"Jurassic World 2" is in pre-production with the actual filming set in February in Hawaii. Producer Frank Marshall has been meeting with director Juan Antonio Bayona as well to put together the premise.
"I just got back from London from meeting with Juan Antonio and the production designer. We're designing, he's doing storyboards, and we're in full pre-production to start shooting sometime early next spring," Marshall revealed to Collider.
As for the story to be told in "Jurassic World 2," Marshall said that Bayona has been collaborating with Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow, who directed the mega successful first film.
"As a director Bayona has his input but Colin and Derek are writing the script, so there have been numerous meetings and we have the template for the movie," Marshall explained.
"But of course he's putting in his own ideas and taking ownership of it, but it's pretty much the same story that they originally came up with," he went on to say. He did not offer further details on this plot though.
There's a lot of pressure on "Jurassic World 2" being as good, if not better than the first one, which went on to become one of the highest grossing films of all time.
Marshall knows very well the pressure to deliver, but it looks like he got it covered as he has in place what will make the film a big hit – a great story, action sequences that help the plot progress and the effective involvement of characters in these scenes.
That being said, "Jurassic World 2" will be more than just its larger-than-life dinosaurs that make for great visuals. Marshall's team is also finding ways to incorporate these in a story that will make sense with the characters.
Chris Pratt and Bryce Howard Dallas will be back in "Jurassic World 2" with Steven Spielberg set to be executive producer. The film releases June 22, 2018.
