50 Fun Facts About Jurassic World Dominion

Who directed Jurassic World Dominion?

He had directed the first Jurassic World, then handed Fallen Kingdom to Bayona and returned to finish the trilogy.

Which three original Jurassic Park stars appear together for the first time since 1993?

Trevorrow considered it Dern's film, since Ellie Sattler's locust investigation drives the plot.

How many years after Fallen Kingdom is Dominion set?

Dinosaurs now roam and breed across the world, though Trevorrow insisted they should be as rare an encounter as a bear or a shark.

Biosyn CEO Lewis Dodgson had appeared briefly in which earlier film?

He was the man who handed Dennis Nedry the Barbasol can; Biosyn itself is prominent in Crichton's novels but had never been on screen before Dominion.

Where is Biosyn's dinosaur preserve located?

The real mountains were digitally scanned; Switzerland's Grande Dixence Dam stood in for Biosyn's frozen dam.

What does Maisie name the hatchling that Blue brings to the cabin?

Blue reproduced asexually, which is why Biosyn wants both Maisie and the baby raptor.

What plague are the giant genetically engineered insects devastating in the film?

Ellie notices that crops grown from Biosyn seed are left untouched, which is what starts her investigation.

Which real DARPA programme inspired the locust plot?

Trevorrow consulted scientists to design an ecological crisis a paleobotanist would be first to notice.

Which Mediterranean island hosts the dinosaur black market?

The idea came from a list of pitches Bryce Dallas Howard kept during the earlier films; Trevorrow wanted 'a hive of scum and villainy'.

Which returning character now works for French Intelligence and leads the raid on the black market?

Omar Sy's animal trainer from the first Jurassic World; Jake Johnson's Lowery was meant to return but travel restrictions kept him away.

Who plays Kayla Watts, the cargo pilot who flies Owen and Claire to Biosyn?

Trevorrow cast her without an audition after seeing her in Netflix's She's Gotta Have It.

Which flying reptile attacks Kayla's plane over Biosyn airspace?

Kayla's aircraft is a C-119; the interior was a set and a miniature was used for exterior shots.

Which feathered dinosaur does Claire hide from in the swamp after ejecting?

Trevorrow wanted the scene quiet and still, closer to the original Jurassic Park, and noted Claire had never had a sequence alone with a dinosaur.

How is Maisie Lockwood's origin explained in Dominion?

Charlotte then altered Maisie's DNA with a custom pathogen so she would not inherit the disease that killed her.

How does Lewis Dodgson die?

He was fleeing with dinosaur embryos in a cooler, an echo of the Barbasol can from the first film.

Which dinosaur did Trevorrow describe as wanting 'to watch the world burn' like the Joker?

He saved it for the finale to set up a rivalry with Rexy, the T. rex from Isla Nublar.

Which dinosaur helps the T. rex win the final fight against the film's big new carnivore?

Trevorrow shot the showdown mostly from the humans' point of view so it would feel like it was happening to the audience.

Who plays Lewis Dodgson, replacing Cameron Thor from the original film?

The role was recast after Thor's imprisonment for sexual assault.

Who plays Ramsay Cole, Biosyn's head of communications who secretly helps Malcolm?

Trevorrow cast him without an audition after his performance in The Front Runner.

What was the film's working title, borrowed from the ship in Fallen Kingdom?

The vessel carried the rescued dinosaurs from Isla Nublar to the US mainland in the previous film.

Where did principal photography begin in February 2020?

Snowy scenes set in the Sierra Nevada were shot around Merritt and Cathedral Grove, the first snow setting in the franchise.

What did Universal do to keep the cast and crew safe when filming resumed at Pinewood in July 2020?

The Langley Hotel next to Pinewood housed everyone for four months; the safety measures cost about $9 million.

How many pages long was the COVID safety document given to the cast?

The set had 150 hand-sanitiser stations and 1,800 safety signs; the film became a model for how big productions could restart.

Why did Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard never actually film in Malta?

Stunt doubles shot the Valletta scenes and the actors' faces were added digitally; Pratt rode a stationary bike on a treadmill against blue screen.

