However, with J.A. Bayona gearing up to go into production on the sequel, the director has revealed that he considers the next installment to be both Jurassic World 2 and Jurassic Park 5.
“I think somehow it’s both,” Bayona told
CinemaBlend. “It’s a very good question, and what we’re doing is a sequel to Jurassic World, but it’s definitely the fifth chapter of a longer saga. It’s very interesting. It’s always tricky, but you need to find a balance in what people expect to find, and the new stuff you’re bringing to the story. And I think the story is looking for a connection between Jurassic World and Jurassic Park — more than what Jurassic World did.”
“I think what this film does is it’s the second chapter of the story that started in Jurassic World, and it’s open to a third chapter too,” he continued. “It’s very interesting in the way that we’re approaching the story, and where we are leading the story. We’re leading the story to a place that the audience is not expecting, and that’s always exciting when you do a sequel.”