2025's summer movie season is going prehistoric, with the arrival of the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth. This seventh installment, and the first of a "new era" following the Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard trilogy, features director Gareth Edwards and a fresh cast including Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali. Even with the involvement of original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp, the trailer hints at a potential misstep. The promised world of dinosaurs, teased in Fallen Kingdom and Dominion, seems absent.
Let's examine the trailer's reveals and omissions, and why the Jurassic World series might be missing a crucial opportunity.
**A Cretaceous Regression?**The Jurassic World trilogy received mixed reviews, yet remained a consistent box office powerhouse. Global audiences love dinosaurs, and despite Universal's apparent intention to retire the original World cast, further films were inevitable. The studio quickly assembled a new cast and crew, with Gareth Edwards (of Godzilla and Rogue One fame) as a particularly intriguing choice. Edwards excels at conveying scale in VFX-heavy films, a skill highly valuable for a four-quadrant blockbuster.
The trailer showcases impressive dinosaur visuals; Edwards' attention to detail in proportions and lighting elevates the film above many recent, visually underwhelming blockbusters. His achievement is even more remarkable considering the compressed production schedule (hired in February 2024, production began by June). While the trailer doesn't fully reveal the new characters, the action sequences look promising, and there's ample dinosaur screen time—a welcome sight. (Remember the locusts from Jurassic World Dominion? No? We don't blame you.)
Despite cautious optimism, the trailer's omission of the "world of dinosaurs" concept, teased since Fallen Kingdom, is a significant concern.
AnswerSee Results**Island Déjà Vu**The trailer reveals yet another dinosaur-infested island. This one, supposedly a "research facility for the original Jurassic Park," contradicts previous canon. It's a return to familiar territory, isolating the dinosaurs from civilization. Why this regression, given the previous trilogy's conclusion of dinosaurs dispersed globally? Universal's synopsis states that five years after Dominion, the planet's ecology proves largely inhospitable, confining remaining dinosaurs to isolated equatorial environments.
This feels like an unnecessary course correction. Why establish a "Jurassic World" only to abandon it? Similar to *Dominion*'s reversal of *Fallen Kingdom*'s ending, *Rebirth* discards the series' best idea: a world overrun by dinosaurs. This creative choice undermines the film's intended relaunch with new characters and ideas.The established lore also suffers. Dominion depicted dinosaurs thriving in diverse environments, from snowy regions to cities. If the world was so inhospitable, why did they fare so well in the previous film? The Malta chase sequence in Dominion, showcasing carnivores in a city, was arguably the film's best moment. The Jurassic franchise is a Hollywood sure bet; audiences crave dinosaurs. Why not take a risk and explore uncharted territory?
The Jurassic franchise is a safe bet; why not take a chance and do something truly different?
Perhaps Jurassic World Rebirth (rumored to be titled Jurassic City) holds surprises beyond the trailer. However, the franchise needs to move past the tropical island trope. While not necessarily requiring a full "Planet of the Apes" dinosaur adaptation, a middle ground exploring new environments is necessary. Rebirth's success remains to be seen, but the franchise needs to prioritize innovation over repetition.
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