Jurassic World: Dominion will be a celebration of the entire franchise

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Although Jurassic Park franchise producer Frank Marshall Marshall has said that Jurassic World: Dominion will be "the start of a new era," it's become clear that the upcoming film will serve as the conclusion of the story that began all those years ago with Steven Spielberg's 1993 film. While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Jurassic World: Dominion director and co-writer Colin Trevorrow said that Dominion will be a culmination of the entire franchise up to this point.

To me, [Dominion] is a culmination of one story that's been told. When you got to the end of the Jurassic Park trilogy, it may not have been as clear in what the complete story of those three movies was because they were a bit more episodic in the way that they were approached. But this trilogy is not that way. It's very much a serialized story. What was important for me was, when you watch Dominion, you really feel like you are learning how much of a story that first set of movies was and how everything that happened in those movies actually informs what ultimately is able to happen in this. If kids who are born today are going to be presented with six Jurassic Park movies — you hope the parents will buy them the box set — you hope they are going to get to feel like they watch one long story.

Colin Trevorrow added that Jurassic World: Dominion will really be a celebration of the whole franchise as it will be a "true ensemble" film, with franchise veterans Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum having roles on par with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. Trevorrow also discussed what made him return to helm the conclusion of the Jurassic World trilogy, as his original intention was to pass the torch to other directors.  "Honestly, it's because I love it," Trevorrow said. "I don't really have a better answer than that. I've been very fortunate to be involved in a lot of different kinds of stories, and after working with J.A. [Bayona] on the last film, that was inspiring for me in its own way, to see how another filmmaker interpreted that middle chapter of the story. I was genuinely moved by the experience. I was going through a tough time myself. So to dive back into this world of dinosaurs with another filmmaker and make something we believed in, it made me want to finish what we started."

Jurassic World: Dominion will hit theaters on June 10, 2022.