Scarlett Johansson gave her first look as Zora Bennett, a covert operations expert tasked with the challenge of of securing the genetic material from three of the world’s dinosaurs.
In the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth, the actress, 40, teams up with paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) and Martin Krebs, a representative for the drug corporation financing the mission, played by Rupert Friend.
The preview begins with the two-time Oscar nominee meeting with Bailey as she reveals her plans to embark of a secret mission that will result in a ‘medical breakthrough that could save countess lives.’
Friend explains to Bailey that the materials they need come from the largest dinosaurs on the planet.
‘Fortunately for us, all these species exist in one isolated place,’ he said. ‘Can you be ready tomorrow?’
While sensing Bailey’s hesitation, Johansson tells him: ‘I can guarantee your safety… moreo or less.’
Scarlett Johansson gave her first look as Zora Bennett, a covert operations expert tasked with the challenge of of securing the genetic material from three of the world’s dinosaurs
‘More or less?’ he fires back, before footage pans to them embarking on their dangerous voyage.
While speaking of her team, Johansson confidently declares they are the ‘best at moving things and people in and out of places they shouldn’t be.’
Upon joining the duo, Mahershala Ali talks about avoiding government patrol, before noting that there isn’t much there anymore.
When Bailey asks him why not, Ali laughed and said: ‘No one’s dumb enough to go where we’re going.’
‘This island was the research facility for the original Jurassic Park,’ Johansson explains.
Their mission takes them on an exhausting journey that includes rappelling down a mountain and facing off with dinosaurs, including raptors.
The new science fiction action film, which comes on the heels of Jurassic World Dominion (2022), is the seventh film in the Jurassic Park franchise and stars a whole new ensemble cast that’s being led by Johansson.
Along with Johansson, Friend, Ali, and Bailey, the cast includes Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed Skrein.
In the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth, the actress, 40, teams up with paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) and Martin Krebs, a representative for the drug corporation financing the mission, played by Rupert Friend
Their mission takes them on an exhausting journey that includes rappelling down a mountain and facing off with dinosaurs, including raptors
Per a press release, the premise of the story is: ‘Five years post-Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.’
As a covert operations expert, Johansson’s character is ‘contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world’s three most massive dinosaurs,’ according to Universal Pictures.
‘When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinosaurs, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.’
Gareth Edwards is serving as the director, and is working from a screenplay from David Koepp, who co-wrote the first two original films Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).
‘The script is so incredible. David Koepp wrote it. He returned after like 30 years to write the script. He’s so passionate about it, which is so awesome,’ ComicBook.com reports
‘I’m such an enormous fan of the franchise and huge nerd for it. I’m just like, I can’t even, I’m pinching myself,” Johansson added, before admitting, ‘I’ve been trying to get into this franchise in any possible way for over 10 years.’
The preview begins with the two-time Oscar nominee meeting with Bailey as she reveals her plans to embark of a secret mission that will result in a ‘medical breakthrough that could save countess lives’
Steven Spielberg is back as executive producer on the project, which is a joint-venture production between Amblin Entertainment and Universal.
Principal photography began in mid-June in Thailand and went on for about a month until the production moved to Kalkara in the island country of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, located in Southern Europe for another month.
From there, the shoot went to Sky Studios Elstree in London, England in August for another round before moving on in late September to New York City for these latest scenes being shot.
Jurassic World Rebirth is scheduled to hit theaters in the U.S. on July 2, 2025.
