Jeff Goldblum passes ‘Jurassic Park’ torch to Jonathan Bailey | 1340 KGFW

On November 13, 2024By Littum

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Jeff Goldblumwho famously played mathematician and chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcolm in several Jurassic Park film, will pass the torch to Bridgerton’s Jonathan Baileywho will play paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis in the franchise’s upcoming seventh film, Jurassic World: Rebirth — and Goldblum couldn’t be happier.

Goldblum narrates Black“Hope for the world exists and I can’t think of a better baton-bearer to carry on ‘da da da da da,'” referring to John Williams‘classic Jurassic Park theme. “It’s Jonathan Bailey! It’s like no one else!”

“I got the invitation to join the ‘Jurassic’ world, to join the conga line led by Jeff,” Bailey adds, saying he and Goldblum discussed the role on the way to CinemaCon earlier this year. “The original movie was a seminal cinematic moment, solely because of Jeff, but also, I went with my family, and the multi-sensory experience of watching a movie was so perfectly realized.”

“There’s so much that I’m so proud to be a part of. But obviously … there’s a sense of responsibility,” Bailey says. “And if I can match half of what Jeff and Sam Neill and Laura Dern achieved, I will be very lucky.”

Jurassic World: Rebirth takes place five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominionaccording to Universal Pictures. “The planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates similar to where they once thrived.”

But “The three most colossal creatures in the tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humanity.”

Bailey plays opposite Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Homeland alum Rupert Friend and The Lincoln Lawyer‘s Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.