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Jurassic World Rebirth Has a Sequence From Michael Crichton’s First Jurassic Park Novel That Didn’t Make It Into the Original Movie — and Fans Have Ideas for What It Could Be

Author:Kristen Update:Feb 19,2025

Jurassic World Dominion incorporates a previously unused scene from Michael Crichton's original Jurassic Park novel, screenwriter David Koepp has confirmed. In an interview with Variety, Koepp, who penned the screenplay for the 1993 film and returned for Dominion, explained that revisiting Crichton's work provided inspiration for the sequel, lacking its own source material. This rereading led to the inclusion of a sequence omitted from the original film due to time constraints.

Koepp stated, "There was a sequence from the first novel that we’d always wanted in the original movie, but didn’t have room for. We were like, ‘Hey, we get to use that now.’" While he remains tight-lipped about the specific scene, fan speculation has already begun, focusing on several potential candidates.

Warning! Spoilers for the original Jurassic Park novel and possibly Jurassic World Dominion may follow.