Two years ago, the dinosaurs rampaged once again with Jurassic World Dominion, and while it was the lowest-grossing of the trilogy, and only the fourth most-successful among the entire Jurassic Park franchise, it still made $1 billion. Of course, Universal was going to get moving on another film sooner rather than later, and now we know that it’s happening…but expect some major changes.
THR reports that David Koepp, writer of the original Jurassic Park, as well as The Lost World: Jurassic Park, is penning a new Jurassic World dinosaur movie that is being eyed for a 2025 release.
Here’s the rub: this is an all-new adventure disconnected from the prior films, so don’t expect to see Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, or any of the familiar faces.
The report goes on to say that Universal has been keeping this project under the radar, and that much is obvious by how far along it is. If it’s coming out in 2025, then that means production will star pretty soon, but we don’t know who the director is yet. I’m sure they already have someone in mind, and that we’ll have answers soon.
Creatively, where is there for these movies to go? Unless they take a Planet of the Apes-like turn, it all sounds like a retread of past ideas. But this is an epic moneymaking franchise and Universal isn’t going to let the dino-train sit idle for long.