New Jurassic World Movie Officially Put on Hold After Director Exit
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The Jurassic Park franchise is going to have to evolve again. Last summer's Jurassic World Rebirth proved that the long-running dinosaur adventure series wasn't quite extinct, and soon had a sequel in development. However, that sequel will now go forward without a key creative voice from the original.
Jurassic World Rebirth took place in the wake of the worldwide dino-rampage of Jurassic World: Dominion. The resurrected prehistoric beasts still live in the wilds of the Earth, but they're now limited to a small band around the Equator. That's bad news for sleazy pharma executive Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend), who wants to collect dino-DNA for use in a new heart drug. His handpicked team, including mercenaries Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), plus paleontologist Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), soon sets sail for a secret InGen facility. However, they soon find out that it was kept secret for a reason, as it houses the company's worst mistakes, including the grotesque Distortus rex.
As per the Hollywood Reporter, director Gareth Edwards has departed the in-development Rebirth project over what are reportedly "creative differences." Edwards was a replacement director on the project himself; it was originally slated to be helmed by John Wick's David Leitch, who departed before the cameras rolled on the prehistoric creature feature. The sequel is still expected to feature stars Johansson, Bailey, and Ali, and will be penned by David Koepp, who penned not only Rebirth, but the original Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World.
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