Colin Trevorrow Returns to Jurassic World in Short Film ‘Battle at Big Rock’

Is this what we can look forward to in the next Jurassic World movie?

Dinosaurs are roaming the Earth again.

I don’t know what to think about this new short film from ‘Jurassic World’ director Colin Trevorrow. their is a small part of me that likes this this short film because I am a fan of the Jurassic World and Jurassic Park franchises. The other part of me is laughing at how ridiculously awful this short is and I’m hoping this is NOT the direction the next movie in the Jurassic World franchise is headed. I understand this short film was for fun, but it is also meant to build excitement and anticipation for the next film.

In this short film rogue beasts wreak havoc on a family camping trip. The eight-and-a-half minute film, titled “Battle at Big Rock,” takes place a year after the events of “Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.”

The 2018 blockbuster — starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard — ends with dinosaurs breaching the confines of Isla Nublar and finding a new home out in the open world. So when a Nasutoceratops mom and baby wander onto a campsite in “Battle at Big Rock,” that’s presumably just par for the course in the new dino-integrated planet.

The encounter seems initially harmless. The creatures may be horned and massive but they’re herbivores. The family — portrayed by André Holland, Natalie Martinez, Melody Hurd, and Pierson Salvador — need only wait for the gentle giants to move along. That is, until a carnivorous Allosaurus darts into the scene and things get violent, to say the least. The family goes into survival mode as the dinosaur’s jaws rip apart the mobile home, trying to nab a human as its next snack.

Tell me your thoughts on this short and what you think about this being the direction Colin Trevorrow might be taking the franchise. ‘Jurassic World 3’ is scheduled for a June 2021 release.

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