Jurassic World Rebirth Director Exits Film Over 'Creative Differences'

Gareth Edwards has exited the Jurassic World Rebirth sequel arsenic its director, citing “creative differences” arsenic the crushed for his departure from the project.

Sources informed The Hollywood Reporter of his exit, with Universal Studios providing a succinct connection connected the matter. “We had an unthinkable acquisition moving with Gareth connected Jurassic World Rebirth,” they told the outlet.

While it’s as-yet unclear who volition nonstop the task now, this bump successful the roadworthy isn’t the extremity for Rebirth’s sequel. A publication has already been penned by David Koepp, who famously wrote the publication for the archetypal Jurassic Park movie successful 1993 and 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Rebirth’s stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey are besides expected to return, though thing has been confirmed arsenic of yet, since schedules are reportedly inactive being worked out. The movie famously made Johansson the highest-grossing pb histrion ever, launching her implicit Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson.

It was a hugely profitable flick, grossing implicit $750 cardinal astatine the container office, successful portion owed to its monolithic opening weekend, wherever it raked up $300 cardinal globally. While the numbers talk for themselves, critics’ opinions were decidedly little positive, with IGN’s Clint Gage standing Rebirth a 5 retired of 10, arguing the movie “plays it frustratingly safe, falling backmost connected the blueprint of the archetypal film, but not shedding immoderate of the problems with the much caller movies.”

Rebirth was a reasonably stand-alone experience, though its ending surely pointed to a continuation of its story, which took spot successful the aftermath of the events of Jurassic World Dominion. For now, Universal seems to beryllium moving full-speed up arsenic fans await much details.

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