‘Jurassic World Dominion’: Meet the Franchise’s New Dinosaurs, From Its Biggest Ever Foe to Feathered Predators

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Jurassic World Dominion” roars into theaters this weekend. Set in the present day, not long after the events of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” dinosaurs now co-exist with humans.While dino alums Tyrannosaurus Rex and the venom-spitting Dilophosaurus make their mark, director Colin Trevorrow also brought in bigger, badder and even feathered dinosaurs.

To help bring them to life, Trevorrow turned to CFX supervisor John Nolan to built some new dinosaurs, including the biggest beast yet, the Gigantosaurus.Nolan worked on building the creatures using mechanical rigs and collaborating with Industrial Light and Magic as well as VFX to create this new world where man and dinosaur co-exist.

Meet their new beastly creations below.The most fearful dinosaur in the Jurassic franchise has been the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but for this installment, Trevorrow brought out his biggest animal yet: The Gigantosaurus.In “Dominion,” the genetics company Biosyn is in possession of one of these creatures, keeping it within its sanctuary.

Trevorrow says all the dinosaurs he used in the film actually existed, including the enormous Gigantosaurus. “I wanted to make sure everything was in the paleontological record,” he says.“We were asked to do this six months ahead, and time started creeping away,” Nolan says. “At one point, he was going to do it CGI, but we just wanted to build some of it practically.“We wanted this thing on the set for the actors, the DP, for Colin and for all to be able to light and shoot it and interact with it.“Time just kept creeping away and then it got down to three months before filming and they asked if we could do it.