It was last summer that Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World brought Universal Pictures one of its biggest opening weekends of all time, beating all projections at that. Clearly this signals huge favor among fans for monster flicks which is certainly a plus for a franchise that has endured since 1993 and it wasn’t long before its June 22, 2018 sequel would make headlines.
For this, we look to the latest Tweet from the film’s account, making director Juan Antonio Bayona’s attachment to the sequel official. Antonio’s name began circulating back in January amid reports that actor Chris Pratt would return to wrangle our herd of reanimated, genetically bred prehistoric creatures next to actress Bryce Dallas Howard who portrayed the operations manager of the titular theme park.
We are pleased to announce that @filmbayona will direct the JURASSIC WORLD SEQUEL. 6.22.18. pic.twitter.com/TdC7vjqYBC— Jurassic World (@JurassicPark) April 18, 2016
Frank Marshall, Pat Crowley and Belén Atienza are producing with a script by Trevorrow and co-scribe Derek Connolly, and Steven Spielberg executive producing.