JURASSIC WORLD 2 Finds Its Director

We heard his name mentioned in connection with the gig back in January, and now it's been officially confirmed that J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) will take over from Colin Trevorrow to helm the follow up to Jurassic World. More details past the jump...

By MarkCassidy - Apr 18, 2016 10:04 AM EST

Filed Under: Jurassic Park

It's just been announced that Juan Antonio García Bayona will take the reigns of the Jurassic Park franchise, as the A Monster Calls (see the new trailer for that below) director has signed on to helm the follow-up to the mega-hit, Jurassic World.

That movie's director, Colin Trevorrow, will remain on board as executive producer along with Steven Spielberg, while Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are also expected to reprise their roles.

It's official! So excited to join the Jurassic Team!! @colintrevorrow @LeDoctor pic.twitter.com/NMYozo5Umo
— JA Bayona (@FilmBayona) April 18, 2016

Jurassic World 2 is set to hit theatres on June 22, 2018.

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Earthbound - 4/18/2016, 10:35 AM

Wow, that's great!

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/18/2016, 10:36 AM

The72nd - 4/18/2016, 10:36 AM

I'm interested. Hopefully this'll be better than any of the other Jurassic park sequels

EpitomeofAwesome - 4/18/2016, 10:36 AM

Jurassic World has fallen apart for me after multiple viewings, but with this director, I am very hyped about returning to the story

BlackIceJoe - 4/18/2016, 10:38 AM

Like l said in the other topic hopefully Jeff Goldblum returns.

MiopTop - 4/18/2016, 12:06 PM

@BlackIceJoe - This. This times a hundred

AmateurExpert - 4/18/2016, 10:39 AM

"Jurassic Park" and "Sequel" do not go together very well, but this new director has me intrigued.

jerryblake - 4/18/2016, 10:41 AM

Jurassic War(s) ? They kinda teased the dinosaurs army in the last one ...

Mrcool210 - 4/18/2016, 10:41 AM

The Impossible is a great movie, I'm still not too big of a Jurassic park fan, but this should hopefully be good.

MrAmerica - 4/18/2016, 10:43 AM

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JURASSIC WORLD 2 Finds Its Director

We heard his name mentioned in connection with the gig back in January, and now it's been officially confirmed that J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) will take over from Colin Trevorrow to helm the follow up to Jurassic World. More details past the jump...

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