The Park is Open in First Trailer for 'Jurassic World' starring Chris Pratt

"Remember, if something chases you...run". Twenty-two years after Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park wowed audiences and captured our imagination by taking us to a place where dinosaurs could really exist, Universal is hoping to recapture that feeling with Jurassic World. The interesting thing about it is the route they've chosen to take, hiring indie director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) to take the franchise into the future. How did he do? While we won't know until next summer, the first trailer suggests he's headed in the right direction.

Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Jake Johnson, Irrfan Khan, and Omar Sy, Jurassic World has a killer cast and a killer bunch of dinosaurs running roughshod over the newly-opened theme park. Of course it all starts when humans begin tinkering with Mother Nature, creating the first "genetically modified hybrid" that is more than anybody was prepared to handle. While the early images are clearly meant to evoke the spirit of Spielberg's films, later it begins to resemble the CGI madness of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which makes Jurassic World shares the same screenwriters.

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.


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'Jurassic World' Trailer Tease Offers First Footage of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard

Next summer, Jurassic World will be open for business, and the teasers are already starting to stomp their way onto the Internet. A couple of days ago a teaser emerged on Universal's Spanish website and was quickly taken down, a good thing because it was pretty terrible. But fortunately today comes the real thing, and it harkens back to the early days of Jurassic Park while giving us a peek at the future.

Utilizing a version of John Williams' unforgettable score, this footage give us a glimpse at new stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, while setting up the full trailer's release on Thursday, November 27th during NBC football. The film is directed by Colin Trevorrow, who may not be a household name after making his debut on Safety Not Guaranteed a couple of years ago, but that may be about to change.

So now you've got another reason to watch football on Turkey Day. Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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New Posters for 'Jurassic World', 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies', and More

"The Park is Open". Simple and effective. That's pretty much all we need to hear about Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World, which has been kept on lockdown after some early leaks stymied production.  And even this poster isn't offering us much except for the classic Jurassic Park logo, but it's enough to get excited about because this means a trailer shouldn't be too far away. Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015 and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, Ty Simpkins, Irrfan Khan, Judy Greer, and Vincent D'Onofrio.

Good lord, Warner Bros., give it a rest! After releasing seven character posters over the last week for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, they now feel the need to drop four more. Two feature the worried mug of Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins and Lee Pace's stern elvenking, Thranduil. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opens December 17th. SYNOPSIS: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.

Jennifer Lopez is the target of her neighbor's obsession on the poster for The Boy Next Door. Lopez plays a married woman who hooks up with her hot young neighbor (Ryan Guzman), only to have go all stalkery and stuff. Rob Cohen (Stealth) is directing this one for release on January 23rd 2015.

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Chris Pratt Appears in New 'Jurassic World' Image

Right now you can see Chris Pratt's first taste of being an action hero in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, and with the film projected to possibly break opening weekend records for August, he's probably going to be very busy for a long time to come. One guy who hopes he stays popular for at least another year is Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow, who has just tweeted this image of Pratt in his film.

Captioned with the words "See you next summer, Star-Lord", the photo shows Pratt in the role of Owen, a member of the on-site staff at the dinosaur theme park on Isla Nublar. What's he staring at? Maybe he's studying one of the Velociraptors before it breaks free and starts terrorizing the guests.

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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Comic-Con: Posters for 'Jurassic World', 'The Walking Dead' Season 5, and Pixar's 'Toy Story that Time Forgot'

By now bags are being packed with Cosplay outfits and flights are being checked in to for this week's San Diego Comic-Con, the annual mecca for geekdom of every stripe. There will be no shortage of SDCC exclusive merchandise, most of it for sale at wildly exorbitant prices, but the studios are also nice enough to drop a few freebies out there in the form of movie posters, and here are just a few that will be on the show floor.

Paramount has released a cool one-sheet for Jurassic World, drawn by artist Mark Englert. He goes on to note that if attendees want to pick up the poster for themselves they should "Text JURASSIC to 834567", which I will be doing as soon as this post is up. Pretty sweet image that would look cool in my man cave.  Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

When last we left Rick Grimes and those who survived season four of The Walking Dead, they had been lured into a trap at Terminus, the place they all hoped would their salvation. How they get out of this jam will have to wait until season 5 kicks off in October, but AMC has teased fans with the release of the first poster. Only at Comic-Con do you need one-sheets for TV shows. It's a pretty basic image of the gang looking tough and defiant and except for the presence of Abraham it could probably go with any prior season. The Walking Dead panel will take place on Friday in Hall H and it's usually a pretty fun time if you can get in.

