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Glenn Powell has been riding high and soaring through the skies in Top Gun: Maverick, charming his way through Anyone But You, and proving he’s not just a pretty face with Hit Man. So when whispers linked him to Jurassic World Rebirth, fans were ready to see him trade fighter jets for velociraptors.
But just as Hollywood started cueing the John Williams theme, Powell did the unthinkable: he backed away. And not because he’s afraid of dinosaurs. Because he believed he had nothing to contribute to the film.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter last year, the actor opened up on how he is a big fan of the franchise, but reading the script made him feel like the film could do just fine without him. Powell stated,
"Jurassic is one of my favorite movies. It’s one of the things I’ve wanted to do my whole life. I’m not doing that movie because I read the script and I immediately was like, my presence in this movie doesn’t help it."
"And the script’s great. The movie’s going to f**king kill. It’s not about that. It’s about choosing where you're going to make an audience happy and where you’re going to make yourself happy."
Powell will be seen next in The Running Man, a dystopian thriller written by Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright, who is also the director. The film is based on a Stephen King novel of the same name and will be released this November.
More details about Jurassic World Rebirth
Jurassic World Rebirth brings back the iconic franchise for a full rebirth. Set five years after the chaos of Dominion, the world has shifted. Dinosaurs, once roaming freely, are now cornered into tropical hideouts, struggling to survive on a planet reshaped by climate collapse. It’s nature versus extinction, and humanity? Still poking the beast.
Enter Zora Bennett, played by Scarlett Johansson, who is on a mission that’s equal parts dangerous and desperate. Her target? Extract DNA from the world’s three last colossal dinosaurs for genetic gold that could unlock a miracle cure.
She’s not going in alone: joining her are Mahershala Ali’s Duncan Kincaid, Jonathan Bailey as the morally torn Dr. Henry Loomis, and Rupert Friend’s slick pharma exec Martin Krebs. It’s an uneasy alliance heading into the heart of prehistoric peril.
Director Gareth Edwards steers Jurassic World Rebirth back to its roots, literally. Filming across the lush terrains of Thailand, Malta, and the UK, he swaps out green screens for greenery. Animatronics returns in a big way, including the nightmare-fueled Distortus Rex, bringing back that spine-tingling Spielberg-era awe.
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More than a monster movie, Jurassic World Rebirth is part heist thriller, part eco-horror, and fully a commentary on our reckless obsession with control. With fresh faces, legacy fingerprints from David Koepp and Steven Spielberg, and a promise of practical terror, this new era of Jurassic World promises to dig deeper, bite harder, and take us back to the era of grand monsters.
Jurassic World Rebirth will be in theaters on July 2, 2025.
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