Millennials rejoice: The new trailer for Jurassic World is here and it gives a few shout-outs to the original Jurassic Park, which came out in 1993. The trailer features the career-hot Chris Pratt in the leading role, a futuristic park and a genetically modified dinosaur because the regular ones were getting boring. Thankfully, the original movie's presence is undeniable in the trailer, Billboard notes.
OK, so the plot is technically different in that the Park is now a World and things seem to be peaceful. That all changes when Bryce Dallas Howard's (The Help and 50/50) character reveals that scientists have been messing around with dinosaur genetics in order to create a super monster — silly scientists! Pratt is reminiscent of Sam Neill in the original, if only because of his nerdy vest and unfortunate predicament.
Other similarities from the trailer include two children heading to the amusement park sans parents, the mosquito with dino DNA that started the whole franchise and the epic John Williams theme music. Head to the 1:50 mark to here the spine-tingling piano version of the theme. There is no sign of any villainous Wayne Knight character, though.
According to Box Office Mojo, Jurassic Park brought in more than $402 million in domestic sales. It received three Academy Award nominations in the categories of Visual Effects, Sound and Sound Editing and won all of them. It also spawned two sequels prior to Jurassic World: 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park and 2001's Jurassic Park III. Neither surpassed the success of the original.
Jurassic World also stars Vincent D'Onofrio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), BD Wong (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3). The movie will hit theaters June 12.
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