Peacock’s new family mystery thriller “Apples Never Fall” premieres this week on the streaming service, and it’s yet another adaptation of popular writer Liane Moriarty’s melodramatic works; her famous books are known as the source material for “Big Little Lies,” “Nine Perfect Strangers” and more. The series follows a seemingly happy family on a tumultuous journey to uncover the truth about the disappearance of its matriarch.

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“Jurassic World: Dominion” hit theaters this summer as a culmination of sorts for the franchise. For one, it marked an end to the trilogy Colin Trevorrow oversaw since 2015’s “Jurassic World.” But it also brought together “Jurassic Park” characters of old like Sam Neill‘s Alan Grant, Laura Dern‘s Ellie Sattler, and fan-favorite Jeff Goldblum‘s Ian Malcolm to tie up loose ends.

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Since 1993 when Steven Speilberg released his film “Jurassic Park,” fans have swarmed to the movie. It’s an action film, it’s a comedic film, it’s a science fiction film, but above all else, it’s a nearly perfect film. From the story to the tone and pacing to the actors and camera work, there are almost too many reasons to love it. This is probably why Hollywood went on to make five more ‘Jurassic’ films.    

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Just over two months after its box-office release, “Jurassic World: Dominion” is available for you to take home on 4K, Blu-ray, and Digital, but I wouldn’t run out to purchase it just yet.

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On this episode of the Deep Focus podcast, host and Playlist Editor-In-Chief Rodrigo Perez talks to writer/director Colin Trevorrow & writer Emily Carmichael (“Pacific Rim: Uprising”) about “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which is the sixth and potentially final chapter in the dino-action series that began with Steven Spielberg’s beloved, “Jurassic Park.”

“Jurassic World: Dominion” picks up four years after the events of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” in which Isla Nublar was destroyed in a volcanic explosion.

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Colin Trevorrow’s return to the director’s chair for the (alleged) final installment of the ‘Jurassic’ saga opens with a fake NowThis video. The zippy edit splices together footage from what Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm dubbed the emerging “neo-Jurassic age” at the close of the prior film as humans coexist uneasily with escaped dinosaurs. This prologue works well as a convenient “previously on ‘Jurassic World’” memory jog for those who forgot to look at the Wikipedia plot summary for “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” And thanks to a news anchor’s commentary, it also establishes some real ideas for the film to explore surrounding ecological and genetic responsibility for people, corporations, and governments alike.

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While we’ve already hit some massive blockbuster tent poles for the summer season with superhero releases such as “Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness” and the Memorial Day showstopper “Top Gun: Maverick,” summer starts to hit its stride with June’s lineup of eclectic releases. Right off the bat, we’ve got heavy hitters such as the latest from Andrew Ahn and the buzzed-about David Cronenberg film, “Crimes of the Future” which just premiered at Cannes.

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It’s Memorial Day Weekend in the U.S., and you know what that means— Summer Movie Season is upon us. Kicking off the first true summer of film since 2019, we have Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick.” But the highly anticipated sequel is far from the only major blockbuster getting released over the next three months. And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we go through the major films being released this summer to preview the highs and lows of what should be an interesting season.

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In 1993, Steven Spielberg‘s jaw-dropping dinosaur adventure film “Jurassic Park” changed the landscape of the film industry as it ushered-in major advancements in CGI, leading to the slow death of the demand for practical effects. The film’s behemoth success inspired studios to focus on effects-heavy blockbusters and it also arguably helped to push George Lucas to return to the “Star Wars” universe with new VFX toys to realize the vision of his prequels.

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After handing the directing reigns over to J.A. Bayona on “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” Colin Trevorrow returns with the latest sequel, “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which bows on June 10. The marketing has claimed the next pic will be the “end of the Jurassic era” but it’s unlikely they’ll stop here entirely. The dinosaurs are now on the mainland and growing in numbers, and longtime producer Frank Marshall has indicated they will keep the franchise going beyond “Dominion”

A new trailer (see below) has been released by Universal and reveals that Chris Pratt‘s Owen is looking to save Blue’s baby, the beloved raptor that Pratt’s character raised since it was a hatchling.

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Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment weren’t supposed to drop the official trailer to “Jurassic World: Dominion” until Superbowl Sunday but plans change and the trailer is here. What do we know about this third film in the trilogy, well, it’s the final one for these characters and writer/director/producer Colin Trevorrow who has overseen them all.

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Here’s the very long official synopsis:

This summer, experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time.

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On paper, you would assume “Jurassic World: Dominion” would be the end of the franchise. Not only is it supposed to end the ‘World’ trilogy, but it also brings back all three of the main characters from the original “Jurassic Park” in an “Avengers: Endgame”-esque culmination. But this is 2022, and you know full well that the ‘Jurassic’ franchise isn’t going away anytime soon.

