'Jumanji' remake will pay tribute to Robin Williams, Dwayne Johnson reveals on Instagram (Photo)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has revealed a bit more information about the upcoming Jumanji remake.

In an Instagram post, Johnson said that the new film will honor the memory of Robin Williams and pay tribute to what he brought to the original.

"You have my word, we will honor his name and the character of 'Alan Parrish' will stand alone and be forever immortalized in the world of JUMANJI in an earnest and cool way," he wrote. "I have an idea of what to do and I think his family will be proud."

Johnon himself is a producer on Jumanji and is working on a rewrite of the script. The actor went on to share a story of the first time he met Williams and was completely star struck by the late comedian.

The Instagram post also gave us a few additional details about the new movie. Johnson said that while the original Jumani had three big roles, in the new story there are five main characters. It sounds like it will be a bit more of an ensemble piece than the first film, then, and Johnson promises there will be some cool casting announcements on the way later this week.

Jumanji will be directed by Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Sex Tape). Kevin Hart is reportedly in talks to star alongside Johnson, as we previously reported, although this has not yet been officially confirmed. Jumanji opens on July 28, 2017.

And the #JUMANJI magic begins. Excellent meeting with our director Jake Kasdan, producer Matt Tolmach, and our @SevenBucksProd team to work on our new re-imagining of this amazing story. I felt like in order to craft something cool we should begin where it all started. Award winning writer Chris Van Allsburg's source material of JUMANJI. Chris also wrote THE POLAR EXPRESS (later adapted by Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks) and has a very special & magical way of storytelling. I'm feelin' good and confident stepping into these shoes as a producer as well as actor to bring you something great that you and your entire fam can enjoy. An important thing that I want to be honest and bring up is Robin Williams. The love and respect I have for this man is boundless. You have my word, we will honor his name and the character of "Alan Parrish" will stand alone and be forever immortalized in the world of JUMANJI in an earnest and cool way. I have an idea of what to do and I think his family will be proud. I also think Robin is somewhere lookin' down and laughing, remembering the first time we met backstage and I (for the first time ever) was a star struck bumbling idiot that couldn't even get my words out. Idiot. He literally calmed me down w/ that smile and laugh. But that's for another fun story down the road. We got a great team assembled already over at our home base of SONY and now we build from here. Here's another fun part... in the original movie there were three big roles. In our new story there's now FIVE. Been so damn cool to see all my actor buddies push their projects aside so hopefully they can come play in our world. Should have cool casting announcements this week. Will keep you posted. #TheMagicBegins #JustPressStart #JUMANJI

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