Several new images from Jurassic World Rebirth have been released. Director Gareth Edwards has also opened up about how the upcoming sequel feels more like the original Jurassic Park movies than the newer Jurassic World installments.
Entertainment Weekly debuted the new images as part of its “2025 Preview” series. EW also interviewed Edwards about Rebirth, which was shot on location in Southeast Asia. “I’m allowed to say this now that we’re on the other side of it, but we shot in rivers and these mangrove swamps. When we were scouting them, we saw poisonous water snakes, massive ones that we had to catch,” he recalled. “We kept it quiet from the actors as they spent a whole day wading through the same area. And there were giant spiders that were poisonous and stuff on the edge of the trees. You just wouldn’t point them out if you saw them. Just keep going!”
Check out the new images below.
Rebirth was made with the hopes of recapturing the magic of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic with real filming locations, less blue screen, and a pretty simple but compelling story with fresh leads.
“Jurassic Park did lead the way with computer graphics, but I feel like we got lost along the way with the arms race to a spectacle,” Edwards shared. “Jurassic actually only had just a few dozen VFX shots in it, and it’s such a powerful film. So, it was trying to go back to all those tricks and ideas that tease the audience, that creates suspense and tension that get you on the edge of your seat. I just wanted to create that feeling I had when I was young of being in awe of these things.”
Directed by Edwards from a screenplay by Jurassic Park scribe David Koeep, Jurassic World Rebirth hits theaters on July 2, 2025.
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