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Geek Tyrant
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH Behind-the-Scenes Footage Previews a Dinosaur-Fueled Survival Nightmare — GeekTyrant
Universal has released a thrilling behind-the-scenes look at Jurassic World: Rebirth , and if you thought this franchise had exhausted its supply of dinosaur chaos, think again. The footage teases a relentless survival story centered on the Delgado family, a group of unsuspecting civilians who stumble into the jaws of something much bigger than themselves. At the heart of the film is Site C, a brand-new location in the franchise's ever-growing mythos. But this isn't another Isla Nublar or Isla Sorna. Site C was InGen's dirty little secret—so hidden that not even most of the company knew it existed. This remote island wasn't built for tourists or attractions; it served as a shadowy testing ground for InGen's most extreme genetic experiments, including dinosaurs considered too aggressive, unstable, or unpredictable for any theme park setting. Basically, if Nublar was a zoo, Site C is a nightmare laboratory that nature itself rejected. The footage features the Delgado family, Reuben (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), Teresa (Luna Blaise), Isabella (Audrina Miranda), and Teresa's boyfriend Xavier Dobbs run into trouble at sea. A mosasaurus attack flips their sailboat and strands them in dangerous waters. Their story takes another sharp turn when they're rescued by Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), two operatives aboard a submarine en route to Site C on a covert mission involving dinosaur DNA. In the film, 'The planet's ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. 'The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.' The director previously said that the movie is 'a giant love letter to Steven Spielberg and his earlier films. There are moments in this movie that remind me very much of Jaws. 'It's like little greatest hits of all those aspects of his films that I loved growing up as a child. It's essentially a little adventure odyssey across this island, a survival story, really.' The film is set five years after the events of Dominion , 'in which dinosaurs mingled with humans all over the globe, these creatures are now dying out. 'The present-day planet proved to be inhospitable to the prehistoric ilk, except for a small region in the tropics around the equator, where many of them now congregate. 'The three most colossal dinosaurs of land, sea, and air within this biosphere hold genetic material precious to a pharmaceutical company that hopes to use the dino DNA to create a life-saving drug for humanity.' The movie is in theaters now, and you should watch it!
News24
18-06-2025
- News24
Khayelitsha spaza shops reopen after extortionists agree not to increase fees
Foreign-owned spaza shops in Site C, Khayelitsha, reopened after extortionists agreed not to charged them increased protection fees. Shop owners say increased police visibility forced the extortionists to back off. The shop owners did not attend a Khayelitsha Community Policing Forum imbizo over the weekend. Increased police visibility in Khayelitsha has prompted extortionists to agree not to charge foreign-owned spaza shops increased protection fees, according to some shop owners. As a result, the spaza shops have reopened in Site C after a two-day shutdown. Police visibility was increased after the murder of three Somali nationals in Taiwan informal settlement last week. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the shop owners told News24 that they were forced to close their businesses after multiple extortion groups demanded increased protection fees. However, they said police visibility was increased in the area after the three murders, prompting the extortionists to agree not to increase their fees if the businesses reopened. 'The police were looking for them,' one shop owner told News24. 'So, the protection fee guys told us they'll decide who collects where and when. We cannot pay more than one group.' However, to add insult to injury, the shop owners pointed out that despite paying the fees, their safety wasn't guaranteed. 'Before, they used to help with unruly customers, robberies, even during community protests. Now, when there are robberies, they're nowhere to be found. If they really protected us, there wouldn't be so many gangs extorting us.' In an attempt to address the ongoing extortion crisis, the Khayelitsha Community Policing Forum (CPF) held an imbizo over the weekend. But none of the shop owners attended it, CPF chairperson Phindile George said. 'The community rather spoke about general crime, like robbery and gender-based violence. The shops had already reopened by then,' he said. Community activist Mbulelo Dwane also criticised the shopkeepers for not attending community safety meetings. 'They thought paying these 'boys' would keep them safe. Now the gangs have multiplied and spiralled out of control,' he added. Meanwhile, police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie urged shop owners to speak up. 'We cannot act unless these crimes are reported,' he said. News24 previously reported that residents said the resurgence of extortion networks was linked to the death of alleged gangster and taxi boss Yanga 'Bara' Nyalara. After Nyalara was killed in a shootout with police in the Eastern Cape in February, gangsters who previously fled from the Western Cape began to return, sparking a new wave of violence. Some of those who fled reportedly ended up in Gqeberha, where they allegedly joined or formed gangs.
