The inevitable sequel to box office darling Jurᴀssic World Rebirth could truly shake the franchise up by following through on a concept from its latest star, Scarlett Johansson. There is no end in sight for the Jurᴀssic World franchise, considering that its latest entry has managed to fend off the year’s two biggest superhero movies in its march towards the $1 billion mark.

Essentially acting as a soft reboot for the franchise after the critical disaster of Jurᴀssic World: Dominion, Jurᴀssic World Rebirth stars Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett, a seasoned covert operations expert. Zora is tasked with leading a team that transports a paleontologist to one of the last remaining dinosaur strongholds on Earth to secure genetic material that could save millions of lives.

By the end of the movie, Zora is one of the few surviving members of the original team, and she allies with Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) to ensure that the material they’ve collected is shared with the world and not pocketed by a pharmaceutical company and sold for outrageous profits.

If Jurᴀssic World 5 does happen (and it seems likely given the unending profitability of the franchise), Zora Bennett would almost certainly return in some capacity given Scarlett Johansson’s huge star power. Johansson herself threw out an idea in a press junket that actually would be a great way to move the franchise forward, but would limit her involvement.

Jurᴀssic World 5 Using Scarlett Johansson’s Early Movie Death Idea Would Be A Huge Twist

In a press junket for her 2024 movie Fly Me to the Moon, Johansson was asked about her place in the Jurᴀssic World franchise, which she had lobbied for since it returned with Jurᴀssic World in 2015. Per ComicBook.com, Johansson referred to her desire to join the franchise given how big a fan she was.

I’ve been trying to get into this franchise in any possible way for over 10 years. I’m like, ‘I’ll die in the first five minutes! I can get eaten by whatever!

It’s clearly meant as a joke by Johansson in the moment, but it actually brings up a decent enough idea if it were executed properly. Her character Zora Bennett is the clear lead protagonist in Jurᴀssic World Rebirth, but she has not attained the iconic status of Sam Neill’s Alan Grant or Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady after just one movie.

If Zora were to be killed off early in Jurᴀssic World 5, it would be a major twist for a franchise that has long struggled with complaints about over-familiarity. Zora dying quickly would set the tone for the rest of the movie, and really the rest of the franchise, by establishing that nobody is safe when around the powerful dinosaurs and mutant hybrids of the new world.

It would be an undoubtedly bold choice for a franchise that is just getting back on its feet from an overarching narrative standpoint, as Jurᴀssic World Rebirth had middling critic reviews even if the box office haul was excellent. However, it could be just the right move to shake things up in a good way, and repackage the dinosaurs as the scary threats that they were during Jurᴀssic Park.

Source: ComicBook.com