Jungle Cruise
Disney’sJungle Cruisehas added bothThe Jungle Bookvisual effects supervisor J.D. Schwalm andThe Gunmancinematographer Flavio Martinez Labiano to its yield crowd . Filming on the Mouse House ’s theme park ride - turn motion picture is slate to get underway next April , with Dwayne ' The Rock ' Johnson star and manager Jaume Collet - Serra ( Run All Night ) call the shot .
TheJungle Cruisetheme park drive debut at Disneyland in California back in 1955 and is still combat-ready today , as part of the park ’s Adventureland region . In 2011 , Disney announced plans to adapt the ride into a alive - legal action buddy adventure starring Woody and Buzz themselves , Tom Hanks and Tim Allen , but that iteration of the undertaking never actually follow to fruition . Much like the drive takes guests on a riverboat trip around the worldly concern circa the 1930s , the Dwayne Johnson - ledJungle Cruisemovie is do in the 1920sand will have The Rock as a riverboat maitre d' who go on a whirlwind jungle safari .
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Omega Undergroundis reporting that Schwalm will serve asJungle Cruise ’s VFX supervisor - puddle the film his third collaborationism with The Rock afterThe Fate of the Furiousand next year’sRampagevideo game version - while Labiano serve up as its film director of picture taking . The siteis also report thatJungle Cruisewill be film primarily on sound stage in Atlanta , but will also film on - location in South America , after production gets started next spring .
Schwalm ’s participation suggests thatJungle Cruisewill let in photorealistic animals on the level with the Oscar - winning CGI creatures that were featured in Disney ’s live - actionJungle Book , which is certainly encouraging news . ( Indeed , the wild creature in the film will in all likelihood depend far more convincing than the charmingly - dated animatronics in the actualJungle Cruiseride . ) It ’s also dainty to hear thatJungle Cruisewill include some real South American position , amidst its CGI backdrops and practical sets . Labiano previously join forces with Collet - Serra on the slickly photographed thrillersNon - StopandThe Shallows , soJungle Cruise ’s configurations ought to look equally refined in motion .
While there have been a handful of Disney theme park movie adaptations put into development over the retiring few years ( most notably , Guillermo del Toro’sHaunted Mansion),Jungle Cruisewill be the first one to actually make it past early development . With an A - list star and some top notch natural endowment behind the camera - include , the futureJoker and Harley QuinndirectorsGlenn Ficarra and John Requa as the screenwriters -Jungle Cruisemay yet follow inPirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl ’s step and successfully turn a classic Disney park ride into a great smash hit event .
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Jungle Cruisedoesn’t have an official theatrical passing date yet .
Source : Omega Underground
