Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020-2022)

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Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar. But when dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island, the campers are stranded and must fight for survival in a bid to escape the island.

Developed by: Zack Stentz
Series Art Direction by: Christophe Vacher, John-Paul Balmet
Executive Producers: Lane Lueras, Scott Kreamer, Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow, Frank Marshall
Showrunners: Aaron Hammersley, Scott Kreamer
Music Composed by: Leo Birenberg

Seasons: 1-5 + Interactive Special
Runtime: 22-24 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 HD
Certification: TV-PG / PG / PG

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous is an animated science fiction action-adventure television series set in the Jurassic Park franchise. Developed by Zack Stentz, the series follows a group of teenage campers, voiced by Paul-Mikél Williams, Sean Giambrone, Kausar Mohammed, Jenna Ortega, Ryan Potter, and Raini Rodriguez, who find themselves stranded on Isla Nublar after dinosaurs escape from their enclosures.

The show debuted on Netflix on September 18, 2020 and has garnered generally positive reviews, particularly for its animation, characters, and voice cast. The series released its second season on January 22, 2021, followed by the third season on May 21 and the fourth season on December 3 of the same year. The fifth and final season were released on July 21, 2022. A standalone interactive special titled Hidden Adventure was released on November 15, 2022.

Characters

Season Guide

Season 1 (September 2020)

The first season follows teenagers Darius Bowman, Brooklynn, Sammy Gutierrez, Yasmina Fadoula, Ben Pincus and Kenji Kon who are chosen to attend Camp Cretaceous, Jurassic World’s brand new adventure park. Things start to go astray from the very first night after Darius and Kenji fall into the Raptor Paddock, then accidentally venture into the Carnotaurus Paddock the next day. After a storm results in a stampede and the near death of Darius and Brooklynn in a Gyrosphere, the counsellors attempt to consult park management to either increase the staffing or send the campers home before any further incidents arise. Left behind at Camp, the kids cross paths with the recently escaped Indominus Rex as Jurassic World descends into chaos. Heading south to the main park, tensions flare as the group discover that Sammy has been spying for a company with sinister motives. Narrowly avoiding encounters with the Mosasaur and Carnotaurus, an attack on the monorail by Pteranodons leads to the apparent death of Ben. Finally making it to the dock, the kids realise they are too late and have missed the last ferry off the island.

Season 2 (January 2021)

Season Two picks up immediately after as the campers head back towards the park looking for some means of communication. Stumbling upon Main Street, they discover an emergency beacon and manage to call for help after a brief encounter with the T. Rex. Awaiting rescue, they rebuild their ruined camp and continue to search the island for supplies. Investigating mysterious frozen flowers, Brooklynn, Sammy and Yaz find their way back to Henry Wu’s Research Lab and acquire a skeleton key to Jurassic World. On a mission of their own, Kenji and Darius bond whilst solving their water supply crisis. A campfire in the night leads the kids to Mitch, Tiff and Hap, self-professed eco-tourists taking advantage of Isla Nublar’s recent abandonment. Ben, who survived his fall and has been living with Bumpy all this time, returns and reveals that Tiff and Mitch are not what they seem. Turning on the kids, Tiff and Mitch reveal themselves as poachers and make a bee-line for the watering hole, a source of numerous dinosaurs ripe for hunting. Using Brooklynn’s all access pass, the campers reactivate some of Jurassic World’s systems to slow them down, and foil their plan by scaring the herd away. Fleeing from the T. Rex, Mitch loses his life in one of his own traps and Tiff is ambushed by a pair of Baryonx whilst escaping on their boat. Still stranded on the island, and with no-one coming to rescue them, Darius resolves that it is time for the campers to find their own way home. Unseen to them, a short circuit in the park’s power shorts out a cryo-stasis unit in a hidden laboratory. The creature inside begins to wake.

Season 3 (May 2021)

