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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
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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".

Disney's Jungle Cruise - Now In Production

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 [ ]

Teaser poster with original first release date

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.
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↑ Johnson's 'Jungle Cruise' Is a Go at Disney (Exclusive)
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↑ 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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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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In the pantheon of Disney movies based on Disney theme park rides, "Jungle Cruise" is pretty good—leagues better than dreck like "Haunted Mansion," though not quite as satisfying as the original "Pirates of the Caribbean."

The most pleasant surprise is that director Jaume Collet-Serra (" The Shallows ") and a credited team of five, count 'em, writers have largely jettisoned the ride's mid-century American colonial snarkiness and casual racism (a tradition only recently eliminated ). Setting the revamp squarely in the wheelhouse of blockbuster franchise-starters like " Raiders of the Lost Ark ," " Romancing the Stone " and "The Mummy," and pushing the fantastical elements to the point where the story barely seems to be taking place in our universe, it's a knowingly goofy romp, anchored to the banter between its leads, an English feminist and adventurer played by Emily Blunt and a riverboat captain/adventurer played by Dwayne Johnson .

Notably, however, even though the stars' costumes (and a waterfall sequence) evoke the classic "The African Queen"—John Huston's comic romance/action film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn ; worth looking up if you've never watched it—the sexual chemistry between the two is nonexistent, save for a few fleeting moments, like when Frank picks up the heroine‘s hand-cranked silent film camera and captures affectionate images of her. At times the leads seem more like a brother and sister needling each other than a will they/won’t they bantering couple. Lack of sexual heat is often (strangely) a bug, or perhaps a feature, in films starring Johnson, the four-quadrant blockbuster king (though not on Johnson’s HBO drama "Ballers"). Blunt keeps putting out more than enough flinty looks of interest to sell a romance, but her leading man rarely reflects it back at her. Fortunately, the film's tight construction and prolific action scenes carry it, and Blunt and Johnson do the irresistible force/immovable object dynamic well enough, swapping energies as the story demands.

Blunt's character, Lily Houghton, is a well-pedigreed adventurer who gathers up maps belonging to her legendary father and travels to the Amazon circa 1916 to find the Tears of the Moon, petals from a "Tree of Life"-type of fauna that can heal all infirmities. She and her snooty, pampered brother MacGregor (Jack Whitehall) hire Frank "Skipper" Wolff (Johnson) to bring them to their destination. The only notable concession to the original theme park ride comes here: Wolff's day job is taking tourists upriver and making cheesy jokes in the spirit of "hosts" on Disney Jungle Cruise rides of yore. On the mission, Johnson immediately settles into a cranky but funny old sourpuss vibe, a la John Wayne or Harrison Ford , and inhabits it amiably enough, even though buoyant, almost childlike optimism comes more naturally to him than world-weary gruffness.

The supporting cast is stacked with overqualified character players. Paul Giamatti plays a gold-toothed, sunburned, cartoonishly “Italian” harbor master who delights at keeping Frank in debt. Edgar Ramirez is creepy and scary as a conquistador whose curse from centuries ago has trapped him in the jungle. Jesse Plemons plays the main baddie, Prince Joachim, who wants to filch the power of the petals for the Kaiser back in Germany (he's Belloq to the stars' Indy and Marion, trying to swipe the Ark). Unsurprisingly, given his track record, Plemons steals the film right out from under its leads.

Collet-Serra keeps the action moving along, pursuing a more classical style than is commonplace in recent live-action Disney product (by which I mean, the blocking and editing have a bit of elegance, and you always know where characters are in relation to each other). The editing errs on the side of briskness to such an extent that affecting, beautiful, or spectacular images never get to linger long enough to become iconic. The CGI is dicey, particularly on the larger jungle animals—was the production rushed, or were the artists just overworked?—and there are moments when everything seems so rubbery/plasticky that you seem to be watching the first film that was actually shot on location at Disney World.

But the staging and execution of the chases and fights compensates. Derivative of films that were themselves highly derivative, "Jungle Cruise" has the look and feel of a paycheck gig for all involved, but everyone seems to be having a great time, including the filmmakers.

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Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com, TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.

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Jungle Cruise (2021)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of adventure violence.

127 minutes

Dwayne Johnson as Frank Wolff

Emily Blunt as Dr. Lily Houghton

Jack Whitehall as McGregor Houghton

Edgar Ramírez as Aguirre

Jesse Plemons as Prince Joachim

Paul Giamatti as Nilo

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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.

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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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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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Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and 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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Jungle Cruise

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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.

Rating: PG-13 (Adventure Violence)

Genre: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Original Language: English

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Producer: John Davis , John Fox , Beau Flynn , Dwayne Johnson , Dany Garcia , Hiram Garcia

Writer: Michael Green , Glenn Ficarra , John Requa

Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2021 wide

Release Date (Streaming): Aug 31, 2021

Box Office (Gross USA): $117.0M

Runtime: 2h 7m

Distributor: Walt Disney

Production Co: Flynn Picture Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Seven Bucks Productions, Davis Entertainment, TSG Entertainment

Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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Dwayne Johnson

Frank Wolff

Emily Blunt

Lily Houghton

Edgar Ramírez

Jack Whitehall

McGregor Houghton

Jesse Plemons

Prince Joachim

Paul Giamatti

Verónica Falcón

Dani Rovira

Quim Gutiérrez

Sir James Hobbs-Coddington

Jaume Collet-Serra

Michael Green

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Glenn Ficarra

Dany Garcia

Hiram Garcia

Scott Sheldon

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Douglas C. Merrifield

Flavio Labiano

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James Newton Howard

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Jean-Vincent Puzos

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Chris Hansen

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Silly but enjoyable. Sort of dual remake of both "The Mummy" (1999) and the first "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Disney film that is enough to watch with the family and friends, but offers little return value. Between all the remakes of animated classics, Disney lacks a focus on new and fresh ideas. Jungle Cruise may not be the step in the right direction but it demonstrates they are still willing to take a risk. Blunt is well cast and she is rarely miscast, but it's Johnson who feels out of his element. The film is a mess of special effects mixed together with Pirates of the Caribbean. It's an odd choice the filmmaker and writers made for this mega budgeted film. I just don't understand why they make these films so massive and risk not turning a profit. This should've been a more character focused film with a splash of big adventure. I have heard they are planning a sequel, but I thought they closed this off well enough to avoid a sequel.

A great adventure film and while it is reminiscent of Indiana Jones and the Mummy, it has some original twists and the humor makes the film. Blunt and Johnson are great and Plemmons looks like he is seventh heaven chewing up the scenery!. Well Directed and written. Enjoyable from beginning to end. 09-06-2021

Disney turned a theme park ride that mostly involved sitting into a billion-dollar supernatural adventure franchise, so why not try another swing at reshaping its existing park properties into would-be blockbuster tentpoles? Jungle Cruise owes a lot to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and actually owes a little too much for its own good. For the first half of the movie, it coasts on the charms of stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and some light-footed visual misadventures. Then the second half turn involves a significant personal revelation, and that's where the movie felt like it was being folded and crushed into form to closely resemble the Pirates franchise. It gets quite convoluted and littered with lackluster villains, too many and too stock to ever establish as intriguing or memorable (one of them is a man made of honey, so that's a thing). I found myself also pulling away in the second half because of the inevitable romance. Their screwball combative banter between Johnson and Blunt gave me some smiles and entertainment and then, as they warm to one another, it sadly dissipated, as did my interest. The comedy is really labored at points. Johnson keeps referring to Blunt as "Pants" because she's a woman and she wears pants in the twentieth century. It was not funny the first time and it's not funny or endearing after the 80th rendition. The supernatural elements and curses feel extraneous and tacked on. With the Pirates films, at least the good ones, there are a lot of plot elements they need to keep in the air and you assume they're be able to land them as needed. The competing character goals were so well established and developed in those movies and served as an anchor even amid the chaos of plot complications and double and triple crosses. With Jungle Cruise, it feels like a lot of effort but also a lot of dropped or mishandled story and thematic elements. This feels more creatively by committee and the heavily green screen action is harder to fully immerse with. As a wacky adventure serial, there may be enough to keep a viewer casually entertained, but Jungle Cruise feels too beholden to the Pirates formula without bringing anything exciting or fresh on its own imagination merits. Nate's Grade: C

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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.

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“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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This morning, Good Morning America gave fans an exclusive look at the new trailer for Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” and now the full trailer—bursting with thrills, laughs and surprises—is available, along with a new poster and images from the trailer. “Jungle Cruise” will release simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on Friday, July 30.

