Original Jurassic Park creator Michael Crichton gets an Easter egg tribute in Jurassic World Rebirth, but it's easy to miss.

Jurassic World Rebirth is, spiritually, a Jurassic Park film – not a World one. The distinction matters. Ever since the 2015 reboot attempted to expand the boundaries of Michael Crichton’s tooth-and-clawed warning against man’s follies,

David Koepp - screenwriter of the original 'Jurassic Park' - returns decades later with a new film that strives to return the franchise to its scary thrill-ride roots, and to be less, well, goofy: "I wanted to make dinosaurs special again.