Universal Studios took advantage of Disney vacating the July 10, 2015 release date for the summer tentpole Pirates of the Caribbean 5 to quickly insert the next Jurassic Park film from director Colin Trevorrow into what promises to be an amazing summer at the box office, and gave what will be the fourth film in the dinosaur franchise a new name and logo to boot.
Jurassic World is what Jurassic Park 4 will be called going forward and it will be released in theaters on June 12, 2015. The film is currently one of the only major studio entries scheduled for early June 2015 with Fox’s animated flick B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations scheduled for June 5 and the studio’s Assassin’s Creed with Michael Fassbender and Pixar’s Inside Out locked into June 19.
Universal had originally slated Jurassic World for an April 2015 release, ahead of the traditional summer window and before kids would be out of school. It was then quietly removed from the schedule and left in limbo while Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow continued to work on the story and pre-production. Producing credits are going to Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley.
Trevorrow is set to direct the sequel whose plot remains a mystery. Rumors suggest it may see the theme park concept return, only this time bigger and better than before. Ultimately no concrete information has surfaced or leaked detailing where the film is headed or who from the previous films might potentially star or make an appearance.
Back in May before the original April release date was shelved, Trevorrow tweeted an image of a location scout for Isla Nublar, the island where the original film and “Jurassic Park” attraction is set.
The original films in the franchise include Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park in 1993 and its sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 1997, followed by Joe Johnston’s Jurassic Park III in 2001.