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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These days, most theme park attractions are based on popular movies. The whole idea is to let guests enter the world of their favorite stories and experience the adventure in a more tangible way. At the Disney Parks, most of the rides have been inspired by popular Disney movies since the beginning, but there have also been attractions that were entirely original, and many of them have since seen movies made about them. Jungle Cruise starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt is just the latest in an ongoing series of films based on popular Disneyland and Walt Disney World rides. So how does it stack up against the others?

We're going to take a look at every movie that was specifically inspired by part of a Disney theme park, and we'll rank them accordingly. You can watch most of this list on Disney+ right now ( click here if you need to subscribe). A couple notes to be aware of: for the purposes of this list, we're only including the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. It was the one most specifically inspired by the attraction, the sequels were really just inspired by the previous films. Also, we're sticking with theatrical films here, so you won't find the made-for-TV Tower of Terror on this list. We'll slot in the new one if/when it happens. With that out of the way, let's give all the theme park movies a look and see which one is the best.

6. Mission To Mars

If you literally forgot that there even was a movie based on the classic Disneyland and Disney World attraction Mission to Mars, that probably tells you everything you need to know about the film. There's a lot the movie has going for it. The film has a cast that includes Don Cheadle , Tim Robbins and Gary Sinise. It was directed by the great Brian de Palma. It feels like it should be a better movie than it is. It's visually impressive, or at least it was at the time 20 years ago, but there just isn't much in the way of character or story to keep you invested in the film's stunning look. The fact that the movie came out nearly a decade after Mission to Mars had closed in the theme parks didn't help, and it was even a dated ride before that. Granted, it's still a ride that means something to a lot of people, and the movie is probably still worth seeing, but it's just forgettable.

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5. The Country Bears

The strangest thing about The Country Bears movie may be that the entire plot and structure was reused by The Muppets less than a decade later. A young fan of the old Country Bears musical act comes to discover that the band's home is about to be taken over by a greedy banker. So the fan and one of the Country Bears go on a cross-country quest to get the band back together in order to stage a show to raise the money to save the building. The movie is also full of celebrity cameos. Part of the problem with The Country Bears is simply that even though the Disney World attraction has fans, it just doesn't have the widespread appeal that the Muppets do. The animatronic bear suits are technically impressive, but they're also difficult to get used to. The whole thing is so weird that you'll never forget it, though you might try.

4. The Haunted Mansion

I'm on record as saying that Disney's Haunted Mansion movie is good, actually , and I stand by that. On balance, I think there's more to recommend it than there is weighing against it. Having said that, it's certainly not a perfect movie. It tries to balance horror and humor in the same way that the attraction does, but it ultimately just isn't able to do the job quite as well as the actual Haunted Mansion. The Disneyland and Disney World attraction is represented well and they do directly inspire elements of the story, so fans of the ride will have something to enjoy here, even if the story doesn't quite capture you. But hey, at least there's a reboot on the way .

3. Tomorrowland

While not technically based on a specific attraction, any list like this would be incomplete without including Tomorrowland . However, Tomorrowland is a tough movie to judge. Like Haunted Mansion , it's difficult to argue that it's a great film, but there's actually quite a lot about it that is great. From its foundations in actual Disney history to its (mostly) optimistic view of the future and humanity's potential, it's the sort of thing Walt himself would have believed in. Tomorrowland is in some ways the most Disney movie you could have. Tomorrowland feels like it's just on the edge of greatness, but never quite gets there.

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2. Jungle Cruise

When we sit down on a theme park attraction to go for a ride, what we're ultimately looking for is fun, and Disney's newest theme park attraction-inspired film is certainly that. Jungle Cruise is packed with action and humor, with some of the latter in the form of terribly bad jokes. Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt just have fantastic chemistry that makes the whole movie a trip worth going on with them. The actual Disney ride only has to keep you engaged for seven or eight minutes, but the Jungle Cruise movie has you along for the ride for the whole two hours. It may not be the best movie based on a Disney attraction, but it's awfully close.

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1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

There's a reason that Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl spawned a franchise, four sequels and a possible reboot. As popular as the original Disneyland attraction is, the ride is not the reason this movie is good. The movie is great entirely on its own merits. The action is second to none. Jack Sparrow, in his debut performance, is a breath of fresh air, even if that air would eventually get stale. The score is one of the most memorable to come from a Disney movie that isn't an animated musical. On top of that, Curse of the Black Pearl actually found the inspiration for its plot in the ride itself, but was able to build it into something truly special. There's a reason that of all the movies here, this is the one that came full circle and ended up adding elements from the movies into the ride. It's something that fans want to see.

