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The original Jack is divided into two separate characters in the 2005 film. His duties as first mate are transferred to Ben Hayes, portrayed by Evan Parke, while the character name and the function of Ann Darrow's romantic interest are given to a playwright who tries to write a screenplay for Carl, as a friend, played by Adrien Brody. This Jack Driscoll does not intend to join the expedition at all, but delivers the script to the ship before it departs. With limited time, however, Jack did not write nearly enough, and Carl, desperate for more, tricks him into staying on the ship as it leaves for Skull Island. Carl complains that he prefers the stage, but Carl retorts that "if you really loved it, you would have jumped".

As it turns out, Carl's struggling actress, Ann Darrow, had been very familiar with Carl's work beforehand, and admired Carl greatly. She is excited to meet him, but at first the relationship is awkward (owing in part to a case of mistaken identity on Ann's part). When writing the next part of the script with Carl, Jack decides to kill off the first mate. When Carl questions it, Jack replies, "That's assuming she knows who the first mate is". This is a reference to the 1933 film, in which Jack Driscoll was the first mate of the Venture. The two eventually grow closer, however, and Jack also reveals that he has begun writing a comedic play dedicated to Ann, as a sign that he has fallen in love with her (the dynamic from the original, in which Ann is told that women should not be on ships, is not actually said by Jack, but does appear in Carl's film, although as it turns out Jack's script had been altered by the actor, Bruce Baxter).

While writing the screenplay, Jack is the first to learn that Carl is taking the crew to an undiscovered island. When they reach the island, Ann is kidnapped by the native inhabitants as a sacrifice for Kong, and Jack sets out in search for her along with the rest of the crew. He shows both great amounts of courage and a single-minded determination to find and rescue Ann. Of the original party, he is the only member who survived the journey through the island (including attacks by dinosaurs, a giant fish, and giant insects) and did not return to the settlement without rescuing Ann, managing to retrieve her by himself.

Unlike the original, Jack did not continue with Carl or Ann after Kong was brought to New York, but rather continued with the comedy he had dedicated to Ann, nor does Carl give Jack credit as being the hero of the adventure at Skull Island. Jack does, however, come to fear that he has let Ann slip away from him.

Jack realizes before anyone else that Carl opening is heading for disaster, but cannot do anything to prevent it. Discovering that Kong actually recognizes him on sight — and is hellbent on killing him for taking Ann – Jack attempts to use that to draw Kong away from Times Square and away from crowds of bystanders. Jack is nearly killed for his heroic