Steven Spielberg officially confirmed that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow will be returning to the franchise, helming the third Jurassic World installment.

Steven Spielberg made it official today that @colintrevorrow is coming back to the #JurassicWorld franchise, directing the third installment https://t.co/DXalro3O9u

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 30, 2018

Trevorrow was entrusted to reboot the original 1990’s classic Jurassic Park into Jurassic World in 2015, which resulted as the fourth-highest grossing title of all-time with $1.67 billion at the global box office. The filmmaker recently resigned his directing duties on Star Wars: Episode IX, which has since been taken over by J.J. Abrams.

Trevorrow is currently a writer and producer on the franchise’s upcoming sequel  Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which is scheduled to release June 22, directed by J.A. Bayona.

Jurassic World 3 is set to open on June 11, 2021. Trevorrow will be writing the script with Emily Carmichael and Executive Producing alongside Spielberg. Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley are producing.

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Source: Deadline