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By George Robbins

With the world still essentially in lock-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, many movies that people were looking forward to working on or watching have had to be delayed. There were a lot of films that were set to be released to theaters which have been delayed to later dates this year and even next year. Those films are not exactly the worst off in this situation and, in fact, they are not going to be worse off necessarily. The movies whose productions are finished but their releases were delayed are not in a terrible position all things considered. The movies that are currently in the worst position are the ones that must still be filmed since movie productions are a tougher issue to work through right now.

Movie productions have all shut down at this point with many production studios unsure of just when they will be able to restart filming for their movies. Some productions have recently received good news when it was announced that the U.K. would be relaxing lock-down rules a bit in order to accommodate things like movie productions. Many other countries around the world have yet to make any similar announcements which means many other productions will not be able to resume any time soon. This is troublesome since many big budget films will not be able to resume any time soon based off the way this is all going.

One such big budget film is the next chapter in the ‘Jurassic World’ franchise, ‘Jurassic World: Dominion.’ Ever since the inception of the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ the franchise has continued to sell very well even if the films don’t do so well critically. Most recently, the ‘Jurassic World’ part of the franchise has made a name for itself as a box office juggernaut. This just goes to show that the market for dinosaur films filled with action is still there even after so many years. There are a large number of actors that have been a part of the franchise up until now and even some returning actors from the original trilogy. One of those actors is Sam Neill who will be returning in ‘Dominion’ and he is hopeful that filming will be able to resume soon.

The film production for the last film in the ‘Jurassic World’ franchise was already underway when the pandemic hit, so they had to put it on hold in mid-March, when everything shut down. It is unknown exactly when production will be able to begin again since new health and safety regulations must be put in place if they want to re-open any time in the near future. Neill has said that they will resume filming as soon as they possibly can, but they must work with what they have, even if they have to finish in a studio. Most details for the film are currently unknown, but we know Neill will be returning in his role as Dr. Alan Grant. As of now, the film is meant to release in June of 2021, but we will just have to wait and see if it ends up delayed.