The summer movie season is quickly approaching and one of the most highly anticipated films isJurassic World: Dominion. This epic film promises to be the conclusion of theJurassic Parkfranchise as we know it. The film is also notable for uniting the legacy cast with the World cast. The marketing so far has been heavily focused on the return ofJeff Goldblum’s Ian Malcolm,Laura Dern’s Ellie Sattler, andSam Neill’s Alan Grant. Now, directorColin Trevorrowhas shared another new image of Neill’s return to the franchise.
The behind-the-scenes image was shared onTrevorrow’s Twitter pagein response to a fan asking if the director had any “rad” never before seen images from the set. The image is of Neill’s Grant standing in silhouette wearing his signature fedora. He appears to be in an old railroad tunnel. It really does not tell us anything new about the story, and we have already seen Neill throughout all the marketing so far, but it is an epic shot nonetheless. It is a shot that brings back all the nostalgic feelings of watchingJurassic Parkfor the first time. Scenes like the infamous reaction shot of Grant seeing dinosaurs for the first time come flooding back into your mind with an image like this.
The last time we saw Grant was in 2001’sJurassic Park 3. Since then the rules and the world have changed. The dinosaurs are no longer restricted to a park. Because of the ending ofFallen Kingdom, dinosaurs are now roaming the Earth and causing havoc across the globe. Trevorrow in the past has compared this particular film to a spy thriller. Well, Grant has always been the coolest paleontologist around, and he definitely looks the part for a more action-heavy adventure.
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It is going to be a real treat for fans to see Goldblum, Dern, and Neill together again. It will be as surreal as the dream sequence inJurassic Park 3when Dr. Grant imagined a talking dinosaur. However, in all seriousness, this franchise capper looks insane. We have already been teased about motorcycle chases with dinosaurs, a new dinosaur that has beencompared to the villain Joker, and the film havingmore “real” dinosaursthan ever before. It is going to be really exciting to see what else Trevorrow has up his sleeve for longtime fans of the franchise.
The first two World films have divided fans of the franchise, but this new film looks to unite both generations of this almost 30-year-old series.
Jurassic World: Dominionroars its way to theaters on June 27, 2025, and you can view the new behind-the-scenes image down below:
