JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION Will Feature The Most Animatronic Dinosaurs Ever Used In The Franchise

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION Will Feature The Most Animatronic Dinosaurs Ever Used In The Franchise

Ever since 1993, the Jurassic films have been well-known for their mastery of digital and practical effects and it looks like the next installment, Jurassic World: Dominion, will take things even further.

By RohanPatel - Jul 25, 2020 01:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Jurassic Park
Source: Collider

Earlier this month, Universal's Jurassic World: Dominion became the first major blockbuster to resume production in the United Kingdom and just yesterday, during the Directors on Directing panel for Comic-Con@Home, Colin Trevorrow shared a promising update on how things are going and offered some insight on what's to come in his highly anticipated 2021 dino sequel.

Since the 1993 release of Jurassic Park, the series has been well known for its masterful use of digital and practical effects to realize their photo-realistic stars and it looks like Dominion will be no different, pushing the envelope even further as Trevorrow claims they film will roll out the most animatronic dinosaurs ever used in the franchise. 

We’ve actually gone more practical with every Jurassic movie we’ve made since the first one, and we’ve made more animatronics in this one than we have in the previous two. And the thing that I’ve found, especially in working in the past couple months, is that we finally reached a point where it’s possible to… digital extensions on animatronics will be able to match the texture and the level of fidelity that, on film, an animatronic is going to be able to bring. And you didn’t use to be able to really mix them. You could really see the seams. And so that part of it is very exciting for me.

He went on to further elaborate on how the practical effects really help enhance what we'll be seeing on-screen next summer and credits Fallen Kingdom director J.A. Bayona with helping him see a new way to shoot the sequel and achieve a whole new sense of realism when it comes to the main attraction. 

[Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director] J.A. Bayona really, he found the value in creating really photo-real, just beautiful lighting references that could be articulated just slightly. Just a head and a jaw that could move, but painted beautifully, hand-painted. And we do it for all of the dinosaurs now, so when we put it into a space, you can see how the light reacts to the skin. And even if they ultimately do make that a digital animal, there was always something there reacting to the light in that environment … just puppetry in general, just really simple puppetry is proving to be amazing.


The star-studded cast of Jurassic World: Dominion will feature Jurassic alums Chris Pratt (Owen Grady), Bryce Dallas Howard (Claire Dearing), 3x Golden Globe-nominee Sam Neill (Alan Grant), Academy Award-winner Laura Dern (Ellie Sattler), Academy Award-nominee Jeff Goldblum (Ian Malcolm), Jake Johnson (Lowery Cruthers), Omar Sy (Barry Sembane), Justice Smith (Franklin Webb), Daniella Pineda (Zia Rodriguez), Isabella Sermon (Maisie Lockwood), and BD Wong (Dr. Henry Wu).

Newcomers to the franchise include Mamoudou Athie (Sorry for Your Loss), DeWanda Wise (She's Gotta Have It), Dichen Lachman (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Scott Haze (Venom). Details on their roles are currently being kept under wraps. Campbell Scott (The Amazing Spider-Man) has also joined the cast as Dodgson.

Jurassic World: Dominion is tentatively slated to roar into theaters June 11, 2021.

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dracula
dracula - 7/25/2020, 1:03 PM
Cool I guess, just make sure not to CGI over them.
Sounds stupid, but surprisingly movies have done it before.
That crappy The Thing prequel used practical effects and covered it up.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 7/25/2020, 1:15 PM
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 7/25/2020, 1:19 PM
They always say stuff like that, only to paint over it with CGI during the post-production. Remember, the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing was originally all practical.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 7/25/2020, 1:26 PM
To keep going with the whole Thing prequel thing...

during production:

final movie:
dracula
dracula - 7/25/2020, 1:30 PM
@MUTO123 - wouldnt gave made the movie good, but looks way better
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/25/2020, 1:27 PM
Ray Fisher is talking about the Whedon fight on JusticeCon. No specifics, but he says he's been collecting info for 2.5 years:

MUTO123
MUTO123 - 7/25/2020, 1:33 PM
@RageDriver2401 - Ray, dude...
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 7/25/2020, 1:35 PM
@RageDriver2401 - Does there seem to be any point in all this for him? Sounds like he’s just calling out someone for being an A-hole and not the good sort

dracula
dracula - 7/25/2020, 1:37 PM
@RageDriver2401 - until someone actually says what he did and it matches up with the allegations, i dont care. Cant punish someone for just being accused. Nobody learn from whats going on with Heard and Depp. Especially cant cancel someone for being accused by one person when that one person hasnt actually said what he is accusing the person of doing
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/25/2020, 1:40 PM
@ChangAlang - nothing really as of yet, he's pretty much only just repeated everything he has tweeted so far, only on camera this time.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/25/2020, 1:42 PM
@dracula - I think this is all just going to fizzle out. He's provided no new information, just repeated what he has already said.
dracula
dracula - 7/25/2020, 1:42 PM
@ChangAlang - yeah, like obviously Joss can be an asshole, but nothing that has come out since Fisher called him abusive, unprofessional and gross, comes anywhere close to that. Some is yeah he is being a dick, but a majority of it has been within his authority as a director and showrunner. Like seriously Fisher should have waited till he could give more detail, if something did happen, being so vague is only hurting his case. Although seriously if he ever does actually say what happened, he needs to give the full story, cause if he did make a big deal about not wanting to say booya and joss was just hard on him, then joss may have been in the right. Thats what happens at a job, you dont do your job, you get reprimanded
dracula
dracula - 7/25/2020, 1:45 PM
@RageDriver2401 - exactly, like seriously if he doesnt like Joss then dont work with him. There are many actors who would defend joss, including James marsters.

Joss is really doing the smartest thing he can right now. Say nothing. Same thing happened when the cheating story came out, he admitted to it, he didnt make excuses or attack kai, and within a few months people forgot and forgave, since nothing illegal happened
Finalshowdown
Finalshowdown - 7/25/2020, 1:44 PM
Let me guess, Dodgson is a villain and gets eaten by a dinosaur in the end.
ShellHead
ShellHead - 7/25/2020, 1:57 PM
Just sitting here thinking we should be enjoying SDCC right now with exciting news about MCU and DCU movies

[frick] covid
dracula
dracula - 7/25/2020, 2:03 PM
@ShellHead - Was Marvel even going to be there? At least now we have a full event for DC and ive heard its free
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/25/2020, 2:08 PM
@ShellHead - you'll get some sort of Snyder's JL teaser in a couple of hours. Make do with that lol.
Blergh
Blergh - 7/25/2020, 2:55 PM
@ShellHead - agreed, although as of right now there's very little exciting coming towards us from Marvel (sadly). Immortals comes out in, what feels like, ages. BW is postponed, Spider-Man is tangled in the Sony-Web etc.

Hope DC pulls some interesting things this year
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/25/2020, 2:10 PM
Nice! Always prefered real props, so this is welcome news
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