Scarlett Johansson in Talks to Star in New JURASSIC WORLD Movie
By Movieguide® Contributor
The upcoming JURASSIC WORLD movie may have a new star in town.
Collider says the movie will likely feature Scarlett Johansson instead of recent JURRASIC WORLD regulars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt.
“Scarlett Johansson is in talks to star in the prehistoric creature feature,” Collider reported on Monday. “The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Johansson is negotiating a lead role in the upcoming film, which is currently set for a July 2, 2025 release date.”
The movie will be different from its predecessors, as it’s slated to have a completely fresh cast. None of the previous JURRASIC stars will return this time around.
“No details have been revealed about what character Johansson would be playing, and the status of the negotiations is also uncertain,” Screen Rant reported on Tuesday.
“The film is moving as fast as a herd of Gallimimus as it approaches its upcoming release date,” Collider said. “It was initially slated to be directed by action maven David Leitch, whose THE FALL GUY will kick off the summer movie season in May, but negotiations fell apart. Instead, Universal turned to Gareth Edwards, a director with a surfeit of giant creature experience in the form of MONSTERS and 2014’s GODZILLA.”
David Koepp, who wrote the first and second JURASSIC PARK movies, will write the new movie’s script.
The Guardian noted that the last movie, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, earned $1 billion globally.
Movieguide®’s review of FALLEN KINGDOM reads:
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM is an intense, action-filled, roller coaster ride. Claire and Owen from the previous move go to the island where Jurassic Park was located to save the dinosaurs on the island, which is about to be destroyed by a suddenly active volcano. Claire has funding from a foundation to access the computerized genetic tags for each dinosaur, so they can save them. However, the Foundation’s head trustee wants to auction the dinosaurs to the highest bidder. Now it’s a battle against time to save the world and the dinosaurs.
JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM is extremely entertaining and surprisingly funny, with lots of thrills and chills. Like many classic monster movies, it poses serious issues, that man should not be playing God and that life is worth preserving. So, the movie is strongly redemptive and moral. FALLEN KINGDOM doesn’t have too much objectionable material, but it does have some obnoxious foul language lots of death and mayhem, including people killing other people. So, MOVIEGUIDE® cautions parents with little children and anyone who gets bothered by thrills and chills.
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