Jurassic World Rebirth’s Island Repeats a 28-Year-Old Franchise Twist

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At long last, “Jurassic World: Rebirth” has arrived, and it mirrors a significant plot twist from 28 years past in the franchise. Instead of following up on the tales of Chris Pratt’s character and Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire, as seen in the “Jurassic World” trilogy, this 2025 film introduces an entirely new set of protagonists.

In “Jurassic World: Reborn,” we follow a team of illicit traders who are recruited by a dubious biotech firm to explore a hidden island. This island was once used by InGen for dinosaur research, just a few years following the inauguration of the Jurassic World amusement park. The site lay abandoned after a genetically altered dinosaur escaped, leaving our protagonists to navigate the perilous terrain as they collect DNA specimens from three colossal dinosaurs.

The earlier Jurassic World films didn’t get great reviews, but Jurassic World Rebirth has been more favorably received by critics. Some even think it’s the best movie in the series since 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park. A common theme in the story might be one reason for its positive reception.

Jurassic World Rebirth Reveals Another New Island (It’s Not Site B)

It Is Another Abandoned InGen Research Facility

In continuation of Steven Spielberg’s initial film, John Hammond assigns Ian Malcolm a new task. Unbeknownst to many, InGen secretly operated on a second island where they conducted dinosaur experiments, this one being Isla Sorna, dubbed Site B. Hammond’s nephew intends to visit Site B and capture some dinosaurs. Malcolm is dispatched to document these creatures and advocate for a hands-off approach, aiming to prevent further interference.

In my perspective, Jurassic World Rebirth echoes a remarkably familiar tale. By the year 2025, I found myself privy to information about a clandestine InGen research facility nestled on Ile Saint-Hubert. This medical conglomerate sought to seize dinosaur DNA for profit, oblivious to the chaos that would ensue. Remarkably, this facility had been left abandoned, granting the dinosaurs the freedom to roam across the island once more.

While Isle Sorna and Ile Saint-Hubert were both research facilities where dinosaurs were experimented on and abandoned, they are distinct entities rather than identical ones, as their unique characteristics may sometimes lead to confusion between the two.

How Jurassic World Rebirth’s New Island Fits Into The Franchise History

It Shut Down Five Years After Jurassic World Opened

In the film titled “Jurassic World Rebirth”, we learn that the research facility on Ile Saint-Hubert had been deserted a full 17 years prior, which places its abandonment in the year 2010. Since “Rebirth” is set in the year 2027, this means that the island was left behind five years after the establishment of Jurassic World.

It appears these genetically modified dinosaurs were intended for use in Jurassic World amusement park, but due to the island being left unattended, that never came to pass. The series of events depicted in the Jurassic World trilogy eventually led to dinosaurs dominating the equator and travel restrictions being imposed, allowing the island’s wildlife to thrive until the occurrences portrayed in Jurassic World Rebirth.

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2025-07-04 18:19