One of the most seismic big-screen shockers of 2024 so far has been learning that Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment had been secretly hard at work on a new Jurassic World script from original Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp. Furthermore, it’s now ready to go and pre-production has been happening for months. The new potential lead? Scarlett Johansson, should she accept the mission.
Following Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Creator) quickly taking over his dream project after Universal couldn’t strike a deal with Bullet Train and The Fall Guy’s David Leitch, renowned Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider is hearing that a cast is being assembled as we speak and that ex-Marvel heroine Scarlett Johansson has been offered the lead role in the all-new, standalone movie.
While ‘Scarlett Johansson starring in a Gareth Edwards-directed Jurassic World movie’ was in absolutely nobody’s minds when thinking about the blockbuster filmmaker’s career after The Creator’s disappointing box office results, this potential package does sound enticing enough to forgive Universal and Amblin for Jurassic World: Dominion and move forward with renewed hopes into a new era of the enduring dino-centric saga.
