Jurassic World Rebirth promises\u00a0to be another fresh start for the franchise, with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story\u00a0and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards taking a new team of adventurers to an island overrun by dinosaurs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like many filmmakers, Edwards is a fan of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park and, according to Rebirth star\u00a0Jonathan Bailey, this is “a love letter”<\/strong> to that classic. He tells Empire Online<\/a>\u00a0(via SFFGazette.com<\/a>), “It really does feel that it\u2019s welcoming people to really celebrate the original film. It has that wonder and awe, while not being scared to re-inject the thrill and the fear.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Scarlett Johansson agrees. “It hearkens back to the first one,”<\/strong> she promises. “It has a lot of good jump-scares, and the stakes are high.”<\/strong><\/p>\n David Koepp, who wrote Jurassic Park and The Lost World, returned to pen Rebirth’s screenplay and pointed to this movie embracing what worked so well about those early instalments. “We wanted to recapture the idea that we are in the dinosaurs\u2019 environment. The last few movies were exploring the idea of, ‘Hey, what would it be like if they were in our environment?'”<\/strong><\/p>\n “They did that very well, and now we wanted to explore how it felt to go back to theirs,”<\/strong> the writer concluded.<\/p>\n The previous Jurassic World trilogy set the stage for dinosaurs to once again roam the Earth, leading to speculation that future instalments might head down the post-apocalyptic route. Instead, a back-to-basics approach might be what serves this franchise best.\u00a0<\/p>\n We also have some new stills from Jurassic World Rebirth and two Empire Magazine covers, one of which puts the spotlight on the mysterious\u00a0Distortus Rex, the movie’s Rancor-like hybrid dinosaur.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n A new era of Jurassic is dawning \ud83e\udd95<\/p>\n Scarlett Johansson leads the ultimate dinosaur adventure in Empire\u2019s @JurassicWorld<\/a> Rebirth issue \u2013 going on set of Gareth Edwards\u2019 new chapter, seeking to capture the DNA of the original. Out Thurs 8 May.<\/p>\n READ MORE: https:\/\/t.co\/Uz8uMKD5LB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3kokF6qgNw<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n This month’s subscriber cover, illustrated by Tim McDonagh, offers a tantalising tease of the mysterious and deadly Distortus Rex \u2013 peering out from blood-spattered foliage.<\/p>\n READ MORE: https:\/\/t.co\/Uz8uMKD5LB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/necFACFNeG<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n David Koepp explains how Jurassic World Rebirth differs from the previous trilogy.<\/p>\n “[They] were exploring, \u2018What would it be like if [dinosaurs] were in our environment?\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cWe wanted to explore how it felt to go back to theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: https:\/\/t.co\/GJm9dY2972<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/FYiv7J9j4s<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n EXCLUSIVE \ud83e\udd96<\/p>\n Jurassic World Rebirth is \u201ca love letter\u201d to the 1993 classic, and its Spielbergian sensibilities.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has that wonder and awe, while not being scared to re-inject the thrill and the fear,\u201d Jonathan Bailey tells Empire.<\/p>\n READ MORE: https:\/\/t.co\/GJm9dY2972<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/oQHnj8OfyL<\/a><\/p>\n
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