“Jurassic World Dominion” is the final chapter in the “Jurassic World” trilogy and a sequel to the original film.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.
- Jurassic World Dominion is a 2022 American science fiction action film
- It is directed by Colin Trevorrow
- The film is written by Trevorrow and Emily Carmichael
- It is based on a story by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly
- It is the sequel to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- It is also the sixth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise
- And the final film in the Jurassic World trilogy
- This film is the conclusion to the storyline started in the original Jurassic Park trilogy
- As with its predecessors, Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley produced the film
- With Trevorrow and Jurassic Park (1993) director Steven Spielberg acting as executive producers
- The film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Isabella Sermon, Justice Smith, and Daniella Pineda reprising their roles from previous films in the franchise
- They are joined by DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Campbell Scott, Scott Haze, and Dichen Lachman. Dern, Goldblum and Neill reprise their roles from the Jurassic Park trilogy, appearing together for the first time since the 1993 film
- The film is set four years after the events of Fallen Kingdom, with dinosaurs now living alongside humans around the world
- The film was planned as early as 2014 as part of a future Jurassic World trilogy
- Filming began in February 2020 but was suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- It resumed in July and concluded four months later
- Filming locations included Canada, England’s Pinewood Studios and the country of Malta
- Unlike its two predecessors, Legendary Entertainment was not involved in the film’s production
- As Universal ended their partnership with the company in 2019 after the expiration of their four-year deal
- Jurassic World Dominion is distributed by Universal Pictures
- It premiered in Mexico City on May 23, 2022
- It was theatrically released in the United States on June 10, 2022, in IMAX, 4DX, RealD 3D, and Dolby Cinema
- The film received generally negative reviews from critics
- Critics felt that the franchise had run its course
- During early conversations on Jurassic World (2015), executive producer Steven Spielberg told director Colin Trevorrow that he was interested in having more films made
- In April 2014, Trevorrow announced that sequels to Jurassic World had been discussed
- He said they wanted to create something that would be less arbitrary and episodic, and that could potentially arc into a series that would feel like a complete story
- Trevorrow was later asked how much planning he had put into a trilogy while he was filming Jurassic World in 2014, in which he replied that he knew where the story will end
- He said that planning the beginning, middle, and end of the trilogy ahead of time “is crucial to a franchise”
- In May 2015, Trevorrow stated his desire to have different directors work on future films, believing that others could bring different qualities to the series
- Trevorrow also said the series would not always be about a dinosaur theme park
- Stating that future films could explore the idea of dinosaurs and humans co-existing
- Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall confirmed plans for a third Jurassic World film later in 2015
- Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley said that Trevorrow and Spielberg had a story idea for the film
- Actor Chris Pratt, who portrayed Owen in Jurassic World, was signed on for future films in the series
- Trevorrow said that the friendship in Jurassic World between Owen and Barry (portrayed by Omar Sy) could carry on into the sequels
- He also said that Bryce Dallas Howard’s character, Claire, would evolve the most over the course of the Jurassic World trilogy
- In the U.S. and Canada, Jurassic World Dominion is projected to gross around $125 million from 4,676 theaters in its opening weekend
- It made $18 million from Thursday night previews
- Just below the first Jurassic World’s $18.5 million and above Fallen Kingdom’s $15.3 million
- Outside the U.S. and Canada, the film made $55.7 million from 15 early offshore markets
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 31% rating
- Based on 274 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 4.9/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “Jurassic World Dominion might be a bit of an improvement over its immediate predecessors in some respects, but this franchise has lumbered a long way down from its classic start”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 37 out of 100
- Based on 52 critics
- Indicating “generally unfavorable reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A–” on an A+ to F scale
- It is the same score as Fallen Kingdom
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