MUMBAI: Vanessa Hudgens is most likely to play the female lead in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. The script of the film is losely based on Jules Verne‘s The Mysterious Island.

The film in which Josh Hutcherson is reprising his role as burgeoning explorer Sean Anderson will be directed by Brad Peyton. Dwayne Johnson will also be part of the film being produced by Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson of Contrafilm.

 The story has Hutcherson and Johnson forced to go a trip to a mythical and monstrous island to find his missing grandfather. Hudgens plays a Pacific Islander who gets swept into the adventure and end up falling for Hutcherson.

The film is scheduled to roll in late October in North Carolina and Hawaii.