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[Demoncarnotaur]

Via THR:

Justice Smith, the star of Baz Lurhmann’s The Get Down, has joined Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s next Jurassic World film.

J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) is directing the project, which is in preproduction as it heads toward a spring start in England.
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Smith led the cast of Lurhmann’s stylish The Get Down, which followed a group of teens in 1970s Bronx. He played Ezekiel on the Netflix show. The actor also appeared in Paper Towns, Fox 2000’s adaptation of a John Green YA novel that starred Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne. Before Smith heads off for the Jurassic follow-up, he will star opposite Lucas Hedges in the off-Broadway play Yen, which is set to begin previews on Jan. 12 and open Jan. 30.

Variety reports he's playing a young scientist.

He will be joining Chris Pratt, and Bryce Dallas Howard. B.D. Wong is expected to return, and credible rumors suggest Jeff Goldblum will as well. Rafe Spall and Toby Jones are also joining the cast of the sequel, which is being directed by J.A. Bayona.

 

[Parallax]

a young scientist? damn, that doesnt bode well for dude.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

RIP

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Come on, this is Jurassic Park, not SyFy monster special.. he's not dying!

This is pretty exciting casting IMO, hopefully he'll bring some charisma to film in a way that works. Pretty sure he's playing 'Clint', who's a technician who gets roped into being hired by Masrani Global and hitting a field exercise against his own intuition.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I bet he TURNS into a dinosaur

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I bet he TURNS into a dinosaur

This isn't a Neill Blomkamp movie... yet.

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Possible Goldblum return... So this could be his son! You never know?!

 

[Jaeger]

Jeff is coming back? That's the big news I care about.