Overview

• Jurassic World Rebirth premiered July 2 as a standalone reboot that shifts from global catastrophe to a lean, heist-style mission on an isolated island seeking dinosaur DNA.
• The film introduces genetically engineered hybrids, notably the six-limbed Distortus Rex, with critics praising suspenseful creature sequences that recapture the franchise’s primal thrills.
• David Koepp returns as screenwriter and Steven Spielberg serves as executive producer, with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali leading an all-new principal cast.
• Reviews commend the back-to-basics approach but criticize underdeveloped supporting characters and inconsistent CGI, reflecting a tightened production schedule for a summer launch.
• Universal has slated a PVOD release for mid-August followed by an early October debut on Peacock, embodying the studio’s accelerated theatrical-to-streaming model.