Jurassic world: fallen kingdom

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM I Director J.A. Bayona brings a fresh injection of fear

Chris Pratt loses himself in another rap(tor) battle.

It’s very difficult to find the story, to find the perspective of creating something new,” Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director J.A. Bayona tells Teasers. “This is the second chapter of Jurassic World, but it’s the fifth of Jurassic Park. So you need to find something new in order to give the audience what they’re looking for but, at the same time, you need to surprise them. That’s always very tricky.”

Franchise-reinvigorating mega-hit Jurassic World is currently the fourth biggest film of all time at the worldwide box-office. But where Colin Trevorrow’s 2015 film took nostalgia for the original 1993 blockbuster and genetically re-engineered it for modern audiences, the hiring of Bayona

– best known for The Orphanage, The Impossible and A Monster Calls – marks a shift in gear for the franchise, given his propensity for intense scares paired with equally intense emotions.

Picking up two years after the last film, Fallen Kingdom sees Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) recruiting Owen (Chris Pratt) to return to the island on a dino-rescue mission, as a volcano is set to make all the inhabitants extinct again. There Owen runs into his former favourite

velociraptor, Blue (pictured), among other creatures. But if that’s all there is to it, you might want to reconsider.

“I think it’s a very interesting movie because you have a first section which takes you to the island and gives you what everyone is expecting from a Jurassic movie,” explains Bayona. “You have massive action scenes with the volcano and all that stuff. But then there’s a second half that

I was very intrigued and seduced by, because it takes you to a different place, and it feels more claustrophobic, more tense. I felt very comfortable working with that, and I felt it was very exciting to bring the franchise in that direction.”

ETA | 6 JUNE / JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM OPENS IN TWO MONTHS.

‘you need to find something new for the audience; you need to surprise them’ J.A. BAyonA