And finally, ABC has unveiled a poster for the new Pixar holiday special, Toy Story that Time Forgot. If the style looks familiar it's because Hellboy creator Mike Mignola drew the image, which features a bunch of dangerous dinosaur creatures. Taking place during a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when “the coolest set of action figures ever” turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's up to Trixie the triceratops(Kristen Schaal) to rescue her friends if they ever want to return to Bonnie's room. Tom Hank and Tim Allen will of course be back as Woody and Buzz Lightyear, with Kevin McKidd joining as Reptillus Maximus. The poster will be distributed to fans this Thursday.

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Colin Trevorrow Teases Shadowy Dinosaur Image from 'Jurassic World'

There's been a suspicious lacking of any dinosaurs in all of the Jurassic World images and set photos, but Colin Trevorrow changes that now....sorta. The director has tweeted this new photo from the set that teases one of the dinosaurs, hidden away in the shadows where presumably he will leap out and chomp someone with those teeth.

This may be indicative of Trevorrow's plan to keep as much of the film hidden away as possible in light of recent plot leaks. The dinosaurs, of which there will apparently be at least one new species, are what fans have the most interest in and keeping them shrouded in secrecy is probably a wise move. We may not see the creatures in full until a teaser trailer arrives, and maybe not even then.

Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Omar Sy, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Judy Greer, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the returning BD Wong, Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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No Dinos in First Official 'Jurassic World' Images

Exactly one year from now Jurassic World will open its doors to the public, fourteen years after the last time dinosaurs broke free and stalked a bunch of puny humans. It took awhile to get to this point, and let's not forget Paramount had to delay production to come up with a plan of attack for director Colin Trevorrow, but now things have progressed far enough along that the first images are starting to trickle out.

And how many dinosaurs are in these newly-released photos? Zero, but we do get plenty of Chris Pratt looking cool on his motorcyle, along with Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson (The Kings of Summer), and Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3). Trevorrow recently confirmed some leaked plot details that suggest humans will be toying around with dino-DNA again and things will go terribly wrong, and there will be some new dinosaurs running around this time, too. Hopefully we'll start seeing images of them soon, or perhaps a teaser trailer.

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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Colin Trevorrow Spills Major 'Jurassic World' Details

A few days ago some major Jurassic World spoilers were leaked and, because they were so spoilery and unconfirmed, I decided not to run with them. But now Colin Trevorrow has come out to Slashfilm and commented on the rumors, expressing his disappointment about them while clarifying what was revealed. Don't go any further if you want to remain spoiler free!!

Trevorrow confirmed that the vast majority of the rumors leaked onto the Internet were in fact true, and that he and his team were extremely disappointed when it happened. I wonder if any heads rolled on set because of it?

"Jurassic World takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury resort with hotels, restaurants, nightlife and a golf course. And there are dinosaurs. Real ones. You can get closer to them than you ever imagined possible. It’s the realization of John Hammond’s dream, and I think you’ll want to go there.....This film picks up twenty-two years after Jurassic Park. When Derek [Connolly] and I sat down to find the movie, we looked at the past two decades and talked about what we’ve seen."

"What if, despite previous disasters, they built a new biological preserve where you could see dinosaurs walk the earth…and what if people were already kind of over it? We imagined a teenager texting his girlfriend with his back to a T-Rex behind protective glass. For us, that image captured the way much of the audience feels about the movies themselves. “We’ve seen CG dinosaurs. What else you got?” Next year, you’ll see our answer." 

Trevorrow also talked about the human characters and how they would be interacting with the dinosaurs, and if there will be bad dinos or good dinos. In general the velociraptors were portrayed as "evil" in the first film but it doesn't sound like that will be the case in Jurassic World...

"There’s no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in Jurassic Park took human lives, and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad. This film is about our relationship with animals, how we react to the threat they pose to our dominance on earth as a species. We hunt them, we cage them in zoos, we admire them from afar and we try to assert control over them."

"Chris Pratt’s character is doing behavioral research on the raptors. They aren’t trained, they can’t do tricks. He’s just trying to figure out the limits of the relationship between these highly intelligent creatures and human beings. If people don’t think there’s potential in those ideas, maybe they won’t like this movie. But I ask them to give it a chance."

One of the big whoppers that emerged and had fans up in arms was over a new, genetically-engineered dinosaur. Trevorrow seems especially sad about this getting out, but he does take time to clarify it and I think makes a very valid point....

