Screenwriter David Koepp, who co-wrote the original "Jurassic Park," talks EW through pulling from lost material.

Director Gareth Edwards on set with a large camera rig for Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). By the end of 2024, Edwards had started post production on Rebirth with his long-time editor Jabez Olssen. Asked what it was like to get a notes call from Spielberg,

Rebirth, the seventh Jurassic movie (in theaters now), is littered with Easter eggs and visual callbacks to past entries — some more overt than others. There are also references to past works of Steven Spielberg; Edwards points out a Back to the Future magazine is sitting in the gas station where the Delgados are hunted by Mutadons.

As hard as it is to believe, we're already at film number seven in the Jurassic franchise as Jurassic World Rebirth roars into theaters across the country.

The latest Jurassic Park sequel feels like two not-so-great movies smashed together.