'Jurassic World': Here's when we're getting a sequel
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
Shocking absolutely no one, studio Universal Pictures has announced a release date for a sequel to this summer鈥檚 smash hit 鈥淛urassic World.鈥�
鈥淛urassic鈥� came out this past June and has since become the third-highest grossing film worldwide of all time. The movie is the fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time domestically.聽
The film continues the story when it first began in the 1993 movie 鈥淛urassic Park,鈥� which was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. In that first film, when cloning dinosaurs became possible, a wealthy man comes up with the idea of creating a theme park in which families could come see the creatures. He gives a paleontologist and paleobotanist, among others, a preview and things quickly go wrong.
The sequels to 鈥淛urassic Park,鈥� which were 1997鈥檚 鈥淭he Lost World鈥� and 2001鈥檚 鈥淛urassic Park III,鈥� didn鈥檛 come close to matching the gross of the first film and it was obviously some time before a new movie was released. 鈥淲orld鈥� imagines that a theme park with dinosaurs has indeed been opened and has so far been a success, but when those behind the park decide to alter a dinosaur in order to keep parkgoers interested, disaster strikes. Chris Pratt stars as a velociraptor trainer and Bryce Dallas Howard plays a manager at the park.聽
Now the 鈥淲orld鈥� sequel 鈥� which, we suppose, is a sequel to "Jurassic Park," really 鈥� will reportedly be released in 2018. Pratt and Howard will reportedly be back and Colin Trevorrow, who directed and co-wrote "World," will be co-writing the script, but a director has not yet been revealed.
What did 鈥淲orld鈥� do right that a sequel should imitate? It鈥檚 no doubt good news that Pratt will be back. While 鈥淲orld鈥� received a fairly negative reception from critics, many praised Pratt鈥檚 performance, calling him 鈥渢remendously likeable鈥� and 鈥渆ffortlessly engaging.鈥� Pratt delivered a star-making turn last summer in the comic book movie 鈥淕uardians of the Galaxy.鈥�
In addition, the movie series still has a reputation as an event for all (or at least many) ages. Doubtless parents would keep the youngest kids away, but the 鈥渃ool, dinosaurs!鈥� aspect will no doubt draw most children and teenagers, and adults most likely feel they can find in a 鈥淛urassic鈥� movie an adventure film that most would enjoy.
