While Jurᴀssic World Rebirth‘s trailer doesn’t look flawless, I am delighted to see the franchise finally embrace one under-utilized aspect of the reboot trilogy. 2015’s Jurᴀssic World wasn’t perfect, but I was mostly happy with director Colin Trevorrow’s reboot of the Jurᴀssic Park franchise. Few movies could hope to outdo Jurᴀssic Park’s perfect ending but, by the time the credits rolled on the busy, inoffensive 2015 blockbuster, I was intrigued to see where the series would head next.

Unfortunately, the Jurᴀssic World trilogy mirrors the original Jurᴀssic Park trilogy in all the wrong ways. While Spielberg’s original Michael Crichton adaptation was a perfect monster movie, 1997’s belated sequel The Lost World: Jurᴀssic Park was a bloated, messy follow-up. Trevorrow’s Jurᴀssic World was already a lot less тιԍнтly constructed than Jurᴀssic Park, so it was no surprise that Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom was a far messier, more inconsistent follow-up. By Jurᴀssic World: Dominion’s ending, I was pretty certain I was done with the franchise.

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Fortunately, 2025’s Jurᴀssic World Rebirth looks like more than a mere retread of the last three movies, judging by its first trailer. Despite the messy storytelling and absurd twists of Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurᴀssic World: Dominion, returning Jurᴀssic Park screenwriter David Koepp promised the reboot wouldn’t retcon any of the earlier movies in either trilogy. Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s first trailer prioritizes setting up its simple story, which pits Scarlett Johansson’s experienced covert operative and a hapless vacationing family against the world’s surviving dinosaurs.

This premise alone got my attention since it harkens back to the simple setup of Jurᴀssic Park. However, the monster glimpsed in Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s trailer was what got me hooked and ready to book my tickets despite how disappointing the last two sequels in the series were. Finally, after years of tinkering with real-life dinosaurs and slightly altering their appearances, Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s giant, terrifying hybrid dinosaur looks like nothing I’ve ever seen before and uses the franchise’s genetic engineering subplot right.

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The monster seen in the trailer for Jurᴀssic World Rebirth seems to be a cross between Alien’s Xenomorph, the T. rex, and the Rancor from Return of the Jedi. While Jurᴀssic World had the Indominus Rex and Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom introduced the Indoraptor, these were really just souped-up versions of existing dinosaurs. Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s new dinosaur is an entirely original creature design, something I’ve wanted the franchise to explore for years.

Ever since Jurᴀssic World introduced the idea that scientists were working on newer, more lethal dinosaurs to attract visitors to the ailing park, I ᴀssumed the series would eventually introduce one that was more than just a T. rex or a raptor with added bells and whistles. I haven’t always liked the Jurᴀssic World franchise’s dinosaur hybrids, but this is mostly because the franchise never truly embraced the sci-fi potential of this premise.

If all the trilogy’s new dinosaurs are just raptors or T. Rexs with added claws and longer fangs, then there doesn’t seem to be any real reason for the franchise to introduce this intriguing premise. The Indoraptor and the Indominus Rex might have had plenty of traits that weren’t present in their real-life counterparts but, in terms of appearance, they weren’t all that striking and didn’t stand out from the franchise’s earlier dinosaurs. The same cannot be said for the monster seen in Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s trailer, which is more threatening than both of them combined.

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Although I did love the use of a mᴀssive aquatic dinosaur in Jurᴀssic World: Fallen Kingdom’s atmospheric opening scene, the last few movies in the series have lacked truly terrifying dinosaurs that increase the franchise’s scare factor. This new monster could change that, as Jurᴀssic World Rebirth introduces a truly scary antagonist to the series again. Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s promises to return to Jurᴀssic Park’s horror-forward storytelling style will be a welcome change after the low-stakes globetrotting adventure of Jurᴀssic World: Dominion.

Maybe someone out there wanted to see the stars of Jurᴀssic World and Jurᴀssic Park team up to stop a company from genetically engineering locust plagues, but Jurᴀssic World: Dominion’s negative reviews prove most of us did not want this from the series. The Jurᴀssic World and Jurᴀssic Park movies are at their best when they deliver self-contained white-knuckle thrill rides, something Spielberg’s original adaptation understood. I’m tentatively excited that Jurᴀssic World Rebirth’s new monster means this reboot can offer the same.