'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Super Bowl Trailer Is Here!

"I want to show you the future…" Universal has debuted the second officer commercial, aired during the Super Bowl, for J.A. Bayona's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the operate-packed blockbuster sequel to 2015's Jurassic World, the current reboot of the Jurassic Park sci-fi dinosaur park series. So, this is an awesome adding happening flyer, greater than before than the first even, in the appearance of some seriously freaky moments (that dawn!) and some immense reveals on creating an enormously deadly added dinosaur. Which turns out to be a deafening error, go figure (who would've thought?). Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard recompense as co-stars, along as soon as "Ian Malcolm" himself, Mr. Jeff Goldblum, as dexterously as BD Wong, Toby Jones, Ted Levine, James Cromwell, Geraldine Chaplin, and Rafe Spall. This looks seriously damn satisfying, I'm sold. I wasn't as a outcome get concurrence of furthermore the first classified ad, but this one highly got me. Looks the entire scary and the music is spot on, ohhh yes.

Set several years after Jurassic World, this sequel is about a volcano on Isla Nublar that threatens the dinosaurs that had overrun the park. Dino trainer Owen Grady and former park manager Claire Dearing return to figure out how to get the dinosaurs off the island safely. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona, of the films The Orphanage, The Impossible, and A Monster Calls previously. The screenplay is written by Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly; based on the characters created by Michael Crichton. Universal will release Bayona's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in theaters everywhere starting June 22nd, 2018 this summer. Who's excited for more dinosaur mayhem now? Follow @JurassicWorld.

Review: 'Independence Day: Resurgence'

PLOT: 20 years after we shut down an alien invasion, the world lives in harmony and has integrated the alien technology into our rebuilding effort. But, as we probably guessed, those aliens haven't been licking their wounds during the hiatus; they're coming back for Round 2, more intent than ever to wipe us out.

REVIEW: Two decades after Independence Day decimated our landmarks in a fireworks spray of patriotic pomp-and-circumstance, Roland Emmerich returns with Independence Day: Resurgence, a hollow and laborious blockbuster that's more obligation than it is celebration. "That is definitely bigger than the last one," planet-saving scientist David Levinson dryly surmises near the start of this sequel. He's describing a new Mothership that's heading toward the Earth, but he's also talking about the movie itself, a massive endeavor that's Michael Bay-esque in its bloated generic-ness, populated by stiff cardboard cutouts who race through bland digital chaos without forging a single memorable human connection.

Twenty years after what's now known as The War of 1996, our society lives in a highly advanced state that assimilated alien technologies plucked off the ships we downed in the first movie. In addition to advancements in the fields of transportation and communication, we also have increased our military defense system, which includes a Moon Base staffed by soldiers preparing for the next possible alien attack.

Naturally, it occurs on the day our planet is celebrating the 20th anniversary of first contact. Our moon base is approached by a mysterious sphere, which current President Lanford (Sela Ward) orders be shot down, immediately. Striking first and striking hard wasn't the best possible approach, however, as the decimation of the sphere only leads to the arrival of a much larger ship -- one that measures 3,000 miles in diameter and is approaching the surface of our planet, causing all sorts of Emmerich-brand hysteria down below.

With Independence Day: Resurgence, everything old is ... well, old still. Original cast members not named Will Smith all return, and it's fun to see Jeff Goldblum once again sheepishly solving exaggerated problems like a GQ chaperone for the Math Club. He and Bill Pullman, playing President Thomas Whitmore and getting half of an inspiration speech, carry the nostalgic load, while Vivica A. Fox is dispensed of rapidly, and Judd Hirsch is abandoned in a subplot involving a stranger's family that makes no sense in the grand scheme of the story.

But Emmerich still seems like he's aiming to make a shlocky 1950's sci-fi drive-in movie, and Resurgence is hopelessly hokey and cheesy, even though the effects and tools at the director's disposal have improved dramatically in the past 20 years. Going bigger isn't better in the case of Resurgence, as the film loses focus the minute the massive Mothership enters out atmosphere. Emmerich ends up copying his past successes when it comes to staging his spaceship-induced chaos -- literally, as a scene with a man in a taxi cab eventually running from a decimated skyscraper plays like a blatant homage to Harvey Fierstein.

