The film marks the first “Jumanji” movie in seven years.

Dwayne Johnson pays emotional tribute to Robin Williams at CinemaCon as Jumanji cast reveals title for fourth film

The film marks the first "Jumanji" movie in seven years.

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April 14, 2026 12:51 a.m. ET

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Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, and Karen Gillan in 'Jumanji: The Next Level'. Credit: Frank Masi/Sony

The *Jumanji* jungle has been unleashed at CinemaCon.

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black reunited during Sony's presentation in Las Vegas on Monday to introduce the first look at the fourth *Jumanji* film and announce its official title: *Jumanji: Open World*.

"It's the biggest of the franchise so far," Johnson teased.

The *Moana* actor also paid tribute to the movie star who launched the *Jumanji *series in 1995. "This whole franchise would not have started or happened or kicked off in this really beautiful way without one man, and that's Robin Williams," he said, prompting thunderous applause.

He also noted that the new film features an Easter egg that pays homage to the *Dead Poets Society* actor that's in "every single scene" of the movie.

Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and Kevin Hart. Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images

"If you don't know already, it's one half of the original dice that was used in the original *Jumanji*," Johnson said. "Robin, as we like to say, this one's for you."

Johnson had previously teased how *Jumanji: Open World*'s Easter egg nods to Williams. "This is the dice from the original *Jumanji *with Robin Williams as a show of respect," Johnson said in a video taken on set while showing off his necklace, which featured a board game die as its pendant. "[It's] a way of honoring Robin and this entire franchise that he started as we film our very last *Jumanji*. The big finale."

During the CinemaCon presentation, the trio of stars also introduced the first trailer for *Open World*, which picked up with the cliffhanger that ended 2019's *Jumanji: The Next Level*, wherein a repairman (Lamorne Morris) accidentally activated the magical video game at the franchise's center and inadvertently brought elements from the *Jumanji* game into the real world.

The trailer then reveals that the *Jumanji* video game characters portrayed by Johnson, Hart, Black, and Karen Gillan have been transported into the real world.

"Dr. Bravestone, I'm so glad I found you," Spencer (Alex Wolff) says as he approaches Johnson's character in a restaurant.

"Of course you are, because of my reputation and my charisma!" Bravestone responds in an over-the-top Spanish accent.

The trailer also shows various shots of *Jumanji* elements invading an urban landscape, including Komodo dragons slithering through city streets and a Rhino bursting through the walls of a building.

There are also numerous shots of the *Jumanji* avatars back in the jungle of the game, with Hart's character riding a motorcycle, Gillan and Johnson's characters in a slick sports car, and Black riding…a Segway.

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Based on Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 picture book of the same name, *Jumanji* first hit theaters in 1995. The film revolved around Alan Parrish, a young boy who's sucked into the world of a magic board game and reemerges 26 years later as a grown man portrayed by Williams. Grossing over $260 million worldwide on a $65 million budget, the film was widely beloved, but didn't receive a proper sequel for over two decades.

Johnson and co. breathed new life into the franchise with 2017's *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle*, which saw the central group of teenagers swept away into the world of Jumanji via a supernatural video game console. The film introduced body-swap antics into the series, as each of the adolescent characters embodied a grown-up gaming avatar while trapped in the game.

After *Welcome to the Jungle* grossed an astounding $962 million on a $90 million budget, the cast quickly returned for 2019's follow-up *The Next Level*, which saw the teens return to the game and brought Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, and Awkwafina into the fold.

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*Jumanji: Open World *hits theaters on Christmas Day.

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