Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for Jumanji: Open World, bringing Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan back for one final adventure in the modern Jumanji trilogy, according to Hollywood Box’s trailer coverage published on 30 October. The trailer’s central twist is that the game is no longer contained inside the console: dangerous creatures escape and invade the real world.
Directed by Jake Kasdan, who also helmed Welcome to the Jungle and The Next Level, the film promises another combination of large-scale action, comedy and video game-inspired adventure, according to the same coverage. The trailer was also carried in Sony’s official materials and trade trailer roundups, confirming the footage and the film’s positioning as the trilogy’s closer.
A trilogy closer, not a reboot
The modern Jumanji films reinvented the 1995 original’s board game as a video game, with players inhabiting adult avatars played by Johnson, Hart, Black and Gillan. Open World reverses that premise: instead of players entering the game, the game’s creatures come out, a setup that lets the franchise stage its set pieces in the real world rather than a jungle.
That inversion gives the trailer its most shareable images, with creatures breaking into everyday locations, and it explains why Sony is billing the film as the final adventure for this cast. Kasdan’s return as director provides continuity across all three modern films, a rare complete trilogy run for a single director in franchise comedy.
A Christmas Day release
Jumanji: Open World arrives in US cinemas on 25 December 2026, according to Hollywood Box, placing it in the heart of the holiday corridor alongside Shah Rukh Khan’s King, which releases on 24 December. The Christmas Day slot has historically suited family adventure films, and Sony’s trailer drop on 30 October, nearly two months ahead of release, gives the campaign a long runway through November’s crowded slate.
