Gareth Edwards is set to take the Jurassic World franchise back to basics with Jurassic World: Rebirth , and the director has opened up about why he feels the new movie needs to correct what has gone wrong with the franchise in several sequels. This will mean rediscovering something that has been "lost" for many years since Jurassic Park first brought dinosaurs to life like never before. The new movie will debut in cinemas next summer, and many are expecting Edwards to do for the prehistoric saga what he did for Star Wars with Rogue One.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Edwards shared some thoughts on how Jurassic World: Rebirth will attempt to avoid putting spectacle over storytelling (and he can hopefully avoid those cheesy third-act dino team-ups in the process). He said:
"Jurassic Park did lead the way with computer graphics, but I feel like we got lost along the way with the arms race to a spectacle. Jurassic Park actually only had just a few dozen VFX shots in it, and it's such a powerful film. So, it was trying to go back to all those tricks and ideas that tease the audience, that create suspense and tension that get you on the edge of your seat. I just wanted to create that feeling I had when I was young of being in awe of these things."
Edwards is not exaggerating. While modern Jurassic movies have become known for featuring dinosaurs on screen for more than half the runtime, back in 1993, Jurassic Park only featured around 15 minutes of dinosaur action across its two-hour This meant that much of the story was focused more on human stories, and Edwards clearly wants to get back to the kind of moviemaking that Steven Spielberg used to make his balanced masterpiece of suspense and action.
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For Edwards, the magic of Jurassic Park clearly lay in the storytelling and not just the incredible combination of practical effects overlaid with some CGI enhancements. The Tyrannosaur attack scene is still one of the most breathtaking, tense moments in cinema history, while the ending moment of the same T-Rex becoming the hero of the story was played in a way that surprised and thrilled audiences as it did not come with a trail of neon breadcrumbs hinting what was about to happen - unlike the overworked final battle scene in Jurassic World: Dominion.
Of course, this time around, the movie is also starting on a completely new footing, with no legacy characters expected to return. While Dominion allowed audiences the chance to catch up with Alan Grant, Ellie Satler, and Ian Malcolm, played by Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum, respectively, and put them into the same story as newer characters like Christ Pratt's Owen Grady and Bryce Dallas Howard's Claire Dearing, Jurassic World: Rebirth is bringing a fresh new cast to the Jurassic story, led by Scarlett Johansson and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey.
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Fans of the franchise have high hopes for Edwards' approach to the franchise, and will see how the new movie - which is expected to be the first in a new trilogy - can flip the story of dinosaurs running amok into something new and exciting again.
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Jurassic World Rebirth ActionAdventureSci-FiThriller Release Date July 2, 2025 Director Gareth Edwards Cast Scarlett Johansson , Mahershala Ali , Jonathan Bailey , Rupert Friend , Manuel Garcia-Rulfo , Luna Blaise , David Iacono , Audrina Miranda , Philippine Velge , Bechir Sylvain , Ed Skrein