‘Jurassic World 3’ Bringing Back Original Trio Laura Dern, Sam Neill, And Jeff Goldblum
There are a few facts of life: God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs, Man brings back dinosaurs, dinosaurs eat man, andJurassic World 3brings backLaura Dern,Sam Neill, andJeff Goldblumto clean up the mess.
The originalJurassic Parkstars are coming back for another go-around with the prehistoric reptiles as part of theJurassic World 3cast as their iconic characters as Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Alan Grant, and Dr. Ian Malcolm, respectively. Goldblum appeared in a brief cameo as our favorite chaotic mathematician in 2018’sJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, but all three original stars are now confirmed to be playing key roles in theColin Trevorrow-directedJurassic World 3.
Amblinannounced that Dern, Neill, and Goldblum will be reprising their famousJurassic Parkroles inJurassic World 3, starring opposite returning starsChris PrattandBryce Dallas Howard. Trevorrow is returning to direct after briefly stepping away from the franchise duringJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which was helmed by J. A. Bayona.
This will be the first film that unites the original trio since 1993’sJurassic Park. While Goldblum has returned most frequently to the franchise, appearing in 1997’sThe Lost WorldandFallen Kingdom, Neill and Dern only returned to the franchise once, with Neill starring in 2001’sJurassic Park IIIin which Dern made a quick cameo. This will be Dern’s first proper return to her role as Dr. Ellie Satler, and it couldn’t come at a better time — the actress is currently enjoying more mainstream popularity than ever thanks to her Emmy-winning turn inBig Little Liesand her scene-stealing performance inStar Wars: The Last Jedi. Maybe we can finally see her inherit the Earth, as she deserves.
Trevorrow first revealed the return of the originalJurassic Parkcast at a screening ofJurassic Worldat the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood Tuesday night, where he confirmed that at least Dern would be playing a “major role, not a cameo.”
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Jurassic World 3will be penned by Trevorrow andEmily Carmichael(Pacific Rim Uprising,The Black Hole) based on a story by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow, who together co-wroteJurassic WorldandJurassic World Fallen Kingdom. Steven Spielberg and Trevorrow return to executive produce the next chapter in the franchise, alongside Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley.
Details onJurassic World 3are being kept under lock and key for now, but as we’ve seen with theJurassic ParkandJurassic Worldfranchises, those won’t keep anything caged for long. We don’t know in what way Dr. Ellie Satler and Alan Grant will be involved in the story, but it seems like their dinosaur expertise could be used to corral the dinosaurs unleashed upon the world after an auction goes terribly wrong at the end ofJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
Jurassic World 3is slated to storm into theaters onJune 11, 2021.
