Release Date, Cast, Story & Everything We Know About The Next Jurassic Park Movie

Following the misstep of Jurassic World: Dominion​​​​​​, Jurassic World Rebirth has officially been announced and aims to steer the franchise in the right direction. Jurassic World: Dominion very much serves as a conclusion to the sequel trilogy, bringing together arcs from across the new movies but also seeing the return of Jurassic Park‘s main characters. This helped give Dominion a sense of finality, but major franchises like Jurassic World can’t stay away for too long.

The Jurassic Park franchise has had its ups and downs, but the tantalizing chance to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office has always enticed Hollywood to return to the well. Jurassic World: Dominion received largely negative reactions from critics, and though it raked in over $1 billion (via Box Office Mojo), it was clear that change was needed to keep the dinosaurs-run-amok franchise viable. Therefore, Universal wasted little time in announcing a brand-new Jurassic World project that serves ostensibly as a soft reboot.

Jurassic World Rebirth Latest News

A Full Title, Images & Synopsis Are Revealed

After a bevy of casting news dotted the landscape throughout 2024, the latest news confirms the full title for Jurassic World 4 as well as some first-look images. In a social media blast that was posted on the official X (formerly Twitter) page for the Jurassic World franchise, it has now been revealed that the next film in the multi-billion dollar franchise will be called Jurassic World Rebirth. Besides revealing the full title, the post also showed off the new logo which is reminiscent of both the original Jurassic Park films, and the modern Jurassic World aesthetic.

Along with the title, the Jurassic World official X page also shared some first-look images from Jurassic World Rebirth which show the three main stars of the film. One picture features Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson watching something from behind tall grass, while the other is a shot of Mahershala Ali screaming in terror as he waves a road flare in the dark.

Jurassic World Rebirth Release Date

The New Jurassic Era Begins Sooner Than Expected

Only a few weeks after the ambitious new project was announced, Universal provided a planned release date for Jurassic World Rebirth that suggests the film is moving quickly. The “new Jurassic era” is slated to begin on July 2nd, 2025, just a little over a year and a half after it was revealed. There’s no telling if the movie will achieve that goal, and it’s likely that the July 2025 release date may be moved in the next 18 months.

Jurassic World Rebirth Cast

Scarlett Johansson & Jonathan Bailey Lead The Cast

Though the prospect of another Jurassic World movie is exciting on its own, one of Rebirth‘s biggest selling factors is its all-star cast of new characters. First announced in March 2024, Scarlett Johansson is set to lead the soft reboot as Zora Bennett, a covert operations agent who is tasked with securing DNA samples from the remaining dinosaurs on Earth. Joining Johansson in the lead cast is Jonathan Bailey as paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis, and Mahershala Ali as Bennett’s team member, Duncan Kincaid.

Rupert Friend has been tapped to play the role of pharmaceutical rep, Martin Krebs, while Manuel Garcia-Rulfo will play civilian Reuben Delgado who gets caught in the middle of the action alongside his family. Delgado’s kids will be played by Luna Blaise, David Iacono, and Audrina Miranda, though ther exact names and character descriptions are unknown.

The confirmed cast of Jurassic World Rebirth includes:

Actor	Jurassic World Rebirth Role
Scarlett Johansson	Zora Bennett
Jonathan Bailey	Dr. Henry Loomis
Mahershala Ali	Duncan Kincaid
Rupert Friend	Martin Krebs
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo	Reuben Delgado
Luna Blaise	Delgado’s Older Daughter
David Iacono	Delgado’s Son
Audrina Miranda	Delgado’s Younger Daughter
Philippine Velge	Unknown
Bechir Sylvain	Unknown
Ed Skrein	Unknown

Jurassic World Rebirth Story

A Soft Reboot On The Franchise

The plot of Jurassic World Rebirth was shrouded in mystery for quite some time, but with Universal’s latest release of news, the movie has begun to take shape. Taking place several years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the movie will follow covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) as she leads an elite team of hunters to track down the remaining dinosaurs left on Earth and harvest their DNA for a pharmaceutical company. While on their mission, Zora and her team encounter a shipwrecked family (led by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo’s character), and together the group discovers a shocking secret.

When the project was first announced, Jurassic World Rebirth was promised as a return to the franchise’s roots, and it’s likely trying to differentiate itself from the critical failure of previous installments. Perhaps the new incarnation of Jurassic World can hearken back to the gritty and cynical style of Michael Chrichton’s original novel, and delve deeper into the themes of corporate greed that underscored the debut story.