Jurassic World Rebirth Author Sees The New Film As A Likelihood To Begin Over

For screenwriter David Koepp, 2025 could be finest remembered because the yr the place he reunited with two guys named Steven. He is presently on the press circuit selling his script for Steven Soderbergh’s unconventional ghost story “Presence” after having labored with the director beforehand on 2022’s pandemic-era thriller “Kimi,” and this summer time, audiences will see the fruits of Koepp’s reunion with one other Steven — Mr. Spielberg, who’s government producing “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which simply missed a slot on /Movie’s Most Anticipated Films of 2025 record. 

See, Spielberg requested Koepp, who wrote the primary two “Jurassic Park” motion pictures again within the Nineties, if he was curious about taking a shot at cooking up a brand new course for the “Jurassic” franchise within the aftermath of “Jurassic World Dominion,” a film that revamped a billion {dollars} however which was not beloved by critics or common audiences. With that query posed, Koepp made an remark concerning the franchise as a complete:

“When Steven [Spielberg] mentioned, ‘Hey, do you need to attempt to provide you with a brand new one?’, it had appeared to me that the tone and characters of the flicks modified each three motion pictures. So after the primary three, it became ‘Jurassic World,’ which was a special tone and wholly completely different characters, after which that got here, it appeared, to a logical conclusion. So [‘Jurassic World Rebirth’] appeared like an opportunity to say, ‘OK, what now?'”

In response to the official synopsis from Common, this new movie takes the “Jurassic” motion pictures “in an ingenious new course.”

“We did not need to deny any occasions that occurred,” Koepp instructed me. “[The new film is set] in that world. However how may that world have modified within the final 5 years, and whose story is that this now? So it was an opportunity to begin over, and nonetheless play on this extremely enjoyable sandbox with the passion of an enormous studio behind you. It was one of the best of all attainable worlds. And Steven and I received to do absolutely the most enjoyable a part of filmmaking, which is, ‘Hey, what if…’ and then you definately simply make up stuff.”

A number of the “stuff” they made up: Within the 5 years for the reason that occasions of “Dominion,” dinosaurs have discovered that they will basically solely reside in climates just like those they operated in beforehand. The three greatest dinos on the planet “maintain the important thing to a drug that can deliver miraculous life-saving advantages to humankind,” and it is as much as expert covert operations knowledgeable Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) to snag the genetic materials that may make that dream a actuality. Mahershala Ali is on board as a crew chief, there is a stranded household that will get roped into the motion, and the synopsis additionally teases “a sinister, stunning discovery that is been hidden from the world for many years.” Colour us intrigued.

As for Koepp’s reunions I talked about earlier, the connections do not cease there: He is additionally reuniting with Steven Soderbergh once more for “Black Bag,” a spy thriller that hits theaters this March, so keep tuned to /Movie for extra protection of all of those movies within the weeks and months to return.

You may hear my full interview with David Koepp on immediately’s episode of the /Movie Every day podcast:

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