Jurassic World Franchise Out Of Ideas After Mutated Dinosaurs Arrive

The recent Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer has given fans a glimpse of what will happen when dinosaurs stomp their way back onto the big screen on July 2, 2025. The trailer, which has been viewed 34 million times, had plenty of talking points, but the biggest one was the fact that mutated dinosaurs will be part of the film.

Jurassic World: Rebirth is set to be an intense blockbuster that blends elements of science fiction, thriller, and action genres to entertain fans. The trailer gave people plenty to think about, but the mutated dinosaurs were more worrying than they were positive.

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The Jurassic World Franchise Should Already Be Scary Enough

From the moment that the original Jurassic Park burst onto the big screen in 1993, the franchise has provided plenty of fear to moviegoers when they attended the cinema. That’s because dinosaurs themselves are inherently scary. They’re humongous beasts that have the capability of killing people, and that’s something that audiences understand globally. It has allowed the writers and directors of all the movies within this franchise to carve out scenes that have left people gripping their seats as tension has risen to a boiling point. That’s why the decision to add mutated versions of dinosaurs seems like a strange one.

The human characters within Jurassic World: Rebirth should be scared enough no matter what dinosaur they encounter within the movie because they’re all more powerful and dangerous than they are. That’s the beauty of the franchise and is something that has kept audiences going back to watch these stories time after time. It is all about pairing an engaging and interesting human story with dinosaur scenes sprinkled in to draw out huge emotions from audiences. Whether it’s dinosaurs sneaking around and being stealthy or showcasing their true power and fear factor, they are enough without any potential additions or mutations to make them even scarier.

Mutated Dinosaurs Hint That The Jurassic World Franchise Is Out Of Ideas

The Jurassic World franchise has always prided itself on coming up with unique and clever ideas to keep the films fresh and provide something different enough to keep people returning. That has been done by focusing on new dinosaurs as the main threat or creating fresh, entertaining scenes. It’s something that audiences have enjoyed, but jumping all the way to mutated dinosaurs seems like a huge step away from what audiences have come to expect.

While these films have never been grounded in reality and genuine scientific facts about dinosaurs, their mutated versions significantly depart from what the franchise has been built upon. It screams that the franchise has run out of ideas to add genuine scares into the movie and that the decision has been made to take things to the most extreme level possible. That could create a few scary moments the first time those dinosaurs appear on screen. Still, after that, they will feel just like any regular dinosaur that has traditionally appeared in Jurassic World movies. Adding the mutated element isn’t going to make too much of a difference when the scares and the tension are created in the same manner, which is why there are question marks as to why it’s happening in the first place outside of marketing purposes.

There Is Nowhere For The Jurassic World Franchise To Go From Here

The main issue with using mutated dinosaurs is the fact that it’s unclear where the franchise will go moving on from this movie. Jurassic World: Rebirth is supposed to be a refresher for the entire series, which would take things in a new direction, but the trailer had very similar thematic moments that disappointed many people. The dialogue felt lazy and the trailer didn’t quite capture the imagination of audiences i the way that many had hoped. It feels like the mutated versions of dinosaurs creating super creatures, the likes of which have never been seen, are the big selling point and the new element that this movie will provide. However, that’s something that could have a negative impact on the franchise moving forward when it comes to whatever movies come next if this one proves to be a success.

Audiences are going to expect that the mutated dinosaurs will continue appearing, and the idea is that they will continue to get scarier and more intense. That’s going to keep pushing the franchise down a more traditional horror genre path where movies create monsters that end up becoming increasingly overpowered just to provide a fright. While people want to be scared in these movies, they are ultimately supposed to be summer blockbusters, and that shouldn’t be the primary focus. That’s why the mutated aspect of the dinosaurs in Jurassic World: Rebirth feels more desperate than anything else, rather than being created for a genuine purpose that will serve the overall plot.

Jurassic World Rebirth

Release Date

July 2, 2025

Director

Gareth Edwards

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  Scarlett Johansson

  Zora Bennett

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  Mahershala Ali

  Duncan Kincaid

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  Jonathan Bailey

  Dr. Henry Loomis

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  Rupert Friend

  Martin Krebs