![]() ![]() On what Van Allsburg likes about the new film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle And, I don’t know, it just sort of at that point sprang into my head – ‘Jumanji.’” And I think maybe the ‘J’ attracted me because it sort of suggested jungle. “When I was just sort of, you know, casting around for a name… I was set on finding something that was slightly exotic – didn’t sound like it was a word from the English language. And then I thought about different kinds of games and I sort of hit on a jungle game, because I thought the combination of jungle perils inside your house would be a provocative combination.” "So that was the, kind of, starting point. "I had a decent imagination, but there was still something vaguely disappointing about playing Monopoly and not having real money, that sort of thing, and so I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if there was such a thing as a board game which did not require the imagination of the players, because everything that happened on the board game actually came to life – happened in real life. ![]() “I wrote the story as an adult but had recollections of feeling kind of a disappointment when I played board games when I was a kid. On where the original idea for Jumanji came from Listen to the full conversation above, or read highlights below. ![]() 18, 2017, just before the Michigan premiere of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. ![]() *Stateside originally aired this story on Dec. Van Allsburg grew up in Grand Rapids, and he joined Stateside to talk about the original Jumanji and this new take on the story. He's won two Caldecott Medals for his illustrations for The Polar Express and Jumanji, which was published in 1981. It was inspired by the work of Chris Van Allsburg, the renowned writer and illustrator of children's books. The film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle stars Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and many more names. Courtesy of Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg ![]()
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