‘Jurassic World Rebirth' Fan Premiere Screening – Win Tickets To Geek Culture Event
Set five years after Jurassic World Dominion , the latest chapter trades chaos for something more calculated and contained, but no less dangerous. Earth's ecosystem has rejected dinosaurs as permanent residents. Most survivors now dwell in remote, tropical zones far removed from civilisation. Years of failed experiments have bred horrors like the Distortus rex , a grotesque, six-limbed mutation of the original T. rex. It's part dinosaur, part nightmare, and it doesn't appreciate visitors.
Enter Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson, Black Widow ), a covert operative pulled into a high-stakes mission on behalf of a mysterious pharmaceutical giant. She's teamed with paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey, Wicked ) and ex-military leader Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali, Moonlight ) for a mission straight out of a survivalist's worst nightmare. Their goal? Travel to a prohibited island in the Atlantic, the same one that once hosted the original Jurassic Park, and retrieve DNA samples from three of the largest remaining prehistoric species across land, sea, and sky.
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Time: 6:45 pm
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