Don’t Call It a Dinosaur: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Exclusive Featurette Clip Brings the D-Rex to Life

A course correction for the franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth is now available on Digital at home ahead of a physical media release from Universal on September 9, and we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek at one of the film’s bonus features to share with you this week.

From the behind-the-scenes featurette entitled Jurassic World Rebirth: Hatching a New Era, the clip focuses on the creature design of the Distortus Rex, an all-new dino creation.

Whether or not the Distortus Rex is actually a “dinosaur” is up for debate – for what it’s worth, visual effects supervisor David Vickery calls it a “creature” and says he “can’t call it a dinosaur because it’s not” – it’s one of the most monstrous creations from the franchise to date, intentionally designed to look like a mix between a Xenomorph and a Rancor from Star Wars.

Director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Godzilla) told Empire, “It’s kind of like if the T-Rex was designed by H.R. Giger, and then that whole thing had sex with a Rancor. It’s a design that I was really happy with. I’d like to buy the toy of it when it comes out.”

Watch our exclusive featurette below to see how the D-Rex came to life on screen.

From executive producer Steven Spielberg, the seventh installment in the dinosaur franchise is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One) and written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible). The full Special Features package includes…

• Audio Commentary with Director Gareth Edwards, Production Designer James Clyne, and First Assistant Director Jack Ravenscroft
• Audio Commentary with Director Gareth Edwards, Editor Jabez Olssen, and Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery
• Alternate Opening
• 2 Deleted Scenes: “Raptors” and “Mutadon Attack”
• Jurassic World Rebirth: Hatching a New Era
  • The World Evolves – Journey into a reimagined Jurassic World with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali and the rest of the cast and filmmakers.
  • Off the Deep End – Dive into the thrilling ocean sequence and learn about the challenges of shooting on open water, the one-of-a-kind gimbal used to toss around the Essex and Mariposa, and the VFX wizardry that brought the Mosasaurus and Spinosaurs to life.
  • Trekking Through Thailand – Follow the cast and crew’s footsteps as they navigate the challenges of shooting in exotic jungles, beaches, and tall grass fields that become home to the Titanosaurs.
  • Rex in the Rapids – Brace for a T. rex encounter that’s different than anything experienced before with a nail-biting river chase recreated from Michael Crichton’s original Jurassic Park novel.
  • Don’t Look Down – Soar into the Quetzalcoatlus sequence with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Bechir Sylvain as they train for and shoot their cliff rappelling scenes.
  • Mini-Mart Mayhem – Go inside the heart-stopping third act of Jurassic World Rebirth and witness the process of crafting sets that allow the movie’s mutant dinosaurs to step out of nightmare-inspired designs and stop on an exhilarating rampage.
• Meet Dolores – Meet the animatronic Aquilops with an extraordinarily lifelike personality.
• Munched: Becoming Dino Food – Get a victim’s firsthand view inside the frightening jaws of deadly dinosaurs that munch, chomp, and chew their way into creating unforgettable death sequences.
• A Day at Skywalker Sound – Actress Audrina Miranda guides a personal tour of Skywalker Sound in California to meet the audio editors, foley artists, and mixers who design the movie’s wide array of sounds.
• Hunting for Easter Eggs – Find out where to look for cleverly hidden Easter eggs that pay homage to everything from the first Jurassic Park film to other Steven Spielberg classics.
• Gag Reel

The beloved franchise, which has immersed audiences in a world of dinosaurs for over three decades and grossed more than $6.7 billion dollars at the global box office and counting, evolves in an ingenuous new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth. A new era is born. A covert extraction team races to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility where dinosaurs too deadly for the original Jurassic Park were left behind. Their mission: collect DNA from three colossal creatures to unlock a drug with huge benefits for humanity. In a terrain populated by perils, they will make a shocking discovery that has been hidden for years.

Jurassic World Rebirth introduces a new world of characters, brought to life by a cast led by action superstar Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, The Avengers), Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, “Bridgerton”) and two-time Oscar® winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Green Book).

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