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Credit: Inside the MagicJurassic World: Rebirth (2025) is officially in development. The upcoming film will be the seventh installment in the long-running Jurassic franchise, following Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Jurassic Park III (2001), Jurassic World (2015), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and Jurassic World Dominion (2022).
There are also three other sequels now in development.
Plenty of details about the project have come to light in recent months, from creatives to cast members, and set locations to set photos. We now also have the official plot synopsis and some stills from the film. So here’s everything we know about Jurassic World: Rebirth.
Hold onto your butts…
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Jurassic World: Rebirth Plot
On August 29, Universal Pictures released the official synopsis for Jurassic World: Rebirth:
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived.
The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
Academy Award (R) nominee [Scarlett] Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetical material from the world’s three most massive dinosaurs.
When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.
Previously, a rumor shared by entertainment industry insider V Scooper claimed that the film will revolve around “a rescue team” that heads to an unspecified dinosaur-inhabited island “to save scientists” where they discover “a hybrid human-dinosaur serum.”
This rumor also claims that the main hero is be “a John Wick-inspired character,” which could be referring to Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennet.
Check out V Scooper’s tweet below:
JURASSIC PARK (rumors) – A rescue team ventures into an island ruled by dinosaurs to save scientists – The main hero to be a “John Wick” inspired character – A hybrid human-dinosaur serum is uncovered at the end – Focused on action and visuals Nothing definite yet.
JURASSIC PARK
(rumors)– A rescue team ventures into an island ruled by dinosaurs to save scientists
– The main hero to be a “John Wick” inspired character
– A hybrid human-dinosaur serum is uncovered at the end
– Focused on action and visuals
Nothing definite yet. pic.twitter.com/GAKTPCKicb
— V Scooper (@thevscooper) March 4, 2024
Whether or not the official synopsis’ “sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades” relates to human-dinosaur hybrids remains to be seen.
Either way, this is nothing more than a rumor, so it’s best to take it with a massive pinch of salt. However, as outlandish as it may sound, the concept of human-dinosaur hybrids is nothing new to the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies.
The best part of 20 years ago, a proposed script for Jurassic Park 4 (which eventually became 2015’s Jurassic World) featured human-dinosaur hybrid soldiers. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom also subtly reveals that human clone Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) shares genetic properties with the film’s dinosaur-hybrid, the Indoraptor.
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Jurassic World: Rebirth Cast
No actors from the previous Jurassic movies are returning for Jurassic World 4.
In an interview with EXTRA (via the Bryce Dallas Howard Network) while promoting her new film Argylle (2024), Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays Claire Dearing in all three Jurassic World movies, said she’s excited to see “new generations of actors be a part of that [Jurassic World 4] story.” In an interview with ComicBook.com while promoting her new film Imaginary (2024), DeWanda Wise, who plays Kayla Watts in Jurassic World Dominion, said, “I do not know” when asked if she would be returning.
Franchise icon Sam Neill, who plays Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Dominion, recently told Forbes, “Maybe that’s it” for his character. In a recent interview with CinemaBlend, the actor discussed the possibility of a live-action Jurassic television series.
So the “new Jurassic era” will introduce new characters.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) icon Scarlett Johansson, who plays Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in that series, will play Zora Bennett in Jurassic World: Rebirth.
Other actors and their respective characters are Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton) as paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis, Rupert Friend (Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Big Pharma Representative Martin Krebs, Mahershala Ali (The Green Book) as Duncan Kincaid, Zora Bennett’s most trusted team leader, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawyer) as Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family, which includes Luna Blaise (Manifest), David Iacono (Dead Boy Detectives), and Audrina Miranda (Lopez vs Lopez)
The film also stars Philippine Velge (Station Eleven), Bechir Sylvain (BMF) and Ed Skrein (Deadpool), who play members of Zora and Kreb’s expeditions.
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Jurassic World 4 Trailer
Jurassic World: Rebirth is now filming at Sky Elstree Studios in the UK, having already completed an on-location shoot in Thailand and studio shoots in Kalkara, Malta.
Here’s the official title reveal/teaser for the upcoming film:
While there’s no trailer for Jurassic World: Rebirth other than the title reveal, fortunately, there are two other trailers you can sink your teeth into.
Check out the trailer for the upcoming first-person action-adventure video game “Jurassic Park: Survival” (TBA), which is a direct sequel to the original 1993 film:
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Jurassic World 4 Release Date
Jurassic World: Rebirth is scheduled for theatrical release on July 2, 2025.
Several creatives who worked on previous Jurassic installments are involved in the project. Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) scribe David Koepp is the screenwriter, Jurassic World producers Patrick Cowley and Frank Marshall are back, and Steven Spielberg, who directed the first two films and was executive producer on the last four (Jurassic Park III through Dominion), is back as EP.
World-renowned paleontologists Steve Brusatte and Jack Horner have also returned. Brusatte was an advisor on Dominion with franchise veteran Horner, who has consulted on every film in the series so far.
The film is being directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla 2014 and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).
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Upcoming Jurassic Movies, Shows, and More
There’s a lot more to be excited about than Jurassic World: Rebirth. Beyond the upcoming film, the television series, and the video game, you can also enjoy real-world experiences such as Jurassic World: The Exhibition, Jurassic World Live Tour, and the popular Universal Studios attractions Jurassic Park River Adventure and Jurassic World: The Ride.
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