--- title: The Rock Debuts His Surprising New Look for 'Jumanji' description: Here's your first look at The Rock in his next major action flick, the new 'Jumanji' movie, co-starring Kevin Hart and Jack Black. canonical: https://time.com/4476787/the-rock-jumanji-movie-photo/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-01T20:40:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:09.938Z og:title: The Rock Debuts His Surprising New Look for 'Jumanji' og:description: The 'Furious 8' star is on to the next action flick with this classic adventure. og:url: https://time.com/4476787/the-rock-jumanji-movie-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Rock Debuts His Surprising New Look for 'Jumanji' twitter:description: The 'Furious 8' star is on to the next action flick with this classic adventure. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Rock Debuts His 'Smoldering' New Look for _Jumanji_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 1, 2016 8:40 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 1, 2016 8:40 PM UTC Straight off his blockbuster year as the [highest-paid actor in Hollywood](http://time.com/4466075/the-rock-highest-paid-actors/?iid=sr-link1), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is jumping into his next big action flick: [the new _Jumanji_ movie](http://time.com/4325450/the-rock-robin-williams-jumanji-reboot/?iid=sr-link1). On Thursday, [America’s favorite](http://time.com/4424234/people-really-want-the-rock-to-run-for-president/?iid=sr-link3) former wrestler posted a picture of his _Jumanji_ character, the “smoldering” Dr. Bravestone, on his Instagram. In the shot, an Indian-Jones-like Rock is decked out in a cowboy hat, fingerless leather gloves, and a holstered gun. Rugged. “Not sure where my pecs went,” he cheekily captioned the photograph. Here’s an important note: this is concept art, not an actual photograph. He’ll be co-starring with his _Central Intelligence_ [buddy Kevin Hart](http://time.com/4393341/the-rock-kevin-hart-laugh-cry-impersonate/?iid=sr-link4) as well as comedian Jack Black, pop star Nick Jonas, and actress Karen Gillan — certainly an eclectic group of personalities. The reboot of the 1995 adventure fantasy isn’t expected to hit theaters until July 2017, meaning we’ll be getting plenty more updates on The Rock’s progress as Dr. Bravestone for almost a whole year yet. 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