Jumanji: Open World: Everything We Know
Everything we know about Jumanji: Open World, including the Dec. 25 release date, full cast, plot, and a look at both trailers.
Jumanji: Open World lands in theaters on Christmas Day as the final chapter of the modern trilogy. The crew spent two movies fighting their way out of a video game. Now the game has decided to follow them home.
Here’s everything we know so far, from the release date and cast to the plot, the newest trailer, and what “final” really means.
A Glance at Jumanji: Open World | Everything We Know
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- Release date: December 25, 2026, in theaters
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- Director: Jake Kasdan
- Writers: Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg
- Producers: Matt Tolmach, Kasdan, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia
- Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Alex Wolff
- Billing: Final film in the modern Jumanji trilogy
When Does Jumanji: Open World Come Out?
Jumanji: Open World opens in theaters on December 25, 2026. That’s two weeks later than its original December 11 date, according to Variety. The new date puts it one week behind the highly anticipated Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday, which both open on December 18.
Will those two giants swallow every big screen? They’ll take plenty. But Jumanji is the family pick on a holiday, and the franchise has history in this window. Welcome to the Jungle opened in December 2017 and passed $950 million worldwide. The Next Level followed in 2019 and reached $801 million.
What Is Jumanji: Open World About?
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This one flips the formula. In Welcome to the Jungle and The Next Level, teenagers and their relatives got pulled into the game and had to play their way out. In Open World, the game breaks free of its console, and the avatars walk straight into our world, with the chaos of the jungle right behind them.
They arrive in “demo mode,” so nobody is controlling them, and they malfunction accordingly. Spencer (Alex Wolff) and the other real-world characters have to find a way to get the avatars back into the game.
It also circles back to where the story began. Wild animals running loose in a town is the trouble that drove the 1995 Robin Williams film, so Open World mixes that real-world mayhem with the video game rules of the reboots.
The Robin Williams Tribute
Johnson wanted the final film to honor Williams, and he found a physical way to do it. He wore the prop dice from the 1995 movie around his neck during filming, after costume designer Laura Jean Shannon suggested tracking down the originals.
Johnson shared the tribute in an Instagram video in November 2025 and said the idea was his. The dice also appear in the movie itself, according to reports from CinemaCon.
Jumanji: Open World Cast and Characters
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The core four return as avatars, and the original teens are back as the real-world crew.
The avatars
- Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Smolder Bravestone
- Jack Black as Professor Shelly Oberon
- Kevin Hart as Franklin “Mouse” Finbar
- Karen Gillan as Ruby Roundhouse
- Awkwafina as Ming Fleetfoot
The real-world crew
- Alex Wolff as Spencer Gilpin
- Madison Iseman as Bethany
- Morgan Turner as Martha
- Ser’Darius Blain as Fridge
- Danny DeVito as Eddie
Also in the cast
- Nick Jonas, returning as in-game character Jefferson “Seaplane” McDonough
- Rhys Darby as Nigel Billingsley
- Marin Hinkle, Bebe Neuwirth, and Lamorne Morris
- Newcomers Dan Hildebrand and Jack Jewkes
Take a look at the first trailer that dropped on July 28th.
Jumanji: Open World FAQs
- Is Jumanji: Open World the last Jumanji movie? It’s billed as the final installment of the modern trilogy. No follow-up has been announced as of this writing.
- When is the Jumanji: Open World release date? The movie opens in theaters on December 25, 2026. It was originally set for December 11 before Sony moved it back two weeks.
- Who is in the Jumanji: Open World cast? Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Awkwafina play the avatars. Alex Wolff, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Ser’Darius Blain, and Danny DeVito return as the real-world crew, along with Nick Jonas and Rhys Darby. Newcomers include Dan Hildebrand and Jack Jewkes.
- What is Jumanji: Open World about? The game breaks out of its console, and the avatars wander into the real world in demo mode, bringing jungle chaos with them. Spencer and the others have to get everyone back into the game.
- When did the Jumanji: Open World trailers come out? The first trailer arrived on July 28, 2026, and the second followed on October 28, 2026.
- Do I need to watch the other Jumanji movies first? It helps. Open World follows Welcome to the Jungle and The Next Level, and it brings back their characters. The 1995 original isn’t required, but the film nods to it, including the dice Johnson wore as a Robin Williams tribute.
Jumanji: Open World | One Last Roll of the Dice
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Jumanji: Open World looks like a fitting final round. The game is loose in the real world, the avatars are stuck in demo mode, a mom is running around in Bravestone’s body, and the whole cast gets one more shot at the body-swap comedy that made this franchise a hit.
It also nods back to the 1995 original with stampeding animals and Robin Williams’ dice. Can it hold its own against Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday? As a beloved family film franchise that releases on December 25, we think it will.
That’s everything we know for now. Bookmark this page; we’ll update it with every new detail before Christmas, and tell us in the comments if you and the fam will be heading to the theaters to watch this on Christmas Day.
