Jurassic World Rebirthis almost certainly going to get a sequel, but it’s unclear just whatJurassic World 5’s storycould be. The movie has - in keeping with the franchise’s form - been a box office hit, grossing over $500 million worldwide in just two weekends.
Heading into the latest entry,Jurassic ParkandWorldmoviesaveraged around $1 billion at the box office; whenRebirthfinishes its run, there’s a good chance that will still hold true. And for as long as dinosaurs rule the movie-going world, Universal will keep making more of them.
Since the franchise rebooted, there have been 3-4 years between installments, and soJurassic World 5hitting in summer 2028 wouldn’t be a surpriseat all. However, whileJurassic World Rebirth’s endingdoes change the franchise, it doesn’t make a sequel easy.
Dinosaurs Dying Out Complicates Jurassic World 5’s Story
Rebirth Doesn’t Fully Set Up A Sequel
Taking place five years afterJurassic World Dominion,Rebirtheffectively chooses not to follow on too much from that story. WhereasDominionleft a world where dinosaurs and humans may have to co-exist, the former are now dying out, and the latter no longer care about them.
Dinosaurs only surviving near the equator helps driveRebirth’s story, but it makes things complicated for a fifthJurassic World- and eighthJurassic Park- movie. It’s a choice that severely limits its options, sinceit negates the “dinos in the real world” setup that still hasn’t been explored to its full potential.
Colin Trevorrow’s short filmJurassic World: Battle at Big Rockremains the best use of that idea, but it seems a shame to not do it properly on the big screen.
DirectorGareth Edwards toldScreen Rant’s Liam Crowley aRebirthsequelis"in the lap of the Gods,“while confirming they made the movie as a standalone.
Of course, the dinosaur DNA would factor into anyRebirthsequel. It could be a game-changing twist for humanity in-universe, but what does it drive in terms of an exciting dino story? Unless it leads to a sudden revival in interest in dinosaurs and, perhaps, even a means of helping save the ones remaining, thenJurassic World 5may have to findanotherreason to go back to the (oran) island.
Maybe open sourcing could lead to a push to find other types of dinosaur DNA. Perhaps one of the pharmaceutical companies will find another, more dangerous use that weaponizes it, intentionally or otherwise. The franchise could finally use the dinosaur-human hybrid idea that’s existed since beforeJurassic World(please, Universal, don’t do this, and no more mutant hybrids in general).
In a sense, this is simply the nature of the franchise.Very few of these movies have directly set up a sequel-Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomintoDominionis an exception, and they largely ignored it for… locusts. But it matters not: Jurassic finds a way.
“…So long as it can offer enough big dinosaur thrills, with a sense of wonder and awe ideally mixed with horror and suspense, it’ll be a massive box office draw.”
It’s a problem that has contributed to so many of the franchise’s films having poor reviews, but so long as it can offer enough big dinosaur thrills, with a sense of wonder and awe ideally mixed with horror and suspense, it’ll be a massive box office draw. That was true ofJurassic World Rebirth, and it’ll be true ofJurassic World 5.
Jurassic World Rebirth
Cast
Jurassic World Rebirth, set five years after Jurassic World Dominion, sees covert operations expert Zora Bennett guiding a team to obtain dinosaur genetic material. Their mission collides with a stranded family on a perilous island, uncovering a long-buried secret.
