Dominion Prologue (2021)
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We’re briefly transported 65 million years in the past to see herds of dinosaurs peacefully grazing in their natural habitat, before a behemoth showdown introduces us to Dominion’s two monster dinosaurs. A mosquito sucks the blood of the T. rex, setting up the franchise’s premise, before we’re transported to the modern day.
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Screenplay by: Emily Carmichael & Colin Trevorrow
Edited by: Mark Sanger
Produced by: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Annys Hamilton (Associate)
Cinematographer: John Schwartzman
Music Composed by: Amie Doherty
Runtime: 5 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.00:1
Certification: PG-13 / 12A / M
A five-minute prologue to Jurassic World Dominion was released in 2021, initially as an IMAX-exclusive preview and later as an online short film. It is the second live-action short film in the Jurassic Park franchise, following Battle at Big Rock. The prologue includes a prehistoric segment set during the Cretaceous, depicting various dinosaurs in their natural habitats. The sequence was shot on the island of Socotra, part of Yemen. The prologue also includes a modern-day sequence – filmed in England and set in California – in which a Tyrannosaurus rex terrorizes a drive-in theater while evading capture.
The footage debuted in June 2021, as a promotional preview attached to IMAX showings of F9. Director Colin Trevorrow had shot the footage to serve as the first five minutes of Jurassic World Dominion, before cutting it from the final film due to time constraints. The footage was released online on November 23, 2021, to promote the main film ahead of its theatrical release on June 10, 2022. The footage has since been restored in the film’s extended edition, released to home media on August 16, 2022.
Watch ‘The Prologue’
The Prologue is a short film and was originally intended as the opening of Jurassic World: Dominion. The footage was repurposed as a standalone short and was released in advance of the feature film. This original 5 min prologue to Jurassic World Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow, rockets audiences back 65 million years into the past to experience the world before humans existed – and offers a glimpse of a world in which dinosaurs are living among us.
Featured Dinosaurs
The majority of The Prologue takes place in the prehistoric era and showcases a number of dinosaurs and flying reptiles including: Giganotosaurus, Moros Intrepidus, Ankylosaurus, Nasutoceratops, Dreadnoughtus, Iguanodon, Oviraptor, Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatulus, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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