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The ‘Jumanji’ franchise is getting ready to say goodbye. ‘Jumanji: Open World’ is billed as the third and final chapter of the modern trilogy that began with ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and continued with 2019’s ‘The Next Level’, with Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan all returning for one more adventure.

This time, the story flips the franchise’s usual setup. Instead of players getting pulled into the game, Jumanji breaks free of its console and unleashes its chaos on the real world, building on the ending of ‘The Next Level’, which saw ostriches from the game turning up outside a restaurant.

With the holiday release getting closer, Sony has unveiled a new set of character posters. Each one shows a member of the core four, Johnson, Black, Hart and Gillan, climbing out of a manhole onto a busy city street, under the tagline “Our world. New rules. One final game.”

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The posters build on the idea at the center of the new movie. Johnson’s Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Black’s Professor Shelly Oberon, Hart’s Franklin ‘Mouse’ Finbar and Gillan’s Ruby Roundhouse each pop out of the street in their familiar outfits, surrounded by city buildings rather than jungle.

They follow an earlier poster that stacked the 4 stars vertically on a snowy, Christmas-decorated city street, with ostriches crowding in from either side. Both designs make it clear that this time the game isn’t staying where it belongs.

The new art also promotes the film’s release only in theaters this Christmas, with premium formats included. Sony released the first trailer in late July, picking up from the cliffhanger at the end of ‘The Next Level’. It showed the 4 core characters appearing in the real world as stilted versions of their video game avatars, with a second trailer following later.

The official synopsis notes that the heroes have escaped the ever-changing jungles of Jumanji before, but this time the game comes to them. The movie’s tagline, “One. Last. Game.”, makes clear this is meant to be the final chapter.

Alongside the core 4, the film brings back plenty of familiar faces. Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser’Darius Blain and Madison Iseman return as the players, joined by Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Rhys Darby, Danny DeVito, Bebe Neuwirth, Lamorne Morris and Marin Hinkle.

There are some new additions too. ‘The White Lotus’ star Brittany O’Grady joins the cast along with Burn Gorman, Dan Hildebrand, Jack Jewkes and Nasim Pedrad.

Jake Kasdan, who directed the previous 2 films, returns to direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg. Matt Tolmach, Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Kasdan produce, while Henry Jackman returns to compose the score.

The film’s full title was revealed during Sony’s CinemaCon presentation in April. Production began in late 2025, and filming wrapped on March 30, 2026. ‘Jumanji: Open World’ was originally scheduled for December 11 before Sony moved it to Christmas Day. That puts it in theaters after ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ in a very busy holiday movie season.

The franchise has a strong track record of drawing family audiences over the holidays, and Sony is clearly hoping the final chapter can do the same. With the full original cast back and the game finally loose in the real world, it has all the ingredients for a big Christmas send-off. ‘Jumanji: Open World’ arrives in theaters on December 25.

Are you excited to see the Jumanji crew return for one final adventure in ‘Jumanji: Open World’?

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