This isn't the first time we've heard this, but Jeff Sneider has now confirmed that a sequel to Jurassic World Rebirth is moving forward at Universal.
Gareth Edwards is said to be in final talks to return to the director's chair, with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali expected to reprise their roles.
The Jurassic movies have always been critic proof, and despite negative reviews, Rebirth ended up taking in $868 million worldwide, so a follow-up always seemed likely.
Johansson sounded uncertain about returning for another movie in a recent interview... although she didn't completely close the door on revisiting the franchise.
"This film, to me, really felt like it's singular. It's its own piece. And you hope that this film stands on its own without the support of the films that come before and that it doesn't need to extend beyond what it is. I mean, the film is called Rebirth, of course, but Gareth [Edwards, director], and I think Frank [Marshall, producer] and Steven [Spielberg, executive producer] and all the creatives on this project, wanted to establish this film as its own contained, standalone thing."
What do you make of this news? Any interest in another Jurassic World movie focusing on the characters that were introduced in Rebirth? Let us know in the comments section down below.
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely 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 across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park. There, in a terrain populated by dinosaurs of vastly different species, they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that has been hidden from the world for decades.
Jurassic World Rebirth also stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed Skrein. Edwards directs from a script by Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp.