J.A. Bayona, director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is apparently in talks to return to the franchise.
Director of Jurassic World: Rebirth Gareth Edwards stepped away from the production over “creative differences’ after impressing the studio with his work at pace on the last movie.
A report at The Insneider say Bayona is top of the list and efforts to secure him have started.
The Orphanage and The Impossible director would be the first director to return in the sequel franchise era since Colin Trevorrow.
I rewatched Fallen Kingdom when it was on television recently and I was struck by how effective many of the sequences were, especially that opening, even if the whole movie suffered from annoying millennial character overload.
Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali are all expected to return, with David Koepp writing.
The title is rumored to be Jurassic World: Liberation, and it will be targetting a June 2028 release.
