Colin Trevorrow shares more details on Jurassic World, starring Chris Pratt

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Last week the trailer for Colin Trevorrow's JURASSIC WORLD stomped in, giving us a really great look at some of the thrills we can expect to see when the film finally arrives in theaters in June of next year. It also raised a lot of questions such as "What's the deal with the lab-designed dinosaur?" and "How can Chris Pratt's character ride his motorcycle alongside a swarm of velociraptors and not become dino dinner?". Now Trevorrow has revealed a few new details in an interview with Empire, giving us some new insight into what we can expect from JURASSIC WORLD.

When asked about the new lab-designed dinosaur that seems to be the major threat for the visitors to JURASSIC WORLD, Trevorrow shared…

“There is no shortage of awesome [real] dinosaurs. We could have populated this entire story with new species that haven’t been in any of these movies. But this new creation is what gave me a reason to tell another Jurassic Park story. We have the most awe-inspiring creatures to ever walk the Earth right in front of us, but for some reason that’s not enough. We’re always hungry for the next thing, and those who profit from it are always looking to feed that hunger. The focus groups want something bigger than a T-Rex. And that’s what they get.”

One of the coolest teases from the trailer was the reveal of the Mosasaurus, an aquatic beast that devours a great white shark. Trevorrow says of its inclusion…

“The idea came out in one of our first meetings. I didn’t know if Steven [Spielberg] and Frank [Marshall] had considered an underwater reptile, so I pitched the mosasaurus and went off on the idea.”

“I thought it would be cool if we had this massive animal and the park used one of our most fearsome modern predators as food. There could be a whole other facility where they used shark DNA to mass-produce them to feed the bigger beast. It’s a bonkers idea, but I’m comfortable going to Crazytown, because I used to live there when I was a kid.”

And what of the trailers final shot, showing Pratt's character Owen speeding along on a motorcycle alongside a pack of velociraptors? Does this mean the raptors have been tamed and are working with Owen to neutralize the new dinosaur threat? Trevorrow explains…

“Owen’s relationship with the raptors is complicated. They aren’t friends. These animals are nasty and dangerous and they’ll bite your head off if you make the wrong move. But there are men and women out there today who have forged tenuous connections with dangerous predators. That’s interesting territory to me.”

And finally, will we see the franchise’s most iconic beast, the terrifying T-Rex, in JURASSIC WORLD? Says Trevorrow…

"You bet your ass you will."

Directed by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, JURASSIC WORLD stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Judy Greer. It opens June 12th, 2015.