It doesn’t look like Dwayne Johnson will be going on another Jungle Cruise.
Johnson and The Smashing Machine co-star Emily Blunt spoke with Entertainment Weekly and shared a disappointing update on a sequel to their 2021 movie Jungle Cruise. The film earned $220 million at the box office (despite opening right after the COVID-19 pandemic), but it was a box office disappointment considering its reported $200 million budget. Because of that, Johnson and Blunt are doubtful that a sequel will happen.
“I don’t think so,” Johnson and Blunt both said to EW’s The Awardist podcast host Gerrad Hall.
“I think when Disney came under new leadership, they just shifted coming out of COVID,” Johnson explained. “COVID shifted our business in a lot of ways. I think they looked at that property and thought, ‘We did it once, not sure if we should revisit it again.’ Despite whether or not our chemistry was great.”
“They did not want to set sail again, and that’s fine,” Blunt added.
Johnson and Blunt will team up again in an untitled drama directed by Martin Scorsese. Johnson recently started filming “Jumanji 3” and has another film with Benny Safdie, Lizard Music, in the works.
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