Orphan Director Picks Jungle Cruise Over Suicide Squad 2

Turning down DC villains for a Disneyland ride.

By Alex Osborn

Disney's upcoming Jungle Cruise movie will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

IGN can confirm that Collet-Serra (The Shallows, Orphan) is on board to helm Jungle Cruise, which stars Dwayne Johnson and is based on the Disneyland riverboat theme park ride of the same name.

As noted by Deadline, who first reported on Collet-Serra's involvement, this means the director will no longer be in the running to direct Suicide Squad 2. Earlier this month it was reported that Collet-Serra was the frontrunner to helm the upcoming DC sequel.

In addition Orphan and The Shallows, Collet-Serra directed Non-Stop and Run All Night, as well as the upcoming Liam Neeson-led mystery thriller The Commuter.

Jungle Cruise will begin filming in early 2018.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @alexcosborn.

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