Scarlett Johansson Says Making Jurassic World Rebirth Fulfills a 'Lifelong Dream' at CinemaCon

• Scarlett Johansson took the stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to tease Jurassic World Rebirth.
• David Koepp, writer of the Jurassic franchise’s original and its 1997 sequel, penned the script.
• The latest installment in the iconic Jurassic franchise is set to hit theaters in July 2025.

Jurassic World Rebirth is not holding back.

At CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 2, Scarlett Johansson unveiled details, footage and never-before-seen photos in the latest installment in the Jurassic film franchise, which first kicked off more than 30 years ago with Jurassic Park.

As part of a presentation from distributor Universal Pictures, director Gareth Edwards greeted an enthusiastic crowd at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace. Mahershala Ali also presented at the Universal Focus Features event.

"It has been a lifelong dream to be in a Jurassic movie for the last 15 years. Each time I heard that they were making a movie, I'd reach out and you know, say 'I'm available here,' " Johansson said, noting she was open to playing any character.

Edwards echoed similar sentiments, expressing that it was the "honor of a lifetime" to take part in the project, the seventh film in the Jurassic Park franchise.

Speaking to how he became interested in working on the film, he joked, "I suffered from a rare condition in childhood, where I was compelled to watch 'Jurassic Park' at least 10 times a year. For the longest time, I thought there was no hope of a cure until last year when I received this miraculous email with a screenplay attached."

Johansson praised him for wanting to make the blockbuster film as "realistic and authentic as possible," which made them have to film in "real isolated locations." The director said he wanted the audience to feel like the movie is a "roller coaster ride"

In the film, Johansson stars alongside Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, and David Iacano. 

According to the official movie description, Jurassic World Rebirth takes place five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion.

The film follows skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) as she leads a team on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material of the world's three largest dinosaurs.

En route to the "isolated equatorial environment" where the dinosaurs live, Zora's "operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, 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."

The film is written by David Koepp, who also penned the screenplay for the original 1993 Steven Spielberg film, based on Michael Crichton's novel, and the 1997 sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Also presented at the CinemaCon event at Caesar’s Palace were panels for Scream 7, Mission Impossible, and Fantastic Four.

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Jurassic World Rebirth arrives in theaters July 2, 2025.