Jake Johnson Won’t Crack Wise In ‘Jurassic World 2’
Even though production onJurassic World 2is slated to begin early next year to meet the 2018 summer release date, we still know very little about the sequel, and that includes who will be among the cast. So far the only cast members confirmed forJurassic World 2(orJurassic Park 5depending on how you want to talk about the franchise) areChris PrattandBryce Dallas Howardreturning as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing respectively. But now we have word on another returning cast member fromJurassic World, or rather lack thereof.
New GirlstarJake Johnsonhas revealed that he won’t be coming back forJurassic World 2, which will leave most of the joke cracking in the hands of Chris Pratt. Find out more below.
A fan asked Jake Johnson on Twitter whether or not his tech specialist character Lowery would be returning forJurassic World 2, and here’s what he had to say:
Even though we don’t know much about the story forJurassic World 2, we can safely assume that it won’t focus on another functioning theme park full of dinosaurs, which means Lowery probably isn’t really needed this time around. Logically, I can’t imagine a character like Lowery would feel the need to get involved with dinosaurs again after the tragedy he had to deal with atJurassic World.
However, not having Jake Johnson inJurassic World 2is a bit of a bummer. His character certainly brought some comedic relief, and he actually served as a sort of conduit for the fans of the original franchise as a character who had an immense amount of respect for the original park and also made plenty of sarcastic comments about the poor decisions being made while dealing with the new park spiraling out of control.
There probably won’t be many other characters from Jurassic World returning for the sequel. In most cases, either they were killed or bringing them back just wouldn’t make sense. The one character that could have a key role in the future though could beB.D. Wongas Dr. Henry Wu. He’s been driven a little mad by his work as a scientist, becoming much more of a god-playing villain, and if the sequel will deal withopen source dinosaur breeding, he would be a good resource for any company to have.
As the start of production on the sequel from directorJ.A. Bayonagets closer, hopefully we’ll be hearing more details aboutJurassic World 2very soon. It would be nice to at least have some semblance of a plot for the sequel that is said to besuspenseful and scary.