The new cast -- dubbed the Legacy Team in the story -- also doesn't rise up to fill the shoes of their predecessors. The five credited screenwriters immediately drive a wedge between male leads Liam Hemsworth and Jessie T. Usher (playing the son of Will Smith's ID character), meaning both men play sullen and morose instead of cocky, funny and cheerworthy. Maika Monroe replaces Mae Whitman as Whitmore's daughter, Patricia, though she isn't ready to be the physical action hero the movie asks her to be. And the final nail in the coffin is the noted absence of a ticking clock, a brilliantly simple plot device that created real urgency in the original Independence Day. Without it, Resurgence stumbles from one gigantic, generic set piece to the next, stopping alien resistances with relative ease and a lack of drama that helped the first movie cook, despite its faults.

There's an interesting trend happing at the multiplex lately. Long-awaited sequels like Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens have blown the dust off dormant franchises and successfully answered the question, "So, can Hollywood go home again?" Independence Day: Resurgence, meanwhile, drops into theaters with a CGI thud and raises a different query: "Why bother?"

Review: 'Jurassic World' (2015)

PLOT: More than twenty years after the Isla Nublar disaster, the former Jurassic Park has become a multi-billion dollar theme park, complete with genetically modified dino-hybrids. When the newest hybrid, the Indominus Rex, goes haywire and escapes into the park, the guests only hope is former Navy-man Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and his specially trained but highly unpredictable Velociraptors.

REVIEW: The Jurassic Park franchise is one with an odd legacy. While Steven Spielberg’s original is a bona-fide classic that will be passed down from generation to generation, the two sequels that followed largely underwhelmed and failed to capture the magic of their brilliant predecessor. As such, Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World sits in the strange position of both trying to live up to the landmark 1993 cinematic film, while also just needing to function better than The Lost World or Jurassic Park III did. This turns out to be a bar that works out just fine for the new movie, because it’s an entertaining and thrilling dinosaur-fueled adventure, despite the fact it’s never actually mind-blowing. 

Set 22 years after the events of the first film, Jurassic World answers the big question of what would happen if Jurassic Park were to become an actual theme park - and spends approximately two hours depicting the horrors that would come as a result. Capturing themes of our own arrogance when it comes to advancement of technology, as well as our capacity as a culture to become quickly bored by it, the movie begins with the 20,000-plus daily attendance numbers to the famed island of Isla Nublar being considered too small, and the owners of the business feeling the need to keep the tourist destination ever-growing. This expansion is accomplished with the creation of the Indominus rex, a dangerous, carnivorous creature designed to be bigger, smarter, faster and scarier than the legendary Tyrannosaurus rex -- but it turns out this science experiment is a bit more than the staff is actually ready to handle. 

Obviously, everyone finds themselves in extreme danger once this ferocious beast manages to escape from containment, but thrust into the center of the drama is a Velociraptor trainer named Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) -- who seems to be one of the few in Jurassic World who know how dinosaurs really think -- and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), a career-driven operations manager who must not only come to terms with the fact that she helped create a monster, but also try to find and rescue her two nephews (Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins) who are visiting the park. Together, these two must try to both track and stop theIndominus before it manages to take out every living thing on the island.

Unlike its sequel predecessors, which rested heavily on characters from the original returning to relive all their worst dinosaur-related nightmares, Jurassic World rejuvenates the series with a new couple of leads driving the story, and it proves to be a spark that the series desperately needed. Chris Pratt once again proves himself to be a capable and ever-affable leading man, and while the role of Owen doesn’t provide a great deal of quipping opportunities, the guy can really sell being a motorcycle-riding hero who rolls as the alpha of a pack of Velociraptors. AT his best, Owen stands up against anyone convinced that the park’s attractions are simply “beings” created for exploitation. 

The film’s real surprise, however, is Bryce Dallas Howard, who is given the plot’s most solid character arc, and really delivers a transformative performance. Claire legitimately starts off s one of Jurassic World’s antagonists, sharing the overall corporation’s bottom-line driven mentality and hubris. But she sets off on a legitimate journey of redemption and ultimately finds the strength to become a hero. In their respective roles, both actors deliver fantastic turns, and are well-suited to continue on to be the new faces of the franchise. 

Strong as the movie’s character game is, it’s the narrative that winds up taking Jurassic World down a few pegs. Because while the story I’ve laid out certainly functions, it also doesn’t come with very many surprises. The script by Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver is structurally sound, and overall tells a worthy self-contained story. But any and all surprises it has to throw out are predictable, and it never deviates from the story that you expect it to tell. This creates some awkward moments in the third act when obvious villains rise to power and anticipated “twist” info drops are attempted. None of this is enough to entirely derail the blockbuster, but it also leaves you wishing that the film was as smart as it thinks it is. 

