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The fourth Jurassic Park movie is released in June and the various species who populate the cast have been unveiled. But what role will each of them play in the family-friendly 3D slaughter?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly two years after their traumatic weekend at Jurassic Park, Alan, Ian, and Ellie are doing their best to recover. But their recovery is halted by the emergence of Topaz Hammond, John Hammond’s granddaughter. She has created a new (and supposedly fail proof) Jurassic Park. 

 

Taken there against their will, the three old friends must do more than just survive. They must stop Topaz before her genetic experiments on dinosaurs AND people end up killing everyone at the park. And they must decide: are the dinosaurs the real enemy here, or is their creator?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers.

 

 

The IMAX release of Jurassic World will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of An IMAX 3D Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.

 

 

Jurassic World, the fourth movie in the Jurassic Park series, will be released in three months. This means that ITV2 is three years and three months away from having a new film it can broadcast on a loop every weekend for ever. It also means we’re probably two and a half months away from the producers of Star Wars doing something to disable whatever momentum Jurassic World builds up.

 

Meanwhile, the Jurassic World publicity machine has cranked into gear. On jurassicworld.com, the species of dinosaur that feature in the new movie are being revealed. So what are they? How will they figure in the action? It’s time to take a closer look.

 

 

The new title, ‘Jurassic World’, has led movie pundits to believe that the movie will have a more international feel. And excitingly, Steven Spielberg will return as a producer, after sitting out the third movie in the franchise with a smaller role as an executive producer.

 

Jurassic World adds to an exciting move lineup for 2014 and 2015, as Universal Pictures will also be releasing Fifty Shades of Grey, Fast and Furious 7, Minions, Ted 2 and Pitch Perfect 2. We’ll be glued to our cinema seats!

 

 

 

The herbivorous Ankylosaurus is covered in thick armour, and has what appears to be a dinosaur version of a wrecking ball at the end of its tail. It is the closest dinosaur in appearance to the creatures depicted in the How to Train Your Dragon movies. With luck, there’ll be a scene where it rolls on its back and giggles as Chris Pratt tickles its tummy.

 

 

The P Diddy of the dinosaur world, the Apatosaurus used to be known as Brontosaurus. But after undergoing a root and branch image overhaul (in which it acquired a new skull), it now exists under a different moniker. However, it will still be the dinosaur that Jurassic World characters see first, affording them another moment of awestruck hat removal.

 

The smaller dinosaurs that run in giant packs. They will serve no dramatic purpose in Jurassic World, unless the producers heeded my advice and included a scene where a bunch of them stand on each other’s shoulders, wearing a big coat and try and pass themselves off as a Tyrannosaurus rex.

 

 

You’ve seen the Mosasaurus before. As the dinosaur that leaps out of the water and devours a shark in the Jurassic World trailer, it’s become notorious as the most polarising creature in the film. It might even become the Jar Jar Binks of Jurassic World, depending on how racially insensitive its voice ends up being.

 

 

Poor Stegosaurus. It might be one of the most immediately recognisable dinosaurs around, but it’s yet to receive a meaningful storyline in three Jurassic Park films. Might Jurassic World be the moment that Stegosaurus finally shines, perhaps in a plot where it discovers that its wife has been having an affair, and goes on a vengeful rampage? Fingers crossed!

 

Triceratops already has a valuable place in the Jurassic Park canon, as the dinosaur that gets sick and craps everywhere. Long may this tradition continue in Jurassic World, in a scene where it poos and sneezes at the same time, then pulls a funny face at the camera.

 

 

People go to Jurassic Park films for one reason – to see T rex go berserk at humans and other dinosaurs. It’s the Incredible Hulk of the dinosaur world, but there’s a chance it’ll face its harshest foe yet in the forthcoming film, in the shape of …

 

 

 

There are no images of Indominus rex on the Jurassic World website, only pictures of its enormous reinforced concrete cage. Why the secrecy? Because Indominus rex isn’t real. It was created in the Hammond Creation laboratory, and will almost definitely be the new movie’s terrifying antagonist. Still, it’s a good thing that they’re simply inventing dinosaurs now. Perhaps in Jurassic World 2, we can have a sexy lady dino in a wig, or one who talks posh like Brain Gremlin from Gremlins 2. That’d be good.

 

Today has been a non stop thrill ride when it comes to Jurassic World news, and it shows no sign of slowing in the foreseeable future. In fact, it seems likely things will continue to amp up as the cross-promotion marketing goes full swing. Speaking of cross-promotion, Dairy Queen has officially announced their involvement with Jurassic World and are now running commercials on TV! 

 

Check out this brand new featurette about Jurassic World, which features new interviews with Colin Trevorrow, Steven Spielberg and lead actor Chris Pratt. It also features a lot of scenes from the very recent TV spots in clearer detail.

 

 

 

It's been 14 years since we last heard new music from the Jurassic Park franchise with Don Davis's Jurassic Park 3 score. That changes now. Take a listen to two tracks from the Jurassic World soundtrack- 'As the Jurassic World Turns' and another that is currently untitled- thanks to WQXR Radio!

 

The Jurassic World soundtrack is composed by Michael Giacchino who won an Academy Award for his music on UP, and also worked on other iconic soundtracks such as Star Trek (2009 and Into Darkness), Ratatouille, Tomorrowland and LOST. Giacchino is the second composer to take the reigns from John Williams who composed the amazing and iconic scores for Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

 

 

While most of the music in the tracks above is new, the original theme comes into play towards the very end of the first, and the second track has a very familiar Jurassic sound to it in general. Giacchino said the score is 117 minutes long, so we have a lot of new music to look forward to come June 9th, when you can buy the soundtrack in stores and online!

 

What are your thoughts on the new music? Sound off below, tell your friends, and be sure to stay tuned for all the latest news on everything Jurassic World!

 

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