Which 1998 film's car chase inspired the Valletta rooftop and motorcycle chase?

Up to nine cameras rolled at once; ILM's supervisor called the second-unit style 'very shaky, very frenetic', a nightmare for effects.

How many sets were built for the film?

They included the black market and the interior of Kayla's cargo plane, with big builds on Pinewood's 007 Stage.

Which Oxford University buildings stood in for Biosyn headquarters?

A Wolfson lecture hall hosts Ian Malcolm's introductory speech.

How many dinosaur species appear in Dominion?

Eighteen animatronics were built by John Nolan's team, more than in either previous Jurassic World film.

Which returning dinosaur was the only creature in the film created entirely without CGI?

It was its first appearance since the original 1993 film, where it was also a purely practical effect.

Which non-dinosaur synapsid, long seen in franchise toys, made its film debut in Dominion?

The sail-backed creature lived before the dinosaurs; it stalks Alan and Ellie in the mine tunnels.

Dominion is the first film in the series to feature what kind of dinosaurs?

Pyroraptor and Therizinosaurus wear feathers, as does a T. rex in the five-minute prologue; the frog-DNA excuse from earlier films is dropped.

Why were there no hybrid dinosaurs like the Indominus rex in Dominion?

The new Atrociraptor was described instead as simply more brutish than the Velociraptors.

What was Dominion's estimated net budget, making it one of the most expensive films ever made?

That figure covers production alone; Universal spent a further $145 million on marketing.

At two hours and 26 minutes, Dominion holds what franchise record?

The first cut ran 2 hours 40; the studio worried pandemic audiences would not sit that long, and 14 minutes were trimmed.

The five-minute prologue released online in November 2021 shows what Cretaceous-era event?

It first screened with IMAX showings of F9 and was restored in the extended home-media cut.

Which composer scored Dominion, as he had the two previous Jurassic World films?

He recorded at Abbey Road over ten days and again wove in John Williams's original themes.

Which three Winter Olympians appeared in commercials tying the film to the 2022 Winter Games?

Each ad had the athlete meeting a dinosaur in the snow, matching the film's wintry setting.

How much did Universal spend marketing the film?

Partners included Jeep, Barbasol, Lego, Mattel and even a Tamagotchi.

Which shaving-cream brand from the first film's embryo smuggling released dinosaur-themed cans?

Its can was Dennis Nedry's cryo-container in Jurassic Park, and Dodgson still has it in Dominion.

Approximately how much did Jurassic World Dominion gross worldwide?

It was the 50th film ever to reach a billion and the third-highest grosser of 2022 behind Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick.

What was the film's Rotten Tomatoes score, the lowest in the franchise?

Metacritic gave it 38; audiences were kinder with an A- CinemaScore, and the extended cut was received a little better.

Which country was Dominion's biggest overseas market?

It earned $157.6 million there, well ahead of Japan's $46 million.

Which Star Wars film had Trevorrow been set to direct before leaving in 2017?

Several of that project's crew members followed him to Dominion.

Which line from the first Jurassic World did Trevorrow set out to disprove by the end of the trilogy?

Claire says it in 2015; the whole point of Dominion's world was to make dinosaurs astonishing again.

Which 1969 film about cowboys and dinosaurs inspired the horseback Parasaurolophus round-up?

Trevorrow had wanted a snowy Western-style herding scene for years; it was shot in British Columbia.

Which streaming service was the film's first US home in September 2022?

Under Universal's 18-month deal it then moved to Amazon Prime Video for ten months before returning.

Who co-wrote the Dominion screenplay with Colin Trevorrow?

Trevorrow chose her after admiring her work on Pacific Rim Uprising; the story credit went to him and Derek Connolly.

In which country did Jurassic World Dominion hold its world premiere on May 23, 2022?

The rollout began June 1 in Mexico and South Korea, ahead of the June 10 US release delayed a year by the pandemic.

How many animatronic dinosaurs did designer John Nolan's team build for Dominion?

That was more than either previous Jurassic World film, alongside ILM's CGI creatures.

How long does the extended edition of Dominion run once the cut footage is restored?

Critics received the extended cut more warmly, praising the restored prologue and extra character moments.