Jurassic World 4: Release date, cast, plot & more
There’s more dinosaur action coming from one of the greatest film sagas around, as Jurassic World 4 takes shape.
The original Jurassic Park is undoubtedly one of the verybest moviesever made. Its direct sequels, not so much, though they do have their charms.
Then, there’s the sequel trilogy set in Jurassic World. The Chris Pratt-led stories just didn’t quite capture the magic of the first film, and ended on a whimper with Dominion.
So, anew moviesounds like a good idea then, right? With the cast involved, we actually do have high hopes for Jurassic World 4, so here’s what we know.
Release date
Jurassic World 4, titled Jurassic World Rebirth, will arrive onJuly 2, 2025.
That’s a fairly ambitious plan. Making movies about dinosaurs is not exactly a small task, with all the post-production and CGI involved.
Thankfully, it wasconfirmedby producer Frank Marshall on August 17, 2025 that production had wrapped. Fingers crossed that release date doesn’t shift!
Jurassic World has some mega star power heading its way, withScarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali leading the cast as Zora and Duncan.
Here’s the cast list so far:
In August 2024, fans were given a little more detail about the characters in the newest movie, all kicking off with Johansson as Zora Bennett, an operative who’s been hired to lead a team to extract DNA from the three remaining dinosaur species.
Her partner, played by Ali, is Duncan, while Bailey’s Henry Loomis joins them on their quest as a paleontologist. Universal also released the first-look images at the new cast, giving fans a hint of what to expect. (Most notably, Ali looking pretty scared!)
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Gareth Edwards will helm the project. Edwards previously directed the firstGodzilla moviein the MonsterVerse back in 2014, and added Rogue One to theStar Wars timeline, too.
As for casting rumors, Baby Reindeer star and creatorRichard Gadd is reportedly set for a role in Jurassic World 4. Meanwhile, Dev Patel has also been mooted as a possible cast member, but nothing is confirmed.
Plot details
Jurassic World Rebirth will take place five years after the events of Dominion, where dinosaurs have suffered under the inhospitable conditions of the modern world.
“Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs,” anofficial descriptionof the film reads.
“Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.”
So, dinosaurs are dwindling, and Zara and her team are sent in to extract DNA that might prove useful to the future of humanity. We’re going to guess that they won’t be able to tame those beasts quite as easily as they thought…cue chaos and bloodshed.
After the team find a family who’ve survived a boat expedition that was “capsized by marauding aquatic dinos,” everyone on the mission becomes “stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.”
Based on what we’ve seen in these movies before, it’s very likely that this “shocking discovery” might be a previously unknown species of dinosaur that’s ready to rip up some humans.
The first full-length trailer has finally been unveiled, giving fans their best look yet at what to expect from the upcoming dinosaur experience.
Based on the footage, Rebirth is going to lean into the horror and frights, bringing back the terror of the dinosaurs each time they step into frame or approach the camera from afar.
What’s more, the new film will have a strong connection to the early entries in the franchise, returning to the island that was the “research facility for the original Jurassic Park.”
However, expect to see more new predators prowling around, as this location will be filled with dinosaurs that were “too dangerous for the original park.”
Details for Jurassic World 4 should come through fairly regularly within the next few months leading up to its release. Until then, get more monster action with our guide to thenext Godzilla movie, or learn about theGame of Thrones dragons.
