Taking place sometime after “Jumanji - Welcome to the Jungle”, it’s revealed that when Jumanji turned itself into a video game cartridge, it split off its bottom half. The bottom half, Zathura, goes missing for several years.
In the present day, we’re introduced to the Ramirez family, who are on vacation in Nevada because the youngest wanted to visit Area 51. While rummaging through a souvenir shop, the family stumbles across Zathura, which had turned itself into a CD-based game. Thinking that Zathura is a game based on Area 51, they buy the game. When the family returns to the hotel, the youngest decides to play Zathura on their console and manages to convince their family to play along (the type of console depends on which company is willing to sponsor the movie).
From there, the wackiness begins as the Ramirez family are sucked into Zathura, with the only way out being that they need to defeat the villainous Zorgons and save the galaxy in order to finish the game.
Fancast:
The Ramirez family -
1) Pedro Pascal as Carlos Ramirez, the patriarch of the family
2) Salma Hayek as Sarah Ramirez, the matriarch of the family
3) Xolo Mariduena as Hector Ramirez, the eldest son
4) Isabela Merced as Ana Ramirez, the eldest daughter
5) (insert actress here) as Carmen Ramirez, the youngest sibling and a sci-fi nerd/alien enthusiast who wanted to visit Area 51.
The Zathura avatars -
1) Zoe Saldana as Galactica Roddenberry, the badass space heroine who was sent to battle the Zorgons. She is Carmen’s avatar. (general parody of the sci-fi action protagonist)
2) John Cho as Rick Neutron, the loud-mouthed scavenger/thief who is only concerned about money. He is Carlos’ avatar. (parody of Han Solo, Malcolm Reynolds, and Peter Quill)
3) Adria Arjona as Dex, a troubled telepath who was being experimented on by the Zorgons. She is Sarah’s avatar. (parody of Jack from Mass Effect, River Tam, and Leeloo from Fifth Element)
4) Ewan McGregor as Cl’eerk Grawn’kt, an assassin/mercenary from an alien race that lives underwater. He is Hector’s avatar. (general parody of the alien ally protagonist)
5) Daisy Ridley as Q-14633, a sentient robot who was designed by the Zorgons but reprogrammed to serve the humans. She is Ana’s avatar. (general parody of the robot ally protagonist)
"she is a woman in the second one. perhaps she realizes she's actually more comfortable as a woman and just leaned into being hyper masculine dwayne the rock johnson to convince herself she was a man when shes not. much to think about. also i kin her so im right" - @meteor-star
Watched all three Jumanji films. (I realized I barely remembered the original film, but I love Robin Williams). And yeah Niiigeell. I enjoyed Rhys more than Dwayne Jonson and Karen Gillian (bad Whovian 😂😅)