Jungle Cruise

Is Jungle Cruise your favourite film? Here you can find out amazing facts about the film.

1. Jungle Cruise was released in 2021.

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2. The film is based on the classic Disney theme park attraction, 'Jungle Cruise'.

3. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

4. Disney tried to greenlight a Jungle Cruise film adaptation for nearly twenty years.

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5. Emily Blunt's Brother, Sebastian Blunt, makes an appearance in the film as the society guard she overpowers.

6. The production budget for the film was $200 million, this was to include physical sets rather than relying just on green screens.

7. Skipper Frank tells his passengers the iconic pun about the backside of water being the 'eighth wonder of the world'.

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8. The film was shot in Kauai, Hawaii.

9. The large 'old port' town set built in Kauai, Hawaii was constructed in a real ancient volcanic crater structure.

10. The Jaguar in the film called Proxima is completely CGI.

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11. Even though the film is based on the ride in the parks, it also took inspiration from The African Queen, a classic film from 1951.

12. Some of the language used in the film is Omagua dialect, this is spoken by the jungle tribe.

13. The film includes exactly eleven straight puns delivered by Dwayne Johnson. This is during his introductory riverboat tour scene.

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14. A Jungle Cruise 2 was given the greenlight, however it was shelved due to a shift in studio leadership.

15. Academy Award-winning make-up artist Joel Harlow used specialised cosmetics to mimic severe, peeling tropical sunburn on the actor Paul Giamatti.

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There you have fifteen incredible facts about Jungle Cruise. Which one are you most surprised by, let me know in the comments or on social media.

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