Joseph Baxter Oct 11, 2019
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt strive to find their own African Queen in the new trailer for Disney's Jungle Cruise.
Dwayne Johnson's big screen backlog is a proverbial battle royal of major movies, but few are as intriguing given the pedigree of who he's partnered with (i.e. not Vin Diesel or Jason Statham) as Disney's Jungle Cruise. Based on a Disneyland and Disney World riverboat theme park ride, this branded project is clearly designed to recreate the same lucrative ride-to-movie magic of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, but with Emily Blunt co-starring in the film, it also looks intentionally evocative of classic Hollywood star two-handers, most notably being Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951). Director Jaume Collet-Serra helms the ship, coming off thrillers like The Shallows and Run All Night.
This also follows in the trend of Johnson hitting magic with jungle themed movies.
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt strive to find their own African Queen in the new trailer for Disney's Jungle Cruise.
Dwayne Johnson's big screen backlog is a proverbial battle royal of major movies, but few are as intriguing given the pedigree of who he's partnered with (i.e. not Vin Diesel or Jason Statham) as Disney's Jungle Cruise. Based on a Disneyland and Disney World riverboat theme park ride, this branded project is clearly designed to recreate the same lucrative ride-to-movie magic of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, but with Emily Blunt co-starring in the film, it also looks intentionally evocative of classic Hollywood star two-handers, most notably being Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951). Director Jaume Collet-Serra helms the ship, coming off thrillers like The Shallows and Run All Night.
This also follows in the trend of Johnson hitting magic with jungle themed movies.
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