"We were hoping audiences could discover this on their own, but yes, there will be one new dinosaur created by the park’s geneticists. The gaps in her sequence were filled with DNA from other species, much like the genome in the first film was completed with frog DNA. This creation exists to fulfill a corporate mandate—they want something bigger, louder, with more teeth. And that’s what they get."

"I know the idea of a modified dinosaur put a lot of fans on red alert, and I understand it. But we aren’t doing anything here that Crichton didn’t suggest in his novels. This animal is not a mutant freak. It doesn’t have a snake’s head or octopus tentacles. It’s a dinosaur, created in the same way the others were, but now the genetics have gone to the next level. For me, it’s a natural evolution of the technology introduced in the first film. Maybe it sounds crazy, but most of my favorite movies sound crazy when you describe them in a single sentence."

 So it's unfortunate that all of this stuff came out a full year before the film opens, but that's kind of how things work nowadays. Jurassic World hits theaters June 12th 2015. 

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First Set Photos from 'Jurassic World' Feature Bryce Dallas Howard

Filming on Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World is underway in Hawaii, and the first set photos are starting to roll in courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. With talks of sequels having begun, there could be a lot of pressure from Universal for the film to be a hit, but Trevorrow sounds as if he's trying to make sure the production is as fun as possible.....

Trevorrow:  "Yesterday I was under a construction crane with Chris Pratt, covered with dirt, eyeballing the exact height of the dinosaur trying to kill him... We both cracked up laughing. Sometimes you just have to stop and let the joy take over."

Pratt, the funnyman-turned-action hero who also has Guardians of the Galaxy coming up in a few months, will star alongside Omar Sy, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Judy Greer, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, and Bryce Dallas Howard. It's Howard who features in one of the new images, along with director's chair and a construction truck that may have been rammed by something angry.

Jurassic World opens on June 12th 2015.

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Colin Trevorrow Talks 'Jurassic World' Sequels; Says Film is About "Alpha Dominance"

When Universal opens the doors to Jurassic World next year, it will be the fourth film in the Jurassic Park franchise. And given how lucrative they all have been, with the expectation for that to continue, it should come as no surprise that talk of sequels has already begun. The film's director, Colin Trevorrow, spoke to Empire and told them this:

Trevorrow: “We definitely talked about [sequels] a lot. We wanted to create something that would be a little bit less arbitrary and episodic, and something that could potentially arc into a series that would feel like a complete story.”

Only BD Wong's character from the original trilogy is coming back, with the rest consisting of new faces played by Chris Pratt, Omar Sy, Bryce Dallas Howard, and many others who will likely serve as dino food. But Trevorrow, who also co-wrote the script, seems to have a special affection for Sy's character and we may see more of him if the series continues....

Trevorrow: "He's essentially Chris Pratt's best friend. They work together and have some pretty cool action scenes together. I wanted to create a relationship there that could be memorable and potentially carry on to future films."

Exact plot details have been scarce, but we know two decades will have passed since the first film, and the story will take us back to Isla Nublar for some new threat. And at least according to Trevorrow, that threat will be to see whether humans or dinosaurs sit atop the food chain...


Trevorrow: "It's about alpha dominance and the fact that humans have been the alpha species for a very long time, and so now we've brought back another that happened to be the alpha species during its time, and we have to co-exist, so what is that relationship?"

My money is on whoever has the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Considering Universal's hap-hazard approach is what caused the film's earlier delays, perhaps they should consider waiting before pushing ahead on sequels? Jurassic World is set to hit theaters June 12th 2015.

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Judy Greer Enters 'Jurassic World'

Somebody let the animals out of their cages and they are all coming after Judy Greer. Later this year she'll likely be chased by a bunch of dirty apes in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and now she's just booked herself a ticket to Jurassic World to be terrorized by dinosaurs.

Greer, along with Katie McGrath (Merlin) and Lauren Lapkus, have joined an impressive cast that includes Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Jake Johnson, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the returning BD Wong. Colin Trevorrow is directing based on a script he co-wrote with Derek Connelly that is said to take place a couple of decades after the first film.

Greer will also be seen later this year in Tomorrowland, reuniting with The Descendants' George Clooney.  Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015. [THR]

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Find Out which 'Jurassic Park' Character Returns for 'Jurassic World'

One of the few things we know for sure about Jurassic World is that it takes place more than two decades after the first film, so it never really made sense to pack it with familiar characters. While some have hoped for a return by Sam Neill, Laura Dern, or Jeff Goldblum (none are coming back), there is at least one surviving character who is about to experience another dinosaur outbreak.

