{"id":730969,"date":"2026-08-08T00:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/730969\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:52:11","slug":"jurassic-world-rebirth-sequel-confirmed-with-returning-stars-but-with-one-major-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/730969\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic World Rebirth sequel confirmed with returning stars \u2013 but with one major absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sequel to Jurassic World Rebirth has been confirmed, with some of its major stars said to be returning, though there is one notable absence. <\/p>\n

Released in 2025 and directed by Gareth Edwards, Jurassic World Rebirth successfully rebooted the franchise, generating $870 million globally.<\/p>\n

According to Variety<\/a>, Edwards will not be returning to helm the sequel, though stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey are expected to return alongside screenwriter David Koepp. <\/p>\n

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Universal<\/p>\n

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However, the publication has confirmed that Edwards has departed the project over creative differences. The studio hopes to begin shooting the sequel in 2027.<\/p>\n

“We had an incredible experience working with Gareth on Jurassic World Rebirth,” Universal said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Plot details and casting for the upcoming instalment are yet to be officially confirmed, so we’ll have to wait and see what to expect from the franchise’s eighth instalment. <\/p>\n

Jurassic World Rebirth follows Johannson as a covert ops expert named Zora Bennett opposite Bailey, who plays a palaeontologist named Dr Henry Loomis.<\/p>\n

Joining them on the impressive cast are Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, Mahershala Ali, and David Iacono.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the film, Edwards told Entertainment Weekly<\/a>: “To me, it’s a giant love letter to Steven Spielberg and his earlier films.<\/p>\n

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Universal<\/p>\n

“There are moments in this movie that remind me very much of Jaws. It\u2019s like a little greatest hits of all those aspects of his films that I loved growing up as a child.”<\/p>\n

He added: “It’s essentially a little adventure odyssey across this island, a survival story, really.”<\/p>\n

Edwards continued: “It\u2019s that kind of triangle between three different overlapping characters. There’s a lot of fun between the three of them that really popped out to me. It’s less of a love triangle and much more of a competitive \u2018who’s the alpha in the group?\u2019 kind of way.”<\/p>\n

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Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n

Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sequel to Jurassic World Rebirth has been confirmed, with some of its major stars said to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[241618,147950,379,241617,381,96,190731,1156,2839,241616,223205,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-730969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-jurassic-world","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-1b0029c2-c83c-4b31-9d07-fbec92587ead","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-jurassic-world-rebirth-sequel-confirmed-with-returning-stars","tag-sponsored-false","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}