It’s going to be a hot minute before we getJurassic World 3. So to tide us over, director Colin Trevorrow, who will return to close out thisJurassic Parktrilogy, has announced that a short film is coming to FX this Sunday, September 15.
TitledBattle at Big Rock: A Jurassic World Short Film, Colin Trevorrow shared the poster for this exciting entry in the officialJurassic Parkfranchise. The poster doesn’t offer us much. We get a station wagon hauling a camper trailer down a gravel path, past an ominous looking tree. Along the way, there is a sign that warns, ‘do not feed the wildlife’. The iconicJurassic ParkT-Rex skeleton and skull logo is present. We can guess that a family, perhaps, are heading into one of the camping areas. And they’ll more than likely encounter a friendly-seeming, hungry dinosaur. Colin Trevorrow offers this.
“These creatures were here before us. And if we’re not careful, they’ll be here after.”
The cast forBattle at Big Rockfeatures André Holland, Natalie Martinez, Melody Hurd and Pierson Salvador. Cinematography by Larry Fong, with Amie Doherty providing the music.Emily Carmichael wrote the screenplay.
There is no director listed forBattle at Big Rock, but we know thatColin Trevorrowhelped pen the story. We’re not quite sure where this takes place in theJurassic Parktimeline, but it is suspected that it may serve as a prequel toJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, or perhaps it is setting up the story forJurassic World 3. The previous sequel set the stage for dinosaurs to once again be roaming the earth. Perhaps they have invaded a popular camp site?
Colin Trevorrow and Emily Carmichael are co-writingJurassic World 3, with Trevorrow coming back to finish what he started withJurassic Worldas director. He wasn’t originally supposed to return, but after getting fired fromStar Wars 9, and being replaced by J.J. Abrams, he was invited to finish this trilogy. Trevorrow will also be executive producingJurassic World 3alongside Steven Spielberg.
Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Prattwon’t make an appearance in this short. Though they did return to shoot new scenes for theJurassic Worldride that opened at Universal Studios Theme Parks this summer. They will return for the third movie in this iteration of the saga. It has also been teased that Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill will all reprise their roles from the original 1994Jurassic Parkdirected by Steven Spielberg, but that hasn’t been confirmed. you may check out the poster forBattle at Big Rockthanks toColin Trevorrow’s Twitter.