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Putting together the 100 Most Anticipated Films list is a beast in any year. Still, in the new accelerated age of streaming with HBO Max, Apple TV+, Amazon, Netflix, and all the new players popping up every single day, it seems, the task becomes more and more daunting and nearly impossible (we could have easily gone to 200 this year).

So we’re post-COVID, but oops, not-yet post-COVID, but somehow movies have survived, even if the theatrical market becomes a more challenging and riskier gambit.

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We are still half a year away from seeing the seemingly final installment of the “Jurassic World” franchise, titled “Jurassic World Dominion.” But to keep fans interested, Universal has gone ahead and released a special 5-minute prologue for the film featuring tons of dinosaur action.

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As seen in the prologue, directed by Colin Trevorrow, the footage takes viewers back 65 million years to when the dinosaurs freely roamed Earth.

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Several years ago, Colin Trevorrow was signed by Lucasfilm to write and direct ‘Episode IX’ of the “Star Wars” Skywalker Saga. The film was poised to be the finale of the previous eight films that were released by Lucasfilm dating back to the original feature from 1977. Unfortunately for Trevorrow, he didn’t stick around to write and direct the feature (though fans did seem to enjoy his leaked plans for the film).

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Next year, “Jurassic World: Dominion” is set to be released worldwide and act as the end of the second trilogy of ‘Jurassic Park’ films. And it also marks the return of Colin Trevorrow to the director’s chair after letting J.A. Bayona take over for ‘Fallen Kingdom.’ This sort of director changeover, where the middle chapter is helmed by someone different, might bring to mind another recent trilogy over in the “Star Wars” franchise.

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The theatrical moviegoing industry is all but over for 2020, “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Soul” still have theatrical release dates, but the botched COVID-19 response has essentially killed moviegoing as we know it—at least for 2020. But there’s a further cause and effect that is the domino-effect pile-up of releases crashing into 2021 and 2022 because of the 2020 delays. So, a film that could potentially be perfectly ready for summer 2021 is delaying by a year.

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“Jurassic World: Dominion,” the forthcoming sequel in the billion-dollar film franchise, is one of the first blockbusters to go back into production after being shut down for several months due to COVID-19. However, being the first also means the production will be under added scrutiny from the public, as Universal and the cast and crew implement new safety procedures to prevent the virus from infecting anyone. And it appears ‘Dominion’ has encountered its first speed bump since restarting.

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Now that the industry is beginning to start filming blockbusters again, news of the many stringent precautions being taken by studios in the face of the global pandemic. One such blockbuster is “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which is back in production in London, with an extra $9 million for safety protocols added to the budget by Universal.

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An article on The New York Times explains how the safety protocols are affecting production, including a safety manual over 100 pages long, and including actors in the preparations before shooting.

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While the rest of the industry begins to start filming on blockbusters, yet again, Universal has already got the ball rolling on Colin Trevorrow’s highly-anticipated sequel, “Jurassic World: Dominion.” Though the US is still dealing with spiking COVID-19 numbers and plenty of uncertainty, ‘Dominion’ seems to be moving ahead in the UK with the cast and crew all back at work. And according to one actor on set, Universal is making sure all safety precautions are being taken with the help of a novella-sized book of protocols.

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Did you know on the set of “The Mandalorian” they referred to The Child (or Baby Yoda as fans have christened) as “Baby?” That was one of the biggest revelations to at least this writer when Bryce Dallas Howard joined the latest episode of the Four Quadrant podcast. Howard was a guest not only to discuss her experiences directing an episode of both the first and upcoming second season of Disney Plus’ monster hit but her feature documentary debut, “Dads.”

READ MORE: Jon Favreau says “The Mandalorian” season 2 is still on track for October

Acquired by Apple TV+ after debuting at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, “Dads” premiered on the streaming service appropriately on Father’s Day.

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When “Jurassic World” revived the Jurassic franchise and finally opened the part, it signaled the start of a trilogy, one that many assumed would end with Colin Trevorrow‘s “Jurassic World: Dominion” wrapping up the entire franchise. After all, the movie is bringing together the new cast with the likes of Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, signaling a crucial point in the story that brings the entire cast for one last adventure.

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Turns out not even Bruce Wayne can escape the coronavirus. After Disney shut down production on a number of big movies, Warner Bros. has decided to shut down production on Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” for two weeks starting today. This is the latest in a series of blockbusters that are pausing production in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which reports that Warner Bros.

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The highly-anticipated trilogy-ending “Jurassic World 3” has just begun production. And to commemorate the occasion, director Colin Trevorrow decided to be a little sneaky and unveil the new title for the film, “Jurassic World: Dominion.”

In a tweet, Trevorrow took a page out of Matt Reeves’ playbook and announced the kickoff to production on the third ‘Jurassic World’ film with a picture of the slate.

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