joe johnston played van pelt jumanji welcome to the jungle.
who plays van pelt jumanji welcome to the jungle?
joe johnston
jumanji: welcome to the jungle is a 2017 american fantasy adventure comedy film directed by jake kasdan and written by chris mckenna, erik sommers, scott rosenberg, and jeff pinkner, based on a story by mckenna. it is a direct sequel to "jumanji" (1995) and the third installment of the "jumanji" franchise, which was based on the 1981 children's book of the same name by chris van allsburg. it pays tribute to robin williams, the star of the first film, by mentioning his character's name. in addition, a replica of the used by williams's character also appears as a clue for the jumanji game's new players. the film stars dwayne johnson, jack black, kevin hart, karen gillan, nick jonas, and bobby cannavale. set twenty-one years after "jumanji", it follows four teenagers who are transported into the video game world of jumanji and play as their chosen characters. joining another player, they must beat the game to return home.
jumanji: welcome to the jungle
they learn the game's story from npc nigel: corrupt archeologist russell van pelt stole the jaguar's eye, a magic jewel, from its shrine, cursing jumanji. nigel escaped van pelt with the jewel, and the players must return it to a jaguar statue to lift the curse and call "jumanji" to leave the game. nigel warns them that van pelt will stop at nothing to retrieve the jewel, which gives him control of jumanji's animals; van pelt himself is possessed by its power. they begin tackling the game's increasingly-difficult "levels", losing lives as they do so. the four are rescued by alex, the missing fifth player, whose avatar is pilot jefferson "seaplane" mcdonough. taking shelter in a jungle house built by the game's previous player alan parrish, alex believes that he has been in the game for a few months and is distressed to learn that it has really been twenty years. the newcomers vow to help him return home. they break into a transportation shed, commandeering a helicopter, but fridge drops the jewel into a herd of rhinos. spencer sacrifices one of fridge's lives by pushing him out of the helicopter as a distraction and retrieves the jewel. alex loses his last life when a mosquito bites him, but bethany performs cpr and transfers one of her lives to him.
jumanji: welcome to the jungle