the Spanish conquistadors. According to Frank, Aguirre's daughter became ill hundreds of years ago, which prompted him to go out searching for the Tears of the Moon. Frank, whose real name is Francisco, was one of the men searching with villainous leader Aguirre . Unfortunately, many of the men died along the journey, and all was lost until a tribe saved the men with petals from Tears of the Moon. The village chief wouldn't tell Aguirre the tree's location, however, and soon the Spanish conqueror was leading his men in an attack on the village. The conquistadors were then bound to the river by the chief and cursed to live forever. Frank helped the villagers during the conquistador attack, becoming Aguirre's enemy and eternally fighting him along the river.

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After years of fighting, Frank became tired of being attacked by the conquistadors. So he devised a plan to trap Aguirre and his men, cutting them off from the river. Because they couldn't see the river water, the conquistadors were turned into stone and became monsters made of the Amazonian wildlife. They were later freed by another  Jungle Cruise character ,  Prince Joachim, who recruits them to help him stop Lily.

What Happens Next In Jungle Cruise?

The Rock is meeting with Disney about a sequel to the movie, and there may be some clues already about where it goes. As the inspiration for the film, Disney's Jungle Cruise ride seems to hint at the franchise's future. While Jungle Cruise  takes place in the Amazon, the ride covers various rivers from around the world, including the Mekong, the Nile, and the Congo. By focusing on the Amazon, Jungle Cruise  leaves the other rivers as possible locations for future films.

What The Ending Of Jungle Cruise Really Means?

Jungle Cruise  is a romantic comedy wrapped up in an  Indiana Jones -like adventure . Among the themes is a message about selflessness and sharing adventures with others. After Frank selflessly sacrifices his chance at freedom to stop the conquistadors, Lily also selflessly gives up the Tears of the Moon petal to save him. Lily is rewarded for her selflessness, getting one last petal to take back to England and to save others. Thanks to the pair's self-sacrifice, they are free to book as many future jungle cruises together as they want.

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Disney’s Jungle Cruise will finally come out on July 30, both in theaters and on Disney Plus with Premier Access. The Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt joint was originally supposed to hit theaters last summer (after a previous delay), but COVID-19 put a halt on all things theater-related. Johnson announced the change Thursday on Instagram , post-workout in the “iron paradise.”

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The adventure-comedy film is based on the Disney Parks attraction of the same name, and follows Blunt as a biologist named Lily searching for a rare tree with healing properties in the Amazon rainforest. She joins up with Johnson’s disgruntled riverboat captain Frank, and the duo trek deeper into the jungle.

Jungle Cruise joins Country Bears , The Haunted Mansion , Tomorrowland , and the entire Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in the pantheon of Disney live-action movies based on rides (some of which are much better than others ). Disney recently announced that the Jungle Cruise ride will be undergoing some major refurbishments to update negative depictions of native people in both the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom versions of the ride.

Jungle Cruise will follow Cruella (May 28) and Black Widow (July 9) as dual releases in movie theaters and on Disney Plus Premier Access . With the state of theaters still nebulous, this seems a safe bet to make the most profits possible. Disney Plus Premier Access costs $29.99 per movie, and is available only to active Disney Plus subscribers.

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