The 1995 Robin Williams fantasy film Jumanji will likely be broadcast on TV later this month to honor the late actor. Sundance TV introduced in the present day that it’s going to present the movie on Monday, July 21, which might have been the actor’s sixty fifth birthday. Williams died in August 2014.

Jumanji will air on Sundance TV at 9 PM ET on July 21, in keeping with Leisure Weekly.

Jumanji the film is an adaption of the 1981 Chris Van Allsburg image guide. Williams’ character, Alan Parrish, turned caught in a board recreation as a younger boy earlier than being let out (together with different creatures and characters) within the modern-day.

A reboot of Jumanji is within the works at Sony and will likely be directed by Jake Kasdan, the son of legendary Star Wars author Lawrence Kasdan. The unique Jumanji had three most important characters–played by Williams, Kirsten Dunst, and Bradley Pierce–but the 2017 reboot may have 5 main roles.

Actors confirmed for the Jumanji reboot to this point embody Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black. For his half, Johnson pledged to not “screw up” the reboot. He additionally talked about how the brand new movie goals to honor Williams.

“The love and respect I’ve for this man is boundless. You’ve my phrase: we’ll honor his identify and the character of ‘Alan Parrish’ will stand alone and be eternally immortalized on this planet of Jumanji in an earnest and funky means.”

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