The first trailer forJurassic World Rebirthteased another thrilling and action-packed adventure through the land of dinosaurs. Thestory ofJurassic World Rebirthcenters around Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett as she and her team try to retrieve dino DNA from an island inhabited by mutated dinosaurs from a Jurassic Park laboratory. Themutant dinosaurs inJurassic World Rebirtharen’t the only remarkable things to appear in this upcoming film.
One scene fromJurassic World Rebirth’s trailershows characters getting attacked by dinosaurs on a boat. This sequence is noteworthy because it is very similar to a scene from Michael Crichton’s novelJurassic Park. Though it was originally supposed to be adapted for Steven Spielberg’s1993film adaptation, what could’ve been a remarkable scene ended up on the cutting room floor. Finally,Jurassic World Rebirthhas seized the opportunity to bring this scene to life on the big screen, which should benefit the sequel’s performance in theaters.
Jurassic World Rebirth’s T-Rex River Attack Scene Is Pulled From The Original Jurassic Park Novel
Jurassic World Rebirth Finally Adapts A Scene Axed From Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park Movie
Overall, 1993’sJurassic Parksucceeded in adapting Crichton’s novel for the big screen. However, the book does have aspectacular scene that theJurassic Parkfilm omitted. The sequence features Alan Grant fleeing with Tim and Alex Murphy onto the park’s Jungle Cruise ride,only for a T-Rex to chase them across the river and for the heroes to fall down a waterfall. The scene is written out in the novel as follows:
“The tyrannosaur was now chest-deep in the water, but it could hold its big head high above the surface. Then Grant realized the animal wasn’t swimming, it was walking, because moments later only the very top of the head—the eyes and nostrils—protruded above the surface. By then it looked like a crocodile, and it swam like a crocodile, swinging its big tail back and forth, so the water churned behind it.”
Jurassic World Rebirthhas repurposed this scene from the original novel, as shown in the trailer when a T-Rex tries to devour a red-shirted character swimming underwater.
Likewise, the trailer shows a handful of spinosauruses and other larger dinosaurs, including a T-Rex, attacking multiple characters when they are on a boat on the water.The way some of these dinosaurs appear in the water fits the description of the T-Rex resembling a crocodilein the novel. The scene also makes the spinosauruses look like sharks as they swim in the water and attack the boat, harkening back to bothJurassic Park IIIand Steven Spielberg’s film,Jaws.
Jurassic Park Cutting Out The T-Rex Attack Scene Is Helping Jurassic World Rebirth
Jurassic World Rebirth Adapting This Attack Scene Helps The Film Stand Out In The Franchise
The river chase sequence in thetrailer forJurassic World Rebirthlooks outstanding. Sincethere was not enough time or money to include such a scene inJurassic Park, it arguably wouldn’t have looked as good as it does now, considering how far CGI technology has evolved since 1993. The fact thatJurassic Parkended up not using this scene very much worked out in the long run, particularly in the sequel’s favor.
What Island Jurassic World Rebirth Takes Place On
Jurassic World Rebirth returns the franchise to an island setting. But does it take place on Isla Nublar or Isla Sorna, or a completely new island?
Theinclusion of such an exciting and distinctive scene inJurassic World Rebirthhelps the film stand out from previous movies in theJurassic Parkfranchise. This can help the film appeal to moviegoers and encourage them to see it in theaters. It could especially attract fans of Spielberg’s original film and Crichton’s novel, who were hoping to see the river scene from the latter appear on-screen.
WhileJurassic World Dominioncould’ve finally let the franchise rest, the sequel’s long-awaited river attack scene shows that there are still plenty of exciting and suspenseful stories that can be explored in theaters.
All in all, the dinosaurs' attack on the boat inJurassic World Rebirthhelps justify the movie’s existence to audiences. WhileJurassic World Dominioncould’ve finally let the franchise rest, the sequel’s long-awaited river attack scene shows that there are still plenty of exciting and suspenseful stories that can be explored in theaters. It may have taken over 30 years to bring this scene to life on film, butJurassic World Rebirthmay prove to fans that it was worth the wait.
