Screenwriter David Koepp, who co-wrote the original "Jurassic Park," talks EW through pulling from lost material.

Director Gareth Edwards on set with a large camera rig for Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). By the end of 2024, Edwards had started post production on Rebirth with his long-time editor Jabez Olssen. Asked what it was like to get a notes call from Spielberg,

David Koepp - screenwriter of the original 'Jurassic Park' - returns decades later with a new film that strives to return the franchise to its scary thrill-ride roots, and to be less, well, goofy: "I wanted to make dinosaurs special again.

Jurassic World Rebirth was written by longtime Spielberg collaborator David Koepp, screenwriter on Jurassic Park and its 1997 sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. While Steven Spielberg hasn't directed an entry since The Lost World, he has executive-produced every sequel since — and Rebirth is no exception.