With so much Marvel content making headlines recently, it's easy to forget about other exciting upcoming blockbusters. Not anymore. The official Jurassic World: Dominion prologue has finally been released, and it teases one epic finale.
The five-minute Jurassic World: Dominion prologue was unveiled early Tuesday, coming a few months after premiering exclusively in IMAX showings ahead of Fast and Furious 9's June release. The footage presented takes place during the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago and depicts what it was like with only dinosaurs ruling the planet before transitioning to the present day following the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
Other than the shots capturing the dinos and mayhem that awaits, especially a T-Rex in an epic battle, the preview provided an even closer look at the mosquitos gathering dino the DNA that would ultimately lead to the creation of the dinosaurs and the Park we see in the original film. Once the clip moves forward into modern times, fans witness a helicopter searching the forest as the T-Rex makes its way to a drive-in theater. Presumably taking place shortly after the dinosaurs escaped from Lockwood estate in Fallen Kingdom, some of the patrons are blissfully unaware of the T-Rex rampaging through the parking lot, while others flee in terror. The helicopter arrives seconds later, but an attempt to tranquilize the T-Rex fails and the creature heads back into the woods, though the pilot is convinced it won't be able to run forever.
Jurassic World: Dominion, which is set to conclude the entire franchise, takes place after the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, as the dinos roam free in the wilderness and other urban areas. While many details have been kept under wraps, director Colin Trevorrow, who directed Jurassic World, described the upcoming film as a spy thriller combined with the dinosaur elements. "But there's any environment you can imagine, ecological environment, physical environment that you can think of, it's represented in this movie, is a big globe-hopping adventure. It's got a little bit of Bourne and Bond and a bit of a spy movie thrown into it too. Spy movie, science thriller with dinosaurs," Trevorrow told Collider this past summer.
While the film is still months away from its big release, Trevorrow directed and released a short film back in 2019 titled Battle at Big Rock that should leave fans a little satisfied. The short follows the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and serves as a tie-in to Jurassic World: Dominion, centering on a family from Oakland, California that heads on a camping trip to a fictional national park. There, they encounter multiple dinosaurs as they try to battle their way out towards survival. The short premiered on FX and was subsequently released online. With the now released prologue and Jurassic World: Dominion's debut date approaching sooner every day, fans can expect more and more information will inevitably make its way online. With what is released so far, though, the upcoming epic is shaping up to be one wild ride.
On top of the film's intriguing premise, the cast is a whole other beast. Along with Chris Pratt's Owen Grady and Bryce Dallas Howard's Claire Dearing, classic Jurassic Park characters will be making their return to the big screen. Sam Neill's Dr. Alan Grant, Laura Dern's Ellie Sattler, and Jeff Goldblum's Ian Malcolm will all be returning for the highly anticipated sequel.
Jurassic World: Dominion is set to release in theatres on June 10, 2022.
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