After many conquistadors die, the Puka Michuna tribe heals the sickened survivors with the Tree's flowers. In 1556, Don Aguirre leads Spanish conquistadors to South America to search for the Lágrimas de Cristal Tree, whose flowers cure illness, heal injuries, and lift curses.
A sequel is in development, with Johnson and Blunt set to reprise their roles. The film received mixed reviews from film critics and underperformed at the box office, grossing $220 million worldwide against a production budget of $200 million. The score was composed by James Newton Howard.įollowing a year of post-production and a year of further delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jungle Cruise was finally released in the United States on July 30, 2021, simultaneously in theaters and digitally through Disney+ with Premier Access. Blunt and the rest of the cast joined in 2018 in a revamped version, with filming taking place in Hawaii and Georgia, from May through September that year. The original version fell through and Johnson joined in 2015. Plans for a feature film based on the Jungle Cruise ride began in 2004. It tells the alternate history of the captain of a small riverboat who takes a scientist and her brother through a jungle in search of the Tree of Life while competing against a German expedition and cursed conquistadors. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Édgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti. It is based on Walt Disney's eponymous theme park attraction. Jungle Cruise is a 2021 American fantasy adventure film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and Michael Green.