While a lot of these movies have not been massive box office hits, the fact is that the movies inspired by Disney theme park attractions are actually pretty interesting on the whole. They may not always be great, but they're all worth seeing. Four of them can be found on Disney+ right now. Tomorrowland is set to be added in early September, and we'll likely see Mission to Mars there eventually. And down the road, we'll certainly see more flicks added to this list. A Tower of Terror movie is in development , as is a Space Mountain movie . Fans of these rides will certainly be looking forward to seeing them in a new way on the big screen.

CinemaBlend’s resident theme park junkie and amateur Disney historian, Dirk began writing for CinemaBlend as a freelancer in 2015 before joining the site full-time in 2018. He has previously held positions as a Staff Writer and Games Editor, but has more recently transformed his true passion into his job as the head of the site's Theme Park section. He has previously done freelance work for various gaming and technology sites. Prior to starting his second career as a writer he worked for 12 years in sales for various companies within the consumer electronics industry. He has a degree in political science from the University of California, Davis. Is an armchair Imagineer, Epcot Stan, Future Club 33 Member.

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Where Was Jungle Cruise Filmed?

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, ‘Jungle Cruise’ is an adventure film that revolves around Captain Frank Wolff, who accompanies siblings Lily and McGregor Houghton on their mission to discover the Tree of Life. On their quest, the trio must contend with various challenges posed by the jungle they have entered. The film is based on Disney’s theme park attraction of the same name and is set during the World War I era .

The movie features some stunning and breathtaking locations that not only compliment the grand scope of the adventure but also create a visually enchanting experience for the audience. If you wish to learn more about the movie’s filming sites, we’ve got you covered. Here are all the filming details of ‘Jungle Cruise.’

Jungle Cruise Filming Locations

Principal photography on ‘Jungle Cruise’ began on May 14, 2018, and was completed on September 14, 2018. After some delays, filming resumed (likely for reshoots) in 2019 and was officially wrapped up on June 3, 2019. The movie was extensively filmed on sets built in a Georgia-based studio as well as in Hawaii. Some portions were also shot on location in the two states. Let’s take a closer look at the specific filming spots of the movie!

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Atlanta, Georgia

Filming of ‘Jungle Cruise’ took place in the city of Atlanta mainly on soundstages at the Blackhall Studios, a film and television production facility located at 1415 Constitution Road. The studio offers nine soundstages ranging between 19,200 sq ft to 38,400 sq ft, along with various other facilities such as production offices and VFX studios.

The shooting of popular Hollywood projects such as ‘ The Tomorrow War ,’ ‘ Jumanji: The Next Level ,’ and ‘ Lovecraft Country ‘ took place at the studio property. The cast and crew also filmed some scenes at the Oxford College of Emory University in Oxford, a city in Newton County, which is a part of the Metro Atlanta region.

Kauai, Hawaii

Kauai, an island in Hawaii, is also a major filming location of the movie. A huge set was constructed by the film’s production crew at Kapaia Reservoir, located near Wailua Falls in Kauai County. The cast and crew filmed some scenes on location in various parts of the island, including the town of Lihue, the county seat of Kauai County. A few scenes were also shot near the Huleia Stream.

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A portion of filming also took place in the vicinity of the Kilohana Plantation, a tropical plantation estate that is located at 3-2087 Kaumualii Highway in Lihue. The estate is a renowned tourist attraction and offers various activities such as rum safari and exquisite dining experiences. The property represents life in the early 1900s, which makes it an ideal filming location for the movie, given its World War I setting. Popular films such as ‘ Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw ,’ ‘ Avatar ,’ and movies in the ‘ Pirates of the Caribbean ‘ franchise were also shot in Kauai.

Aside from building gigantic sets, the production crew of ‘Jungle Cruise’ also procured era-appropriate boats and vehicles for the purpose of filming. “I think, first of all, when you step on a set like this… We had heard that the set was spectacular for months, as they were building it. But then, when we finally stepped on set, we stepped on set together, and we were just blown away, very inspired, had goosebumps. It was really amazing,” lead star Dwayne Johnson told Collider about the sets constructed for the shooting of the movie.

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10 best movies like disney's jungle cruise.

Jungle Cruise is a worthy adaptation of Disney's popular attraction, and there are many similar adventure movies with just as much fun and thrills.