Season Three opens with the campers in the midst of their latest attempt at salvation; a raft. A rogue wave brings their voyage to an abrupt end and they return back to camp and square one. Looking to refine and their raft design with an improved sail, they head up to Lookout Point to scavenge a hang glider. They’re unsuccessful in their mission however, as Dimorphodon’s have made the mountain their nest and chase the campers off. All is not in vain however as Kenji and Sammie spot Tiff and Mitch’s boat, adrift off shore. Boarding the boat, they realise it is almost out of fuel and desperately in need of repairs. Limping to the North Dock, they scavenge for fuel but as fog rolls in they are attacked by a pair of Ouranosaurs. Escaping back onto the boat, they use the remainder of the fuel travelling to the private dock serving the private apartments; including Kenji’s Father’s Penthouse. Using Brooklynn’s All Access Pass they access the building to scavenge for supplies, but are attacked by a pack of Monolophosaurus. With the necessary supplies and fuel located, the campers repair the boat but must wait for their patch job to dry. Darius, Kenji and Yaz encounter Blue via a brief detour to the Jurassic Park Visitors’ Center, whilst Brooklynn and Sammy search for evidence that will help free Sammie’s family from the control of Mantah Corp and discover that E750, the Scorpios Rex, has escaped from cryostatis. With a storm preventing their escape by sea, the campers regroup at the treehouse, fortifying it against the Scorpios. They are unable to fend it off for long though and Sammy is stung by one of the creatures venomous quills. Darius and Ben use the extra fuel they collected to create a diversion so Yaz can run to the subterranean lab to retrieve the anti-venom. With the storm over, the kids make their way to the boat, but Ben separates from the group to say goodbye to Bumpy. They all end up caught in a battle at the old Visitors’ Center between Blue, the Scorpios Rex and it’s child which it has birthed through parthenogenesis. The building’s dilapidated ceiling eventually gives way on top of them all, seemingly crushing both Scorpios whilst leaving Blue and the kids unharmed. Finally underway, their boat is suddenly accosted by a group of Helicopter’s demanding they return to the island. Coming into conflict with Henry Wu who has returned to island with a team of mercenaries from the Lockwood Foundation, the campers intervene to prevent them from leaving with Wu’s research on the Scorpius. The campers finally leave Isla Nublar on their boat, unaware that an unseen dinosaur has found its way onboard.

Season 4 (December 2021)

Finally escaping Isla Nublar, the campers find themselves in grave danger when shipwrecked on a mysterious island. As the group begins to uncover the strange secrets of this new land, they must hatch a plan to not only save themselves but also protect the dinosaurs from the sinister forces at work.

Season 5 (July 2022)

The arrival of Kenji’s father, Mr Kon, renews hope of a rescue for the campers. But as the nefarious plans of Mantah Corp. come into focus and one of the Camp Fam turns on their own, the others must band together if they want to save the dinosaurs and ever make it home.

Hidden Adventure (November 2022)

The campers, desperate for food, work together to find a hidden stockpile and they must risk everything to uncover clues in search of its location, ultimately exposing previously unknown secrets of Isla Nublar.

Development & Production

According to series developer and consulting producer Zack Stentz, who also pitched the idea for the series to Universal Pictures, production on Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous began in April 2017. Scott Kreamer took over the premise and pilot script written by Stentz in June 2018. In 2019, a CGI-animated series set during the events of the 2015 film Jurassic World was announced to debut on Netflix. The series is a joint project between Netflix, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and DreamWorks Animation. Scott Kreamer and Aaron Hammersley serve as the showrunners and executive producers, along with Lane Lueras, Steven Spielberg, Colin Trevorrow, and Frank Marshall.

Spielberg emphasized that the series should not be a “kiddy version” of the Jurassic Park films. He wanted the young characters to face dangerous situations, similar to the films. Kreamer and Hammersley joined the project and shared Spielberg’s vision. Unlike the films where children are rescued by adults, the series focuses on the teenagers’ efforts to survive on their own. The crew watched Jurassic World multiple times to develop tie-ins between the film and the show.

The series features original music composed by Leo Birenberg, incorporating themes from the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World soundtracks composed by John Williams and Michael Giacchino, respectively.

The second season was released on January 22, 2021. Plans to have the character of Ben die in the first season’s finale were abandoned, and he survived to continue appearing in the series. The show’s second season provided the production crew with more creative freedom. The third season, released on May 21, 2021, focused on giving the kids their own agency and introducing new elements to the show. While there are no immediate plans to transfer the animated series into the live-action Jurassic World universe, the creators expressed openness to the idea.

A fourth season was released on December 3, 2021, featuring the return of the Spinosaurus and taking place on a previously unseen island in the Jurassic canon. The writers initially thought the inclusion of the B.R.A.Ds (robots) was unrealistic, but after watching a video by Boston Dynamics, they decided to incorporate them. The relationship between Kenji and Brooklynn was developed in a way that felt organic and made sense within the show.

The fifth and final season was released on July 21, 2022. A standalone interactive special titled Hidden Adventure was released on November 15, 2022.

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures

Toys and Merchandise

Mattel have produced a number of action figures, vehicles, and playsets for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. You can find Camp Cretaceous items at Entertainment Earth – but check eBay for items no longer in production!

Easter Eggs

Where To Watch

Jurassic World’s animated show is available to stream exclusively through Netflix. The first three seasons were released on DVD, and the show is also available to purchase through Amazon Prime and YouTube. Or check out some options below:

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