In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Paleontology Is Still The Star

We talked to the movie’s paleontology consultant about the new ways they wanted to bring these magnificent dinosaurs to life.

The latest Jurassic World movie, “Jurassic World Rebirth,” is out today. The movie stars Scarlett Johansson (“The Avengers”) and Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”). Their characters make a dangerous journey to an island chock-full of dinosaurs to get their hands on some dino blood for a life-saving heart medicine. But unfortunately for them, and luckily for us, things do not go as planned.

SciFri producer Dee Peterschmidt saw the movie and has a behind-the-scenes look with the movie’s scientific consultant, paleontologist Steve Brusatte.

Guest: 
Dr. Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh.

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