The Junge Cruise reunion keeps getting bigger. A couple of years ago we learned that Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson would reteam for Kate Warne, an action film acquired by Amazon. With Blunt and Johnson aboard to produce, Deadline reports that Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra has now joined them.
Collet-Serra will direct the film on real-life director Kate Warne, based on a script by Melissa Stack with a first draft by Gustin Nash. While she hasn’t officially signed on to lead it, Blunt is expected to star as the legendary gumshoe, recognized as the first female detective and part of the Pinkertons beginning in the 1850s. She helped uncover the Baltimore assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
Emily Blunt as a kick-ass detective in a field dominated by men? Yes, please. Of course, we can expect to see her with Johnson and Collet-Serra again for the Jungle Cruise sequel. The two A-list actors also have the Netflix superhero film Ball & Chain, which I assume is still happening.