Gareth Edwards Exits Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
Director Gareth Edwards has departed the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth sequel due to creative differences. The studio is currently searching for a replacement while key cast members are expected to return for the 2027 production.
Why it matters
The Jurassic franchise is a major global box office pillar, and leadership changes during pre-production can significantly impact the creative direction and release timeline of high-budget blockbusters.
Follow Empire on Google Fun, frothy, dino-filled and star-studded, last year's Jurassic World Rebirth may not exactly have been a game changer for the Jurassic Park saga, but it was a ton of fun and it did make a none-too-shabby $872 million at the box office. By almost any metric, you could safely call the seventh instalment in everyone's favourite fossil-fuelled franchise a roaring success. But per Deadline 's reporting, the next _J_urassic World will need to, uh, find a way without director Gareth Edwards, who has left the project due to that old dragon "creative differences".
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