Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum to Reprise Iconic ‘Jurassic Park’ Roles
Jurassic World 3 is bringing back some familiar faces! Iconic Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum are set to reprise their roles in the upcoming third Jurassic World franchise film, Deadline reports.
Director Colin Trevorrow revealed the news of the three stars' return at a screening of his current short film, Battle at Big Rock. The trio will play "prominent roles" alongside Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Trevorrow wrote the script for the upcoming film with Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim Uprising).
"They worked off a story by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow, who together co-wrote Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," Deadline reports. Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley produce the film.
The first Jurassic Park movie was released in 1993 with Dern, Neill and Goldblum starring. Dern returned as Dr. Ellie Sattler and Neill reprised his role as Dr. Alan Grant in the final Jurassic Park film, Jurassic Park III, in 2001. Goldblum returned to the big screen as Ian Malcolm in The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 1997 along with a brief role in 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
Production for the film starts next year and Jurassic World 3 hits theaters on June 11, 2021.