While Jurassic World Rebirth‘s trailer doesn’t look flawless, I am delighted to see the franchise finally embrace one under-utilized aspect of the reboot trilogy. 2015’s Jurassic World wasn’t perfect, but I was mostly happy with director Colin Trevorrow’s reboot of the Jurassic Park franchise. Few movies could hope to outdo Jurassic Park’s perfect ending but, by the time the credits rolled on the busy, inoffensive 2015 blockbuster, I was intrigued to see where the series would head next.
Unfortunately, the Jurassic World trilogy mirrors the original Jurassic Park trilogy in all the wrong ways. While Spielberg’s original Michael Crichton adaptation was a perfect monster movie, 1997’s belated sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park was a bloated, messy follow-up. Trevorrow’s Jurassic World was already a lot less tightly constructed than Jurassic Park, so it was no surprise that Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was a far messier, more inconsistent follow-up. By Jurassic World: Dominion’s ending, I was pretty certain I was done with the franchise.
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Fortunately, 2025’s Jurassic World Rebirth looks like more than a mere retread of the last three movies, judging by its first trailer. Despite the messy storytelling and absurd twists of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World: Dominion, returning Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp promised the reboot wouldn’t retcon any of the earlier movies in either trilogy. Jurassic World Rebirth’s first trailer prioritizes setting up its simple story, which pits Scarlett Johansson’s experienced covert operative and a hapless vacationing family against the world’s surviving dinosaurs.
This premise alone got my attention since it harkens back to the simple setup of Jurassic Park. However, the monster glimpsed in Jurassic World Rebirth’s trailer was what got me hooked and ready to book my tickets despite how disappointing the last two sequels in the series were. Finally, after years of tinkering with real-life dinosaurs and slightly altering their appearances, Jurassic World Rebirth’s giant, terrifying hybrid dinosaur looks like nothing I’ve ever seen before and uses the franchise’s genetic engineering subplot right.
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The monster seen in the trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth seems to be a cross between Alien’s Xenomorph, the T. rex, and the Rancor from Return of the Jedi. While Jurassic World had the Indominus Rex and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom introduced the Indoraptor, these were really just souped-up versions of existing dinosaurs. Jurassic World Rebirth’s new dinosaur is an entirely original creature design, something I’ve wanted the franchise to explore for years.
I haven’t always liked the Jurassic World franchise’s dinosaur hybrids, but this is mostly because the franchise never truly embraced the sci-fi potential of this premise.
Ever since Jurassic World introduced the idea that scientists were working on newer, more lethal dinosaurs to attract visitors to the ailing park, I assumed the series would eventually introduce one that was more than just a T. rex or a raptor with added bells and whistles. I haven’t always liked the Jurassic World franchise’s dinosaur hybrids, but this is mostly because the franchise never truly embraced the sci-fi potential of this premise.
If all the trilogy’s new dinosaurs are just raptors or T. Rexs with added claws and longer fangs, then there doesn’t seem to be any real reason for the franchise to introduce this intriguing premise. The Indoraptor and the Indominus Rex might have had plenty of traits that weren’t present in their real-life counterparts but, in terms of appearance, they weren’t all that striking and didn’t stand out from the franchise’s earlier dinosaurs. The same cannot be said for the monster seen in Jurassic World Rebirth’s trailer, which is more threatening than both of them combined.
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Although I did love the use of a massive aquatic dinosaur in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s atmospheric opening scene, the last few movies in the series have lacked truly terrifying dinosaurs that increase the franchise’s scare factor. This new monster could change that, as Jurassic World Rebirth introduces a truly scary antagonist to the series again. Jurassic World Rebirth’s promises to return to Jurassic Park’s horror-forward storytelling style will be a welcome change after the low-stakes globetrotting adventure of Jurassic World: Dominion.
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Jurassic World Movie |
Release Year |
Rotten Tomatoes Score |
|---|---|---|
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Jurassic World |
2015 |
71% |
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
2018 |
46% |
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Jurassic World Dominion |
2022 |
29% |
Maybe someone out there wanted to see the stars of Jurassic World and Jurassic Park team up to stop a company from genetically engineering locust plagues, but Jurassic World: Dominion’s negative reviews prove most of us did not want this from the series. The Jurassic World and Jurassic Park movies are at their best when they deliver self-contained white-knuckle thrill rides, something Spielberg’s original adaptation understood. I’m tentatively excited that Jurassic World Rebirth’s new monster means this reboot can offer the same.
Jurassic World Rebirth
- Release Date
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July 2, 2025
- Director
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Gareth Edwards
- Writers
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David Koepp, Michael Crichton