jungle cruise Plans for a sequel have been derailed, according to lead stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt.
During his appearance in The award-winning podcast for Dwayne’s campaign at the 2026 Oscars, the Crusher machine The star and his co-star Emily Blunt were asked about the sequel.
“I don’t think so,” they both responded.
While the film grossed $220 million at the global box office just after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world, Disney doesn’t want to make the sequel.
“I think when Disney took on new leadership, they just changed coming out of COVID,” the Jumanji star explained. “COVID changed our business in a lot of ways. I think they looked at that property and thought, we did that once, not sure if we should revisit it. Regardless of whether our chemistry was great or not.”
He Oppenheimer The actress added that “they didn’t want to set sail again and that’s fine.”
Current Disney CEO Bob Iger previously led the company from 2005 to 2020. He was replaced by Bob Chapek from 2020 to 2022 and then returned to the role.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt have reunited for The crushing machine, which is a biographical film of MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Johnson plays Mark while Blunt plays his wife Dawn Staples.