In an interview with IGN, director Colin Trevorrow revealed that BD Wong, who played Dr. Henry Wu in Jurassic Park, is coming back for the franchise relaunch. Why him and not one of the bigger stars? Put simply, it made sense for the story....

Trevorrow: "I know a lot of fans want to see the original characters back. They’re iconic. But I respect those actors too much to shoehorn them into this story for my own sentimental reasons. Jurassic Park isn’t about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation. The only reason they’d go back to that island is if the screenwriters contrived a reason for them to go. But there is a character from the first film who makes sense in our world. This hasn’t been announced yet, but BD Wong will be returning as Dr. Henry Wu. He had a much larger role in the original novel, he was the engineer of this breakthrough in de-extinction. He spent two decades living in Hammond’s shadow, underappreciated. We think there’s more to his story." 

To me that sounds like Wu may have a sinister motive and could be causing some trouble. This also proves there will be more of a connecting thread between the movies than we thought.

Trevorrow also went on to talk about how he plans to differentiate his film from the ones that came before...

Trevorrow: "I’m not on a mission to separate this film from the ones that came before. That will happen naturally – I have different instincts. But, like a lot of people my age, I grew up on Amblin movies. They’re a part of who I am as a filmmaker, and arguably as a person. This film will have a lot of new ideas in it, but I think the spirit will be familiar. It will have an old soul."

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015 and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, and Vincent D'Onofrio. 

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Irrfan Khan Confirmed for 'Jurassic World' as Vincent D'Onofrio Joins

While it's a little disheartening that Jeff Goldblum won't be a part of Jurassic World, choosing to return for Independence Day 2 instead, the dino-reboot has just found its villain in Vincent D'Onofrio, while finally confirming the great Irrfan Khan for a role.

Deadline reports D'Onofrio will be the bad guy this time around, although what that means is anybody's guess. Khan had been mentioned for the film at the same time Chris Pratt came aboard, but the famed Life of Pi and The Namesake star is now official. He'll be joining a cast that includes Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, and Nick Robinson.

Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic World opens its doors on June 12th 2015.

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Sam Neill Won't Pay a Visit to 'Jurassic World'

While there are some still holding out hope for a Jeff Goldblum cameo in Jurassic World, one who definitely won't be coming back is Jurassic Park star, Sam Neill. The writing has been on the wall for awhile, but in an interview with Examiner he put any hopes of a return to rest.

Neill: I think there’s a whole new cast and a whole new look at things, and I think that’s great. As I said, I’d never say no, but I wish them… well, I’m sure it’s going to be great, but they don’t need me.

So much for that. As much as I normally hate "passing the torch" scenes in movies, it would have been cool to see Neill and Chris Pratt exchange frontier hats or something.  Directed by Colin Trevorrow with Nick Robinson,  Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, and Irrfan Khan co-starring, Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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Colin Trevorrow Reveals when 'Jurassic World' Takes Place

Only having directed one feature film, the hit indie Safety Not Guaranteed, Colin Trevorrow probably isn't used to having press hound him for story details. So it's to his credit that he's remained so tight-lipped about Jurassic World. In fact, he was secretive about the film for so long that the Internet was fooled into thinking he was actually directing Star Wars: Episode VII. But nope, he's at the helm of the fourth Jurassic Park movie, and details on it have been few. Fortunately, he's taken to Twitter and cleared up one of the prevailing theories.

For months rumors have been spreading that the film would be a total reboot, although this would seem to contradict other stories that say it would take us back to Isla Nublar, which has become a full working theme park. In response to a fan's question on the subject, Trevorrow doesn't seem to think "reboot" is the most accurate description...

@pfcbains916 Reboot is a strong word. This is a new sci-fi terror adventure set 22 years after the horrific events of Jurassic Park.
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) November 23, 2013

We can safely assume there will be some link to the earlier films if what Trevorrow says is true, otherwise it would have made more sense to do a traditional reboot of the franchise. Right now we know that Nick Robinson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, and Chris Pratt will play a new cast of characters attempting to avoid being eaten by the rampaging dinos. This is probably the smart move, not only because the most recent film is hardly anybody's favorite, but also to be able to take the franchise in new directions while building on the substantial creative framework already established.

Jurassic World opens in 3D on June 12th 2015.

