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News: Disney developing movie based on Jungle Cruise ride

Posted at 4:39 PM EDT (2039 GMT)

Sep. 21st, 2006 -- In a move likely fueled by the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Disney announced that it is developing a movie based on the Jungle Cruise ride. In the ride, one of Disneyland's original 22 attractions, guests board boats on a trip down a jungle river, encountering wild animals and other dangers.

The executive producers of the TV show "Smallville" are in discussions to write the script. The movie will be set in the 20th century, but plot details remain unknown.

Jungle Cruise would be the fifth film based on a Disneyland attraction. The two films based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride have been very successful, with the second movie grossing over $1 billion worldwide so far. 2003's The Haunted Mansion brought in about $76 million in America, but The Country Bears the year before only made $17 million.

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DisGardeVersal

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I suppose once this movie comes out, the imagineers will have to put in additional AA's to fit the plot of the movie.

9/21/2006 4:46 PM
BGWfanatic

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AA's? huh^?

It will be interesting to see what direction they take with this... family friendly? or PG-13? Id almost immediatly have guessed family friendly... except for that little movie call POTC. so who knows?

9/21/2006 4:57 PM
I love DW

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Well if it's anything like the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean they know they will make alot of money. But I don't see a box office like Pirates of the Caribbean for this movie but I could see another movie based of one of there attractions do as good as Haunted Mansion.

9/21/2006 6:00 PM
coastercrazy68

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Disney should make a movie based on the WEDWAY People mover.

9/21/2006 10:23 PM
James R

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BGW: AA = Audio-Animatronics.

Now they just need to do a movie on Splash Mountain... oh... wait...

9/22/2006 12:39 AM
rlrcstrfreak

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Hopefully it will be cool. I like the ride, its always fun.

9/22/2006 2:16 AM
Khartoum

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I'm excited to see how this turns out actually. I think it has potential to be an adventurous and fairly entertaining film but we'll have to wait and see.

9/22/2006 7:26 PM
rider-x

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How about "parking lot tram" the movie

9/23/2006 3:43 PM
I love DW

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^Wow that sounds like an exciting movie. lol.

9/24/2006 1:29 AM
Mrceagle

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Monorail the Movie

This is a bit dumb. for starters the ride is loosely based on the movie the African Queen. the boats are literally models after the boat in that movie.

The POTC movies are really the only good ones made. The Tower of Terror movie was good but was a Wonderful world of Disney movie. I mean how far are they going to take this.

9/26/2006 12:03 AM
I love DW

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^Probably until they have used every attraction for a movie. Then they will start building rides just to make movies of them. lol.

9/28/2006 6:12 PM
Mrceagle

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That or more remakes of past movies. if that doesn't work they can always make more and more sequels. That seems to be a popular trend or Disney lately. But Space mountain perhaps. A defunct ride but Horizons.

9/30/2006 5:23 AM


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