Dwayne Johnson on the new Jumanji movie and Robin Williams

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has made a promise the new film of the 1995 fantasy classic would "forever immortalise" Robin Williams' character from the first film in "an earnest and cool way."

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The Rock took to Instagram to reveal more details about the film he will star in as well as produce:

"An important thing 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 honour his name and the character of "Alan Parrish" will stand alone and be forever immortalised 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."

In the original Jumanji, which also starred Kirsten Dunst and Bonnie Hunt, Williams plays the grown-up version of a boy trapped in a jungle-themed board game. He was was released decades later when two kids found the game and started playing.

News of the remake of the monster 90s hit has been around since 2012.

Jumanji, directed by Jake Kasdan, has a US release date of July 28, 2017. There is no world yet on a date for screening in New Zealand.