[Trailer] Jurassic World

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Despite a countdown that implied the first official trailer for Jurassic World would premiere later this week, Universal has gone ahead and released our first look at the highly-anticipated Jurassic Park sequel. Starring one of this year’s biggest stars, Chris Pratt (Guardians of the GalaxyParks and Recreation), Jurassic World returns to Jurassic Park, a park where dinosaurs were revived thanks to genetic engineering. With sales and attendance declining, the park’s scientists attempt to boost visibility by combining the genes of multiple dinosaurs to create a Frankenstein-esque dinosaur hybrid. However, when it escapes and is let loose in the park, it poses a huge danger for both the park’s staff and attendees.

This first trailer does enough to introduce the film’s plot and main conflict, but also highlights just how far we’ve come with CGI since Jurassic Park III‘s release in 2001. There are some armchair logistical questions, like how the park is still open after all of events that took place in the previous three films, but I’m sure all of this will be addressed within the context of the film. Then again, I’m just nitpicking and trying to contain my excitement over dinosaurs returning to the big screen and becoming cool again.

Jurassic World will be in theaters on June 12, 2015.