Credit: Universal PicturesDinosaur fights have become one of the defining ingredients of the Jurassic Park franchise.
While Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 film did feature a short-lived brawl between the T. rex and the raptors, later installments increasingly leaned into full-scale clashes between giant predators. Jurassic Park III (2001) famously shocked audiences by having the Spinosaurus brutally overpower the T. rex in one of the series’ most controversial moments.
Dinosaur Fights in Jurassic Park
14 years later, Jurassic World (2015) delivered the franchise’s most crowd-pleasing battle when Rexy, Blue the Velociraptor, and the Mosasaurus teamed up against the Indominus rex. Blue would battle another genetic hybrid, the Indoraptor, in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). Then came Jurassic World Dominion (2022), which culminated in another arena-sized showdown between Rexy, the Therizinosaurus, and the Giganotosaurus.
At this point, dinosaur battles are no longer occasional moments within the series — they are part of its identity in the same way that dinosaur-on-vehicle attacks are a long-established staple. Whether the next movie in the series will continue this trend remains to be seen, as last year’s film, Jurassic World Rebirth (2025), failed to deliver any sort of prehistoric brawl despite introducing the gigantic mutant dinosaur, the Distortus Rex.
Reports of a New Jurassic World
Talk of a sequel has already begun to spiral online following rumors one may be moving forward at Universal Pictures. While the studio has not officially confirmed a new film, reports claim director Gareth Edwards and Scarlett Johansson are both currently in negotiations to return following Rebirth, which grossed $869.1 million worldwide during its theatrical run.
Naturally, attention has already shifted toward where the franchise could possibly go next.
That question is more important than ever because seeing as many fans felt that Rebirth largely abandoned one of the most interesting concepts introduced by the previous trilogy: dinosaurs openly existing across the globe alongside humanity.
Instead, the film controversially pivoted back toward yet another isolated island storyline, effectively resetting the franchise into familiar territory once again. If another sequel really is happening, the series arguably needs to evolve beyond repeating the same formula.
What Will Rebirth 2 Be About?
One possibility is that the franchise finally introduces other prehistoric creatures beyond dinosaurs. Ice Age mammals like woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and giant ground sloths have existed on the edges of the wider franchise through tie-in media like video games and animated shows for years but have never properly entered live-action Jurassic canon.
Another long-rumored concept involves the infamous human-dinosaur hybrid idea, which has circulated online for decades following abandoned concepts from earlier sequels and unused artwork tied to canceled projects.
Meanwhile, fans continue to joke about whether the next film will end up in space, which no longer seems so far-fetched, especially considering the fact that the Fast & Furious franchise — another long-running Universal Pictures IP — did exactly that in its ninth installment.
The Best Jurassic Concept of Them All
With that said, there is perhaps another bizarre — and potentially very entertaining — possibility of all: something inspired by Warpath: Jurassic Park (1999).
Released in 1999 for the original PlayStation, Warpath: Jurassic Park was a bizarre but memorable spin-off fighting game developed by Black Ops Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts and DreamWorks Interactive. Rather than focusing on survival horror or park management, the game leaned completely into dinosaur combat, allowing players to control species like the Tyrannosaurus rex, Spinosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Suchomimus, Ankylosaurus, and Velociraptor in arena-style battles across locations inspired by the films.
The official synopsis described the game as a conflict in which InGen’s dinosaurs are forced into combat following genetic experimentation and corporate exploitation.
At the time, the game received mixed reviews for its clunky gameplay and limited mechanics, but it has since developed a strong cult following among hardcore Jurassic fans, with many still calling for a remake. But the idea might be more fitting for the big screen.
To paraphrase John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), it would be “right up Jurassic Park’s alley.” Not only are dinosaur battles now a signature component of the films themselves, but adapting Warpath would technically draw from existing Jurassic material rather than introducing an entirely foreign concept.
The groundwork has already been laid on the big screen, too. Dominion featured an underground dinosaur black market in Malta where prehistoric creatures were exploited for entertainment such as fighting. Its predecessors, Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom, also leaned heavily into the idea of organized dinosaur combat for military purposes.
Whether audiences would actually embrace a full dinosaur fighting film is another question entirely, but after seven mainline movies, with the most recent being easily the most unoriginal, the franchise may eventually need to take bigger creative swings if it wants to avoid repeating itself indefinitely.
It’s also worth noting that movies based on beat ’em up games remain incredibly popular, as this year sees the release of both Mortal Kombat II (2026) and Street Fighter (2026).
For now, though, Universal Pictures has not officially confirmed whether another Jurassic World film is currently in development.
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