--- ---  # _Jurassic World_ Sequel Coming in 2018 by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jul 23, 2015 7:23 PM UTC  Chris Pratt as Owen in Jurassic World Chris Pratt as Owen in Jurassic WorldUniversal Pictures by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jul 23, 2015 7:23 PM UTC A sequel to _Jurassic World_ will arrive in theaters on June 22, 2018, Universal Pictures announced on Thursday. _Jurassic World_ co-writers Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly will write the new film, though Universal did not announce a director for the project. “_Jurassic Park_ is like _Star Wars_. Different directors can give a different taste to each movie,” Trevorrow said before the release of _Jurassic World_ when asked if he [would get behind the camera again for the next film](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/jurassic-world-colin-trevorrow-wont-direct-sequels). “I would be involved in some way, but not as director.” In addition to Trevorrow and Connolly, stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are also back for the project, reprising their roles as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing, respectively. “They have me for, I think, 38 movies or something,” [Pratt joked to EW before the release of _Jurassic World_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/12/chris-pratt-jurassic-world-sequel). Steven Spielberg and Trevorrow will act as executive producers on the _Jurassic World_ sequel, with Frank Marshall set as producer. This week, _Jurassic World_ passed _Marvel’s The Avengers_ to become the third-highest grossing movie of all time, behind only _Avatar_ and_Titanic_. Overall, the film has grossed more than [$1.522 billion at the global box office](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/22/jurassic-world-now-third-highest-grossing-movie-all-time). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/23/jurassic-world-sequel-set-2018) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) 'Jurassic World' Sequel Set for 2018 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3970160/jurassic-world-sequel-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3970160/jurassic-world-sequel-2018/"},"headline":"Jurassic World Sequel Coming in 2018","datePublished":"2015-07-23T19:23:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:32:33.117Z","description":"Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning with more dinosaurs","url":"https://time.com/3970160/jurassic-world-sequel-2018/","keywords":["movies","chris pratt","Jurassic World"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860631aa73406608/6988584d196cf41719036d6b/1212933_full-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860631aa73406608/6988584d196cf41719036d6b/1212933_full-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Pratt as Owen in \"Jurassic World.\"","caption":"Chris Pratt as Owen in \"Jurassic World.\"","creditText":"Universal Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3970160/jurassic-world-sequel-2018/","name":"Jurassic World Sequel Coming in 2018"}}]}] ```