'Is nothing sacred?': Twitter responds to news of Jumanji remake

Sony Pictures' slate for 2016 and 2017, which includes remakes of the Robin Williams family film, has prompted cries of 'too soon' and 'travesty'

Twitter users have reacted with fury to the prospect of a remake of the hit 1995 movie Jumanji, which starred Robin Williams as a man released from a magical board game in which he had been trapped for 26 years.

Industry stories of a Jumanji reboot had been quietly circulating for some time, but Sony Pictures' slate announcement on 5 August confirmed it was going into production - and even named its release date: Christmas Day 2016. No director or actors have yet been named, but it is likely that Zach Helm will be one of the credited writers, after an announcement was made in 2012 that the Stranger Than Fiction writer had been hired to work on a script.