A supposed brochure from "Jurassic World" has leaked on Reddit, and if true, it contains all sorts of fascinating details about the franchise's return.
Here's what we already knew. "Jurassic World" is set 22 years after the original "Jurassic Park," in a world where a massive theme park and resort have been built on Isla Nublar, which receives 20,000 visitors per day. It's got rides, shows, hotels, a golf course and, yes, living dinosaurs. Think "prehistoric-themed Disney World." The thing is, it's been around long enough now that the whole notion of seeing dinosaurs with your own eyes has become kind of ho-hum.
Attendance has started falling off, according to star Chris Pratt, who appears as a behavioral scientist studying velociraptors, so the suits who own the park send down a mandate to the geneticists. To get people excited about the park again, they want a bigger, badder, more dangerous dinosaur than anything Jurassic World has ever had. It starts with real dino DNA, but takes things to the next level with a little help from genetic engineering. As you'd expect, things go wonky with the new creature and hijinks of the eating-people-alive variety presumably ensue.
The leaked brochure prop provides many new details about what Jurassic World the park is like. Tech Times is not able to confirm the validity of the brochure, but it appears to be the real deal. It contains a list of attractions that includes the following animal exhibits:
- T-Rex Kingdom: a giant log you walk inside of to watch the T-Rex hunt and feed
- Gentle Giant's Petting Zoo: a place to pet and feed herbivores up close
- The Aviary: a caged area where pteranodons can safely viewed
- Jungle Trek: a safari ride through "Gallimimus Valley"
- Creation Lab: like the lab scene in the first movie, a viewing area to watch the scientists work
Rides include:
- The Scrambler: an egg-themed spinning ride
- Gyrosphere: a rolling ride that starts with an instructional video — from Jimmy Fallon, no less
- Cretaceous Cruise: a river-paddling canoe thing where you can see "over 100 species"
One imagines there are several shows at the park, but the only one listed on the brochure is the "Mosasaurus Feeding Show," which is exactly what it sounds like. Mosasaurus was a sort of giant proto-crocodile with flippers. Both the T-Rex Kingdom and Mosasaurus Feeding Show come with cheeky a warning that says, "May be disturbing for small children."
Visitors are also able to acquire a "Scanband" bracelet, which gives VIP access to every ride and attraction around the park. Coca-Cola, Samsung and Starbucks are listed as sponsors or vendors at Jurassic World (meaning they've paid for product placement in the movie), so the film's visitors will likely find at least one Starbucks cafe on the island. Because of course.
"Jurassic World" is sounding more exciting all the time, and it's encouraging to see how exhaustively filmmakers have thought out this fictional place. "Jurassic World," starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and directed by Colin Trevorrow, comes to theaters on June 12, 2015.
