For years, I (and perhaps different Jurassic World followers) have puzzled why the Jurassic Universe by no means absolutely embraced the mayhem of dinosaurs tearing by means of massive cities. Certain, we’ve seen temporary glimpses of raptors in suburban kitchens or T. Rexes eyeing helicopters over San Francisco. However, for essentially the most half, the collection has saved its chaos in jungles, islands, and distant services. Now, forward of the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth, we lastly know why, and it has to do with the person who birthed the franchise, Michael Crichton.
Colin Trevorrow — who wrote all three of the Jurassic World movies and directed two of them — spoke with the The Hollywood Reporter. On the entire, Trevorrow spearheaded that trilogy’s course. Throughout this newest chat, he shared that his restrained strategy to city dinosaur motion wasn’t on account of price range or scale. It was a artistic resolution grounded in Crichton’s authentic imaginative and prescient for the collection. In line with the filmmaker:
I at all times utilized the identical guidelines to dinosaurs as I’d to actual animals. When a tiger is about unfastened in a metropolis, they seize it fairly quick. So the concept that these wild creatures would even wish to come near a metropolis was a query I’d at all times ask, and we managed to search out methods to make it make sense.
That inside logic of treating dinosaurs extra like unpredictable, instinctual creatures than film monsters knowledgeable how far the director of The E book of Henry was keen to push the premise. Whereas he and his workforce explored methods for dinosaurs to work together with human civilization, together with in Jurassic World Dominion and the animated collection Chaos Principle (obtainable with a Netflix subscription), there was at all times a restrict. And that restrict was grounded in tone. Trevorrow added:
I believe dinosaurs operating wild within the streets of a metropolis does take a little bit of a step away from what Michael Crichton created, and that was at all times my feeling. However we did discover methods for them to work together with our world as comprehensively as potential. And once I say that, it’s not simply the movies; it’s our animated reveals as effectively. They did plenty of that, particularly the brand new one [Jurassic World: Chaos Theory].
That distinction, between managed narrative spectacle and full-on monster mayhem, helps clarify why even in Dominion, a movie the place dinosaurs are unfastened throughout the globe, the story stays tethered to rural settings and remoted areas. It’s a nod to Crichton’s science-meets-ethics worldbuilding, the place the core pressure lies in man’s try to regulate nature, not simply survive its rampage.
The upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth reportedly returns to a extra acquainted island setting, persevering with the franchise’s desire for contained environments over full-blown metropolis destruction. It additionally reportedly incorporates scenes and ideas from Crichton’s authentic Jurassic Park novel that had been reduce from earlier movies, together with the long-awaited raft sequence.
Nonetheless, Trevorrow is clearly happy with the groundwork he and his collaborators laid for the way forward for the franchise, throughout movies, collection, merchandise, and theme parks. The director shared:
We constructed one thing that’s robust sufficient to maneuver ahead, and I’m very happy with that… I additionally know that just about each time a baby is born, a brand new dinosaur fan is born. So I don’t suppose the curiosity in seeing dinosaurs is ever actually going to expire.
Because the Jurassic franchise continues to evolve, don’t anticipate a full pivot into kaiju territory anytime quickly. In line with Colin Trevorrow, the franchise’s best energy is its capability to remain grounded, even when the subject material is 40 toes tall and coated in enamel.
The following franchise installment, Jurassic World Rebirth, lands in theaters on July 2 amid the 2025 film schedule. You can even put together for the movie by streaming all six of its predecessors with a Peacock subscription.