”You think that mosquitos, monkeys, and lions are bad? That is just the beginning…”
What would you do if you unexpectedly found a suspicious board game, buried in a construction yard that appeared to be calling out to you? Throw it away….we’d hope!
When little Alan Parrish found a dusty old board game –which unbeknownst to him was buried for a reason– he took the game home and did the unthinkable -he played it.
Alan soon discovered that this was no ordinary game and with each roll of the dice, the game pieces begin moving all by themselves. One wrong move and Alan was sucked into the game, never to be seen again…
Flash forward 26 years and Judy and Peter Shepherd move into the now vacant Parrish house, with their aunt Nora. You can guess where this is heading…
Of course they couldn’t resist temptation and were soon dragged into the games unimaginable world of chaos.
Jumanji was released back in December 1995 and we’d be lying if we said it didn’t change how we felt about board games!
It’s been almost 23 years since the movie’s release, which led us to thinking, what went on behind the scenes?
1. It Is Based On A Book…
The iconic film that we all know and love was actually based on a book!
The book…
In 1981, author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg published the children’s picture book of the same name.
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Its huge success led to 1995 film adaption and the television series – which aired between 1996 and 1999.
Jumanji…
What most people aren’t aware of is that the book also had a sequel, which was published in 2002!
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Jumanji’s sequel was titled Zathura and it too was written by original author, Chris Van Allsburg.
Zathura…
In the sequel, Danny and Walter Budwing from the end of Jumanji discover a science fiction version of the infamous board game!
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