Jurassic World Rebirth Isn’t Trying to Hide Its Nostalgia Play

Jurassic World Rebirth hasn’t been subtle in its marketing, emphasizing a return to the roots of the beloved summer blockbuster-turned-sprawling franchise. Hell, the movie’s title nods to this concept quite directly. A recently released trailer, doubling as a behind-the-scenes featurette, aims to solidify the film’s mission statement and put butts in theater seats, promising to deliver the same thrills as the original movie did and then some. In the aptly titled “Classic Jurassic” featurette, stars Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, Final Fantasy XIV), and Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) reinforce that their film is “going back to the basics,” made for fans of the original films. All of the above waxed poetic about how Jurassic World Rebirth, in typical Jurassic Park fashion, will introduce new dinosaurs, harken back to the original, and essentially be a survival story, with a more naturalistic cinematic quality thanks to being shot on film. While their glowing praise is expecte ... Read full article.