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Chris Pratt Enters 'Jurassic World' as Josh Brolin Exits; Irrfan Khan Sought

Is there an actor who is more on fire right now than Chris Pratt? The funnyman from Parks & Recreation has been making waves on the big screen, and doing it in a way few could have predicted. Coming off a small role in Zero Dark Thirty, he went on to win the Star-Lord role in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, and later this month he'll star opposite Vince Vaughn in Delivery Man. So what's next? How about a one-way ticket to Jurassic World?

The Wrap reports Pratt is in talks to join Jurassic World, which has been casting up rapidly over the last couple of weeks. One of the other names mentioned for the lead part was Josh Brolin, but apparently talks fell through and it'll be Pratt stepping in. If anything it proves just how far Pratt has come that Universal sees him as being on Brolin's level.  Also, it looks like the great Indian actor Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi) is being sought for a supporting role, which is pretty big news all by itself.

If everything comes together both actors will join Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, and Bryce Dallas Howard in the Colin Trevorrow-directed film, opening on June 12th 2015.

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Josh Brolin May Be Headed to 'Jurassic World'

Pity poor Sam Neill. This week he can be found slumming it as a prison doctor (who apparently has never heard of the Hippocratic Oath) in the lousy Escape Plan, but back in the day we all remember him as the rugged lead in Jurassic Park. As the fourth film in the franchise Jurassic World continues to round into shape with a fresh young cast, any hope that Neill could come was already pretty slim, but now it's zero as Josh Brolin may come aboard.

According to The Wrap, Brolin is being eyed to star in the dinosaur film, to be directed in 3D by Colin Trevorrow in his first major studio project. No word on Brolin's role, naturally, but don't be surprised if he shows up wearing a cool frontier hat, just like Neill used to. Rub it in, Brolin! If a deal comes together he'll be joining Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, and a bunch of CG dinosaurs that will steal all of the spotlight.

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015, but you can see Brolin next in Spike Lee's Oldboy on November 27th. 

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'Jurassic World' Adds 'The Kings of Summer' Star Nick Robinson

There's a complete youth movement going on in Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World, establishing that the fourth film in the franchise will be unlike any other that's come before. With Bryce Dallas Howard already on board, and yesterday's addition of Insidious star Ty Simpkins, another fresh face has come aboard in The Kings of Summer's Nick Robinson.

Robinson earned a number of great reviews for his lead role in 'Summer', a coming-of-age comedy that won over critics and audiences just a few months ago. While most of Jurassic World's plot is being kept under wraps, we know that Robinson will play Simpkins' older brother, and the story is rumored to involve a return to Isla Nublar where the dinosaurs will presumably run amok and make life miserable for everybody.

Jurassic World opens on June 12th 2015.

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Ty Simpkins of 'Iron Man 3' will Lead 'Jurassic World'; Jake Johnson May Join Him

At only 12 years old, Ty Simpkins has been busier and starred in more hit films than most actors twice his age. He got his start in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds; had a small but important part in Little Children opposite Kate Winslet; has been trapped in "The Further" for both of James Wan's Insidious horrors; and most recently he bantered with Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 3. Not too shabby, and now he's even got a franchise to call his own....well, he may have to share top billing with a few dinosaurs.

According to Deadline, Simpkins has won the lead role in Jurassic World, which Spielberg is producing and Colin Trevorrow will be directing. No details on his character are available as the plot is mostly undercover, but it's a sure sign that Universal is moving in an entirely new direction. Bryce Dallas Howard is the only other cast member confirmed at this point, but there are rumors of Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed star Jake Johnson being "in the mix". David Oyelowo has been mentioned previously as well, although there is nothing confirmed.

I guess this pretty much kills any hope of Joseph Mazzello coming back? Jurassic World opens its doors on June 12th 2015.

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Bryce Dallas Howard In Talks to Enter 'Jurassic World'

When Universal first made the decision to push back Jurassic World into 2015, there were a couple of names that emerged as potential stars. One of those was David Oyelowo (The Butler), whose name seems to be up for everything lately, while the other was Bryce Dallas Howard. As the months passed nothing was said about how close either of them were to actually nabbing a role in the film, but now we know that at least one of them made some sort of impression, as Howard is set to take a lead role.

The Wrap reports that Howard is in talks to a major unspecified part in the film, to be directed by Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) and produced by Steven Spielberg. It'll be Howard's first major franchise since she popped up as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3, and her first big screen role since 2011's 50/50. 

Nothing about the plot has been confirmed but it's expected that Trevorrow and Derek Connolly's script will take us back to Isla Nublar where the dinos will again run wild. One has to wonder if we'll be getting an announcement regarding Oyelowo next. Jurassic World opens on June 12th 2015.

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