Kirsten Dunst as Judy Shepherd, a girl who finds the Jumanji board game. David Alan Grier as Carl Bentley, a 1969 shoemaker who grows up into a 1995 police officer. Bonnie Hunt as Sarah Whittle, a 1969 teenager who grows up into a 1995 psychic. Laura Bell Bundy plays the younger Sarah.

The brother and sister wished for their parent's presence, as their fates were sealed by Alan's winning roll and the alternative timeline was undone. By the end of the film, Judy is seen with her parents and Peter meeting Alan and Sarah for the first time.

Unless Van Allsburg is hiding some secret jungle board game somewhere in his past, the answer is no. Jumanji is a tale the author dreamed up by himself, without any direct correlation to a real board game. That said, the name of the game does have some interesting roots.

Bradley Pierce's highest-profile acting role might've come as Peter, the animal-cursed kid (and younger brother to Dunst's Judy Shepherd) in Jumanji.