Origins

Before it hit the silver screen, 'Jumanji' started out on the page.

The story began its life as a children's picture book, which was written by Chris Van Allsberg in 1981, who would later contribute to the movie's screenplay.

Chris later said: "The premise [of] the book, and which is of value to the film story, is that there's anarchy and chaos and something uncontrollable inside an environment that we associate with control, which is the house.

"It's this surreal contrast of two things that don't go together: the quiet domesticity of a large and carefully tended house, and the utter chaos that shudders through it."