Jurassic World Rebirth’s Mutant Dinosaur Looks Totally Horrific

After the utter disaster that was Jurassic World: Locust Invasion, bringing the Jurassic franchise back to prominence was going to require summoning a big dose of inspiration. And, it seems, Jurassic World Rebirth may have done just that. The new trailer reveals that this summer’s seventh film takes place on the island where John Hammond and his team left all the dinosaurs that were too messed up and dangerous to go into the original park. Since we know we know what those less messed up and dangerous dinosaurs ended up doing, that’s a frightening concept.

One of the most tantalizing reveals in the trailer is what we can only assume is the big bad dinosaur of the film, which is some kind of cursed dino-mutation. Speaking to Vanity Fair, director Gareth Edwards (already well-versed in monsters thanks to working with Godzilla and Darth Vader) teased this new creation for the film. “When you make a creature, you get a big, massive pot and you pour in your favorite monsters from other films and books,” he said. “Some Rancor went in there, some H.R. Giger went in there, a little T. rex went in there…” Wait, so is he saying there’s a T-Rex-inspired dinosaur that looks like the Rancor from Return of the Jedi and xenomorph from Alien? Yes. Yes, he is. And here are a few quick glimpses of it.

So this dinosaur, whatever it’s called, obviously has almost the head and face of the Star Wars Rancor, and it seems to move like the Giger Alien but with the size of the T-Rex. At least, that’s what we are gleaning from these brief moments in the trailer. Plus, don’t forget, this is just one of the many, many dinosaurs in the trailer, most of which are clear fan favorites (such as the Velociraptor, Dilophosaurus, and Mosasaurus), and some of which are completely new.

All in all, if Jurassic World Rebirth can deliver on even half of the scares and intensity of this trailer, maybe we can begin to forget about Dominion. The film opens July 2.

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