‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Sets Peacock Release Date in October

 

The dinosaur epic will be available to stream on Peacock beginning on October 30 for fans of "Jurassic World Rebirth" to watch in the comfort of their own homes soon. Over the summer, the movie made $867 million at the worldwide box office. "Jurassic World Rebirth," the seventh film in the "Jurassic" series and the fourth in the current "Jurassic World" cycle, is a reboot of the franchise that was expected to die out after "Jurassic World: Dominion" in 2022. Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey star in the sequel as wholly original characters, as director Gareth Edwards makes his own foray into the franchise.

 Veteran screenwriter David Koepp wrote the script for "Rebirth," which featured new actors and actresses in front of and behind the camera. In 1993, Koepp wrote the first "Jurassic Park," and in 1997, he wrote the sequel, "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." Koepp collaborates with a director other than Steven Spielberg on the "Jurassic" franchise for the first time in 28 years, and "Rebirth" is his first screenwriting credit on a "Jurassic" movie. 

The review of "Rebirth" received mixed reviews. Even though some people praised the movie's action and performances, many people thought the story was old-fashioned. Even the most thrilling sequences and well-intentioned homages to Spielberg's original work begin to feel like retreated territory as the seventh film about humans surviving dino-disasters. The movie opened in theaters on July 2 and made $147 million domestically over the course of the five-day holiday weekend. 

This performance was part of "Dominion," which opened to $145 million over three days three years earlier. However, it was less successful than "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" and "Jurassic World," which opened to $148 million and $208 million, respectively, in 2017 and 2014. The "Jurassic" films typically do well on home video markets, with "Jurassic World" and "Fallen Kingdom" bringing in an additional $150 million and $68 million from DVD and Blu-Ray sales, respectively. The ability to watch "Rebirth" at home is likely to keep both Peacock and the "Jurassic" franchise from going extinct, despite the fact that the metrics for success in streaming are undoubtedly distinct.