Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, choose your player

Facts

  • Client

    Sony Pictures Canada

  • Where

    Cineplex Pre-Show

  • Year

    2017

  • Role

    Edit, audio, AD, Unity

The brief!

Sony wanted to drive holiday ticket sales for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ahead of its December release, in a season crowded with big movies.

The idea

The film is about four teens who get pulled into a video game and have to pick their avatars. So we made the audience do the same. A "Choose your player" screen, styled like the game in the film, asked the theatre to vote on their phones for Spencer, Martha, Bethany or Fridge. The winning teen's trailer then played on the big screen, revealing who they become in the game: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black or Kevin Hart.

Four Reveals

The result

The game ran in Cineplex pre-shows across Canada for the release, and audiences picked Bethany, who becomes Jack Black, most often. The film went on to gross about $962 million worldwide.

Meet my Team in 2018

  • Me, John Little.

    Art director and game art designer.

  • David Theron

    Internal marketing and sales designer

  • Deanna Ip

    Concept artist and 3D generalist

  • Damian (124) Dymon

    Motion designer

  • Armand Mec

    3D generalist

  • Aida Blakely

    Internal marketing and sales designer

FAQ

Original commercial by Noise Digital

Who made the original TV spot?

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