Despite its lack of big surprises, the strong structure lends Jurassic World the opportunity for some big dino-centric action, and gasps are guaranteed from any audience watching the Indominus rex tear her way through her section of Isla Nublar (where she was kept in isolation) and get ever closer to the main section of the amusement park. There is a touch of CGI overload – which prevents the film from fully creating the magical feeling of the first Jurassic Park – but Trevorrow, making his first big studio tentpole, also creates a number of exhilarating set pieces, from the I. rex’s initial escape (assisted by some neat biological features), to the aforementioned nephews’ encounter with the creature while riding around in a Gyrosphere. It all steadily builds to the big final climactic battle, and while it does get a bit silly at times, it doesn’t undercut the entertainment value. 

Jurassic World is the film that it needs to be, but it’s not really much more than that. It’s not exceptional in any specific way, but it satisfies as a fun summer blockbuster that will get audiences excited to see dinosaurs on the big screen again. It's no game changer, but you'll certainly get your money's worth – even in 3D. For what it’s worth, it’s one of the best Jurassic Park movies we’ve seen.

The Park Is Open: Full Trailer For 'Jurassic World' Is Here!

"Remember, if something chases you, run." Arriving ahead of schedule, the attributed first trailer for Jurassic World has arrived, and the park is most enormously recognition. Not single-handedly does the personal ad introduce to just how broad and immersive the theme park of Jurassic World actually is, but it introduces us into their postscript project: a genetically modified hybrid. Chris Pratt doesn't seem all too glad gone Bryce Dallas Howard's leisure make laugh, especially as soon as their foundation escapes. There's some awesome stuff here, including seemingly trained velociraptors and barely a relish of what this toting in the works terrifying dinosaur looks as soon as. Watch it!

Jurassic World is directed by Colin Trevorrow, who rewrote the script with Derek Connolly from an earlier draft by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. No plot details are available yet, but the film has been said to feature a new operational dinosaur theme park, just as John Hammond imagined over 20 years ago. The cast includes Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Jake Johnson, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D'Onofrio, Irrfan Khan and B.D. Wong, reprising his original role from Jurassic Park. Universal Pictures releases the film June 12th, 2015.

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'Mission: Impossible 5' Gets a Christmas 2015 Release Date

 

In Back to the Future Part II, it was comedically predicted that Jaws 19 would be in theaters in the year 2015. Obviously, that won't be happening in the next two years, but 2015 is already becoming one of the most crowded years for blockbusters in recent memory. The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman vs. Superman, Tomorrowland, Fantastic Four, Ted 2, Terminator 5, Ant-Man, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II, Pixar's The Good Dinosaur, Assassin's Creed and Jurassic World are just some of the titles. Now we can add one more to the mix as Mission: Impossible 5 will arrive December 25th, 2015.

The new from Exhibitor Relations puts the action spy sequel in theaters one week after Star Wars: Episode VII hits theaters on December 18th. Paramount must really want to try to punish J.J. Abrams for leaving Star Trek behind for a galaxy far, far away. Though we imagine the sequel won't put too much of a dent in the sci-fi saga box office earnings. It means that we're going to have a blockbuster Christmas though. Christopher McQuarrie is directing Mission: Impossible 5 with Tom Cruise returning to star. That's all we know for now, but we hope at least Simon Pegg will be back for the sequel. We're not sure about the return of Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton though. Stay tuned.

Justin Lin to Direct Universal's Latest 'Bourne Legacy' Sequel

At the end of the summer, there was a rumor going around that Universal Pictures wanted director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon to return to the action franchise that started with The Bourne Identity and has now spun-off into The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner. That rumor turned out to be false, but now the studio has found a director for the next sequel in the expanding Jason Bourne universe as Deadline reports Fast & Furious franchise director Justin Lin has been hired to take over Bourne for Universal. It's not surprising considering the bang-up job he did revitalizing a series that seemed to be tired.

The question is what will happen in the story. Will we merely continue the story that follows Jeremy Renner's Aaron Cross character, or will Universal be able to coerce Damon into returning in some capacity for some kind of team-up, or even possibly a face-off? Either way, Universal is keen on keeping their limited franchises alive since other filmmaking endeavors seemed to have fallen flat. Here's hoping The Mummy and Jurassic World work out for the studio, or they're going to need to dig a bit deeper in order to get some fresh properties off the ground. Thoughts?