<P> James Newton Howard was originally attached to compose the film's score; after the film's release date was pushed back half a year, he was replaced by Henry Jackman . </P> <P> In March 2017, during CinemaCon, it was announced that the complete title of the film is Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle . The plot was revealed to involve teenagers cleaning out a school's basement who find a vintage video game version of Jumanji, and get sucked into the jungle setting of the first film . While many fans theorized whether the film was a sequel or a reboot, the second trailer, which was released on September 20, 2017, revealed that the film takes place over twenty - one years after the events of the first . </P> <P> Principal photography began on September 19, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii, primarily taking place in the Kualoa Ranch private nature reserve . The film was then wrapped on December 8, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia . </P> <P> In August 2015, Sony set the film a release date of December 25, 2016 . As filming did not start until September 2016, the release was pushed back a year to July 28, 2017, and then to December 20, 2017 . </P>

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