After his dinosaur and sci-fi films, Gareth Edwards now gets to work on the new Jurassic World, combining dinosaurs with sci-fi
Yes, Jurassic World 4 is already being worked on and is in quite a hurry to get to theaters. As early as July 2, 2025, big dinosaurs will be stomping across the screen again and a director has now been found.
From Godzilla to Star Wars to Jurassic Park
Gareth Edwards has been signed up to direct Jurassic World 4, according to Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter and Universal has now snapped up a real sci-fi and dinosaur specialist.
Edwards recently directed films such as The Creator, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Godzilla
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Old dinosaurs, new story and new cast
The film studio had actually set its sights on David Leitch (Bullet Train, Atomic Blonde, John Wick), but he had good reasons for turning it down: the project was simply too far advanced for a director to bring his own touch to Jurassic World 4
The fact that Jurassic World 4 is due to be released on July 2, 2025 is definitely ambitious. Meanwhile, David Koepp, a veteran of Jurassic Park, is responsible for the screenplay. Koepp was already involved in the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World and Indiana Jones 4 and 5.
Jurassic World 4 will also be a new beginning for the long-running sci-fi dinosaur series In concrete terms, this means that fans should not necessarily expect a reunion with veterans such as Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard or Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern.
The fact that there is still life in Jurassic World and that the franchise will continue should come as no surprise to anyone.
Despite increasingly poor reviews, each installment in the Legacy series has broken the billion-dollar mark (via Box Office Mojo) and naturally turned out to be a goldmine for the Universal film studio.
What are your hopes and expectations for Jurassic World 4? Are you happy that the long-running dinosaur series is being continued or could you do without it with a clear conscience? How much did you like the last films Jurassic World, The Fallen Kingdom and A New Age? Let us know in the comments!
