The writer of the original Jurassic Park, David Koepp, is headed back to the world of dinosaurs to pen the next installment of the Jurassic World franchise. While the new installment recently hit a roadblock, THR reports that the project has finally found its new director in Gareth Edwards (2014’s Godzilla, The Creator).
The outlet reports that Edwards is in talks to helm the feature that was briefly set to be directed by Bullet Train filmmaker David Leitch.
Universal and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners have set a theatrical release date for the new Jurassic World movie: July 2, 2025.
The new movie is expected to be completely fresh take on a Jurassic era with Jurassic World cast members Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard not expected to return. Don’t expect the original trilogy’s Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill, either. The new Jurassic World is expected to take the franchise in a new direction, with plot details under wraps.
Gareth Edwards is no stranger to big budget productions or large-scaled monster movies. The filmmaker broke out with 2010’s Kaiju-centric Monsters before taking on Godzilla in 2014. Edwards also is no stranger to effects-heavy sci-fi features, from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to last year’s The Creator.
The next Jurassic World film will be executive produced by Steven Spielberg through Amblin Entertainment. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley will produce and David Leitch and Kelly McCormick will also produce through 87North. Executive Vice President of Production Development Sara Scott and Creative Executive of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project for the Studio.
This news comes in the wake of Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World: Dominion, a trilogy of sequels to the original classic that concluded in 2022. The last entry, Jurassic World: Dominion, brought in a billion dollars at the global box-office, all but ensuring Universal would want to continue this franchise.
The franchise will also return with “Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” later this year, an animated series from Netflix set in the world of “Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.”
