Director David Leitch is no longer headed to 'Jurassic World.' The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed talks between Universal and the filmmaker have fallen through. News that Leitch would direct a new 'Jurassic' movie came to light late last week, when Universal signaled the film was on the fast track by giving it a July 2nd, 2025 release date. The parting of ways is said to be due to a difference in vision and to be amicable.
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00:00 Director David Leitch is no longer headed to Jurassic World.
00:03 The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed talks between Universal and the filmmaker have fallen through.
00:09 News that Leitch would direct a new Jurassic movie came to light late last week,
00:13 when Universal signaled the film was on the fast track by giving it a July 2, 2025, release date.
00:18 The parting of ways is said to be due to a difference in vision and to be amicable.
00:22 THR broke the news last month that Universal was moving ahead with a new Jurassic World film.
00:27 Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp is returning to write the film,
00:31 after working on Steven Spielberg's 1993 original and his 1997 follow-up.
00:36 The plan is to launch a new Jurassic era, which seems to suggest that the characters
00:40 played by Jurassic World stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will not return.
00:44 The Jurassic franchise has spanned six features that have passed $6 billion worldwide.
00:49 As for Leitch, his previous films include Deadpool 2,
00:52 Bullet Train, Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw, and the upcoming Fall Guy.
00:57 For more on this story, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.