Disney's Jungle Cruise is the newest summer flick, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, in which a botanist, her brother, and a skipper undergo a river exploration to search for the Tree of Life. Families are enjoying the quest with its exciting and explosive action and many critics find it a worthy rendition of the beloved Disney attraction in Disneyland and Magic Kingdom.

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Adventurous movies often feature themes around expeditions filled with brilliant action and the immersive pursuit of something valuable. Jungle Cruise is just one example of such a film that explores this narrative device, and moviegoers love watching these stories play out on the big screen. Luckily, viewers can engage in other similarly exhilarating and amusing escapades, and the adventure is endless with these great movies.

The African Queen (1951) - Available On Prime Video

A missionary woman embarks on a river journey in Africa with a steamer captain. While seeking safety as WWI ensues, they also hope to use their travels to fight against German gunboats. It will become quite a challenge when they constantly argue, but their relationship soon turns romantic.

Starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn , The African Queen resembles many aspects of Jungle Cruise , as both movies share the jungle and river setting, a riverboat adventure, and the dynamic chemistry between the two leads. Jungle Cruise also happens to take place roughly around the period of WWI. This romantic adventure movie is more mellow in its expedition, and its plot centers on the war conflict, but the inspiration here is clear and Jungle Cruise fans are sure to find something they love.

The Mummy (1999) - Available On HBO Max

Tension heightens in the Sahara Desert when Imhotep is awakened and hopes to reunite with his love, Anck Su Namun. It requires the efforts of a librarian, her brother, and an adventurer to stop him as they search for the ancient city, Hamunaptra.

The Mummy is noticeably different than Jungle Cruise in its setting, taking place in a hot desert rather than in a jungle. However, it follows a similar plot device of locating an ancient city while coming across curses and ruthless mummies, building a suspenseful, fun, and action-packed adventure. It also showcases similarly developed characters that include an enthusiastic and adventurous female expert, her brother as support and comic relief, and an adventurer of sort, acting as a love interest.

Treasure Planet (2002) - Available On Disney+

Adapted from a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Planet follows a young boy named Jim Hawkins who finds a treasure map. He joins a space pirate crew led by John Silver to search for the hidden treasure, but the expedition proves dangerous, and trust is tested.

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Like Jungle Cruise , Treasure Planet caters to families and children, while also to those seeking a unique adventure. Adventure is in the air with its beautifully crafted animation and spectacular visuals. It's a thrilling ride and is one of Disney's most underrated movies.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - Available On Paramount+

A daring archeologist ventures on an exploration to find the Ark of the Covenant, but time proves crucial as the Nazis also seek the powerful artifact. Thus, Indy must overcome dangerous obstacles and retrieve the artifact before it is too late.

Raiders of the Lost Ark currently has three sequels, and another is on the way. Many people describe it as a timeless action masterpiece . Like Jungle Cruise , this adventure film follows a similar plot in the character searching for a valuable relic, with incredible action sequences and an upbeat score, but in a different expeditious setting.

Dora And The Lost City Of Gold (2019) - Available On Paramount+

Dora must explore a new life as a high schooler, but it has been hard for her to make new friends. However, when her parents go missing, she joins her cousin and classmates to find her parents and a lost ancient city.

Dora is a popular Nick Jr. character that many young children have seen in her animated show, Dora the Explorer . Dora and the Lost City of Gold has a similar story to Jungle Cruise of an adventurous expedition to find a hidden city in the jungle. It has the same lighthearted and humorous tone that suits families and children.

National Treasure (2004) - Available On Disney+

Ben Gates is a historian who seeks a hidden treasure, but in his latest adventure, he is betrayed by mercenaries. As they all rush to find the treasure first, Ben works with his team to solves clues and they learn that the Declaration of Independence is the key to it all.

Starring Nicholas Cage and Diane Kruger, National Treasure takes scavenger hunting and exploration to a new level. While the film follows the narrative of an expedition to find lost treasure, it also gives an ode to the historical significance of artifacts with fun puzzle-solving clues and riddles. Despite harsh reviews by critics, most fans loved this Disney movie .

The Lost City Of Z (2016) - Available On Prime Video

The Lost City of Z follows the explorer Percy Fawcett who hopes to find the lost city of Z. His obsession impacts his relationship with his family, as his search could improve his status in society. The film stars Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, and Tom Holland.

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The Lost City of Z is a different adventure film, given its biographical nature. While most adventure films feature a fun and action-packed thrill ride, this film shows the realistic experiences of exploration and has a serious tone. It also has an anti-climatic ending, indicating the ominous aspects of Fawcett's journey. Despite its differences from usual expedition films, it has the similar plot device of exploration and one's willingness to search for something valuable, making it well worth a watch.

Tomb Raider (2018) - Available On Sling & Spectrum

While Jungle Cruise is based on a Disney attraction, Tomb Raider is an adaptation of a video game. Portrayed by Alicia Vikander, Lara Croft goes on an adventure to a mysterious island in hopes of learning about her father's disappearance.

Like any adventure film, it has dangerous stunts and thrilling action sequences in a jungle setting. Furthermore, Lara Croft resembles Lily Houghton in Jungle Cruise, as they both showcase their strength, intelligence, and ambitions to solve their quest, while also being complete badasses when facing their enemies.

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017) - Available On FXNOW & Sling

Many people may know the classic film Jumanji. However, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a modernized approach with a video game and makes the original Jumanji proud . Four high schoolers are stuck in a video game, appearing as their chosen avatars. While they must win and survive the game to return to their world, the game is not so simple in this dangerous jungle expedition.

Like Jungle Cruise , the adventure takes place in a jungle setting with action-packed sequences, making it a fun and entertaining film. The characters are charismatic and hilarious, with Jack Black and Johnson being standouts. Furthermore, the movie shows that Jungle Cruise is obviously not Johnson's first outing when it comes to jungle expeditions.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003) - Available On Disney+

A group of pirates kidnaps a governor's daughter as she holds a coin responsible for their curse. Blacksmith Will Turner and Captain Jack Sparrow must team up to save her in this exciting pirate adventure. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl became one of the most popular and critically praised films, given its action sequences, performances from the cast, and remarkably catchy score.

The Curse of the Black Pearl mirrors the thrilling experience of Disney's well-liked ride, Pirates of the Caribbean , located in Disneyland and Magic Kingdom. And like Lily from Jungle Cruise , Elizabeth Swann challenges the traditional standard of women for the time by embarking on an epic adventure.

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D ivided into four parks — Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios — Disney World in Orlando, Florida, is one of the largest amusement park complexes in the world. People come from all over to experience the magic of the Disney universe.

Of course, the parks and their rides are specially geared toward children. But that doesn't mean adults can't find exciting attractions that (sort of) justify the Disney adult phenomenon.

These are some of the most popular rides at Disney World, which you have to ride at least once in your life.

Jungle Cruise

Park: Magic Kingdom

Type of ride: Water ride

Score: 13.2

If you watched the 2021 "Jungle Cruise" movie based on this ride, don't fret! We promise the ride that inspired the absolute wreck of a film is actually good. You'll board a creaky steamer and navigate through the Amazon (in South America), the Congo (in Africa) and the Mekong (in Asia) rivers.

As you ride, you'll see animatronics of animals like gorillas and hippos. Expect some low drops and splashes in this attraction that's perfect for all ages.

Note: Rankings are based on a 2023 Magic Guides study that analyzed the rides' search volume, number of Instagram hashtags and Tripadvisor reviews to give them a popularity score.

Star Tours - The Adventures Continue

Park: Hollywood Studios

Type of ride: 3-D simulator

Any "Star Wars" fan needs to head to Hollywood Studios and experience this thrilling ride with C-3PO, R2D2 and other characters. You'll engage in a 3D flight simulator across the universe as you try to avoid Imperial forces.

Even if you're not too into the saga, the ride is one of the most fun at Hollywood studios. Honestly, we're surprised it ranks in ninth place — we would have ranked it higher.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Type of ride: Thrill ride

Score: 13.4

Magic Kingdom is mostly about spinning in tea cups and seeing characters. But if you want something that makes you feel like you're in an amusement park, head to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Anyone over 40 inches tall can enjoy this ride, which goes through tunnels and canyons on a track that feels like it'll give way anytime. Hey, that's part of the fun!

Haunted Mansion

Type of ride: Slow ride

Score: 13.7

Celebrate Halloween at any time of year with a ride into Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion. You'll go through a graveyard, an old home where ghouls lurk in corners and even a séance room.

Visiting with kids? No worries! The ghosts here are friendly, and the mansion is eery but never scary. Overall, this is perfectly on-brand with Disney.

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Park: Animal Kingdom

Type of ride: Roller coaster

Though Animal Kingdom focuses mostly on real animals, you'll also have the chance to "meet" the abominable Yeti. Or rather, to escape from it as you go through the Himalaya on a fast moving train.

This is one of the best rides for adults at Disney World, since it has fast turns and unexpected drops.

For more popular Disney World rides, check out Far & Wide.

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Disney's Jungle Cruise is based on the theme park attraction of the same name, but the movie also takes from real-life historical figures and concepts. Jungle Cruise follows a British scientist, her brother, and a jungle cruise skipper as they embark on an adventure down the Amazon River in search of the mythologized Tears of the Moon. The Disney film stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as ...
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Jungle Cruise: Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall. 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.
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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 ...
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Rating: PG-13. Runtime: 2h 7min. Release Date: July 30, 2021. Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy. 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.
Jungle Cruise movie review & film summary (2021)
In the pantheon of Disney movies based on Disney theme park rides, "Jungle Cruise" is pretty good—leagues better than dreck like "Haunted Mansion," though not quite as satisfying as the original "Pirates of the Caribbean." ... "Jungle Cruise" has the look and feel of a paycheck gig for all involved, but everyone seems to be having a great ...
The Disney Flick 'Jungle Cruise' Is Based On Disneyland Ride
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. When Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson started planning his ...
Jungle Cruise (2021)
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 ...
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Runtime: 2h 7min. Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy. 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 ...
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Jungle Cruise. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and 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 ...
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Movie Info. 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 ...
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This summer, join Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt on the adventure of a lifetime. 🚢 Watch the new trailer for Disney's Jungle Cruise and see the movie in the...
How Disney's Jungle Cruise Film Adapted the Problematic Ride
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.
New Trailer Released For Disney's "Jungle Cruise" Starring Dwayne
This morning, Good Morning America gave fans an exclusive look at the new trailer for Disney's "Jungle Cruise," and now the full trailer—bursting with thrills, laughs and surprises—is available, along with a new poster and images from the trailer. "Jungle Cruise" will release simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on Friday, July 30.
Ranking All The Disney Movies Based On Theme Park Rides, Including
2. Jungle Cruise. When we sit down on a theme park attraction to go for a ride, what we're ultimately looking for is fun, and Disney's newest theme park attraction-inspired film is certainly that ...
Where Was Jungle Cruise Filmed? Disney+ Filming Locations
Here are all the filming details of 'Jungle Cruise.' Jungle Cruise Filming Locations. Principal photography on 'Jungle Cruise' began on May 14, 2018, and was completed on September 14, 2018. After some delays, filming resumed (likely for reshoots) in 2019 and was officially wrapped up on June 3, 2019. The movie was extensively filmed on ...
Jungle Cruise
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 (Dwayne Johnson) and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt). Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila—his ...
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This summer, join Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt on the adventure of a lifetime. 🚢 Watch the new trailer for Disney's Jungle Cruise and go see the movie in ...
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Seeking an ancient tree with healing abilities, Dr. Lily Houghton and wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff team up for the adventure-of-a lifetime on Disney's Jungle Cruise, a rollicking ride down the Amazon. Amidst danger and supernatural forces lurking in the jungle, secrets of the lost tree unfold as their fate—and mankind's—hangs in the ...
10 Best Movies Like Disney's Jungle Cruise
Tomb Raider (2018) - Available On Sling & Spectrum. While Jungle Cruise is based on a Disney attraction, Tomb Raider is an adaptation of a video game. Portrayed by Alicia Vikander, Lara Croft goes on an adventure to a mysterious island in hopes of learning about her father's disappearance. Like any adventure film, it has dangerous stunts and ...
Dwayne Johnson to Star in 'Jungle Cruise' Movie for Disney (Exclusive)
Dwayne Johnson is teaming up with Disney to translate a theme park ride to the big screen. Johnson is attached to star in Jungle Cruise, based on the classic ride, while John Requa and Glenn ...
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The Disney movie 'Jungle Cruise', is set on a journey based on the belief of the _____ rainforest having healing powers. Fill in the blanks Amazon Quiz Answer. Q1# The Disney movie 'Jungle Cruise', is set on a journey based on the belief of the _____ rainforest having healing powers. Fill in the blanks Daintree Amazon Santa Elena New Guinea
Most Popular Disney World Rides, Ranked
These are some of the most popular rides at Disney World, which you have to ride at least once in your life. Jungle Cruise ... If you watched the 2021 "Jungle Cruise" movie based on this ride, don ...

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