Why Another Jurassic World Sequel Feels Completely Unnecessary

The dinosaurs stopped feeling dangerous years ago, and yet again, here we are with news of another Jurassic World sequel in the works. Jurassic sequels keep recycling the same fear without the same meaning, and what was once deemed the scariest thing in cinematic history has become mundane.

Scarlet Johansson-starrer Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) was the lowest-grossing movie of the franchise, being the only one not to hit the $1 billion mark. However, since it showed a healthy box-office run, the chances of a sequel have risen again.

Rebirth’s director, Gareth Edwards, opened up about making the film and stated that the franchise owners wanted a slight “reset” with the dumping of all the previous three films’ cast, characters, and plots. According to SyFy, Edwards followed Steven Spielberg’s advice, which was, 

“Making a film for the cinema, it’s like being a chef and making a meal. The only difference is that when you’re a chef for the cinema, the audience has to leave hungry. If they leave full, you’ve kind of failed.” [Source] 

The film was received positively by the audience, but the critics didn’t approve of it much. The female lead was welcomed wholeheartedly by the viewers, and in fact, a female-led Jurassic movie was considered long overdue. Though Rebirth’s action sequences were more energetic and the storyline made more sense than its previous installments, another Jurassic World sequel still does not justify the fact that it has run out of evolution. 

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Another Jurassic World sequel is not needed—it needs extinction 

Before discussing whether another sequel is even necessary, it’s worth looking at the Jurassic franchise as a whole.

	IMDb	Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score	Rotten Tomatoes audience score
Jurassic Park (1993)	8.2	91%	91%
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)	6.6	57%	52%
Jurassic Park III (2001)	6.0	49%	37%
Jurassic World (2015)	6.9	72%	78%
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)	6.1	47%	48%
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)	5.6	29%	77%
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)	5.8	50%	70%

When the first Jurassic Park movie came out in 1993, it wasn’t just another blockbuster about monsters running loose; it was built on awe, suspense, scientific curiosity, and the terrifying consequences of human arrogance. The viewers of that era had a trembling admiration for the world’s most mysterious species, as dinosaurs were not considered simply weapons of chaos; they represented mankind’s obsession with controlling nature. Every attack sequence carried tension, and people marvelled at how these mammoth creatures were actually brought to life at a time when filmmaking technology was far less advanced.

Though the subsequent films tried to touch on modern themes of corporate greed, people ignoring obvious warnings, and some of the vague environmental messages. The new Jurassic World era seemed increasingly disconnected from what made the original film special. With dinosaurs eating people and a constant story boot, the formula became predictable. The dinosaurs no longer felt like a threat; they were a routine. 

The problem is not the dinosaurs; I bet people still love them. The newer films have stopped treating them with wonder. The latest films did upgrade dinosaurs with bigger and louder versions, but they rarely create the sense of suspense and discovery that the first film was loaded with.

The environmental themes don’t help either. Despite trying hard to stay relevant to the messages about nature, coexistence, and humanity disrupting ecological balance, the ideas aren’t explored in depth. It is high time that the franchise should take credit for being thoughtful, other than devising destruction scenes and nostalgic callbacks.

The franchise has made nostalgia its biggest tool for survival, which, in my opinion, does not seem to be working. The critics’ and audience’s falling ratings speak for themselves as proof. There is no emotional connection with the characters, and the films just make us ask once again, “Why does this still exist?”

Even with their rebranding of the franchise from “Park” to “World,” where dinosaurs couldn’t be held in cages anymore, the plots still felt thin. The franchise owners decided to cash in again with star power and bring Scarlet Johansson to do the honors. It did work a “bit” but did not exceed expectations. Still, one refreshing thing in Rebirth was Jonathan Bailey making friends with a dinosaur.

This leads us to think that in 1993, we thought of dinosaurs as the resurrected giants and were genuinely cowed by their presence. In 2026, we are the giants who are heading towards their own extinction in the world of tech and AI. We might want darker themes and probably a dinosaur bloodbath by Bailey. 

Having said that, if another Jurassic World sequel is to happen, it might go from Rebirth‘s ending, where DNA samples from the three largest dinosaurs of land, water, and air were successfully collected. Johansson’s Zora and Bailey’s Henry Loomis made their findings open to the world of medicine, unless they are seen as wrongfully used by any other party in the sequel. To prove itself a meaningful entry in the franchise, the next film needs to be tension-filled, more emotionally brutal, and a darker version rather than a rehash of the overfamiliar patterns.