The soft reboot of theJurassic Worldfranchise will start withJurassic World Rebirth, and director Gareth Edwards could look at one of his earlier movies for inspiration when it comes to the massive monsters he’ll have to play with. The fourth entry in theJurassic Worldfranchise and the seventhJurassic Parkmovie overall,Jurassic World Rebirthis due to release in July 2025. The story will take place several years after the events ofJurassic World Dominion, in a world where dinosaurs have settled into the warm equatorial territories where they are able to survive.
Plot details are limited, but it’s been revealed that the new sci-fi action blockbuster will feature Scarlett Johansson as the leader of a covert ops mission to secure DNA from the surviving dinosaurs on Earth. From the sound of it, the story may feature some of themost-beloved dinosaurs from theJurassic Parkfranchise. However, director Gareth Edwards will be tasked with restoring the scariness to the dinosaurs that marked the franchise’s first three entries, and he could look to his own work in the Legendary Monsterverse to do so.
Jurassic World Rebirth Should Bring Back The Franchise’s Most Bizarre Idea That None Of The Films Were Brave Enough To Do
One Jurassic Park idea that’s been rumored for more than a decade should finally make its debut in the upcoming soft reboot of the dinosaur franchise.
Godzilla (2014) Is The Scary Monster Blockbuster That Jurassic World Rebirth Needs To Be
Godzilla Restored The Majesty And Fear Factor Of The Giant Monster
Gareth Edwards was the man behind the movie that kicked off the Monsterverse, 2014’sGodzilla, and some of the keys to that movie’s success could be just as important forJurassic World Rebirth. After Tristar’s disastrous 1998 adaptation of the radioactive lizard,Gareth Edwards managed to restore the size, power, and intimidation factor of Godzilla. He once again seemed like a very real threat to the world, and so did his opponents in that movie, the brand-new kaiju known as the MUTOs.
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Edwards should take that same approach to the dinosaurs that will be the centerpiece ofJurassic World Rebirth. One of thebiggest problems with the Chris Pratt-ledJurassic Worldmoviesis the fact that none of the dinosaurs were intimidating, or even all that fascinating to look at. The CGI-heavy approach to the dinosaurs' creation left them looking flat and decidedly unscary, as opposed to Steven Spielberg’s practically-created dinosaurs.Edwards needs to make dinosaurs something to marvel at again, as he did with Godzilla.
The Jurassic World Trilogy Focused Too Much On The Action And Forgot To Be Scary
The CGI Dinosaurs Became So Commonplace That They Stopped Being Intimidating
The dinosaurs in the originalJurassic Parkmovies were legitimately breathtaking, and their appearances are among the most well-known and beloved scenes in science fiction. The first time the T. rex escapes his paddock provides an incredible introduction to the franchise’s most famous dinosaur, initially obscuring him before revealing his full majesty. Even the much-malignedJurassic Park IIIbrought in an intimidating new dinosaur in the spinosaurus; his final attack on the escaping boat in that movie is a legitimate horror movie scene, and even has direct references toJaws.
For some shots,Jurassic Park’s Tyrannosaurus Rex was represented by an actual-size animatronic dinosaur, measuring roughly 40 feet long and 20 feet tall.
The dinosaurs ofJurassic Worldhave none of the same magnificence. They are overly-common plot drivers, helping to elevate the action sequences (like Chris Pratt driving a motorcycle alongside a herd of velociraptors), but there is no real emphasis on the reality of the threat that the powerful animals pose. There was even a focus on lab-created dinosaurs like the Indominus Rex and the Indoraptor, which were CGI monstrosities that acted as villains by sheer circumstance. As such, their appearances becameso frequent and uninspired that they were lost to the action.
Will Gareth Edwards’ Jurassic World Movie Be Similar To His Godzilla?
His Experience With Godzilla Will Almost Certainly Influence His New Movie
It seems fairly obvious that Edwards will pull some elements ofGodzillaintoJurassic World Rebirth. We don’t yet know which species, but it feels fairly certain that there will be some sort of bipedal carnivore wreaking havoc in the movie, sothere are some visual cues he can borrow to make the dinosaurs look intimidating. Edwards also had some memorable non-Godzilla-related moments inGodzillathat could be sampled forRebirth, like the use of flares in the famous H.A.L.O. jump scene or the large-scale disaster elements of the tsunami that resulted from Godzilla making landfall.
It seems likely thatJurassic World Rebirthcould act as a spiritual successor to Gareth Edwards’Godzilla.
Jurassic World Rebirthshould have the same general feel asGodzilla, in the sense that both will still have plenty of action, but the stars will be non-human creatures.Godzilladid an incredible job of making human beings seem small and insignificant in the face of nature, represented by the massive Titan, and Edwards would do well to keep that dynamic intact for his dinosaurs. It won’t be obvious by design, but it seems likely thatJurassic World Rebirthcould act as a spiritual successor to Gareth Edwards’Godzilla.
Jurassic World Rebirth
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Jurassic World Rebirth, set five years after Jurassic World Dominion, sees covert operations expert Zora Bennett guiding a team to obtain dinosaur genetic material. Their mission collides with a stranded family on a perilous island, uncovering a long-buried secret.
