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BIG MOVIE: Will the Opening Scene in JURASSIC WORLD 3 Be Of Dinosaurs in Vancouver Island’s Old-Growth Forest?

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Will the opening scene in Jurassic World 3 be of dinosaurs in the old growth forest of Vancouver Island? The dinosaurs are off Isla Nublar in the next movie and out in the world.

Jurassic World 3 shot what is said to be its opening scene today in Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island.

Here’s an arial view of Cathedral Grove — a forest of giant trees with the largest over 800 years old and many over 300 years old.

Filming notice at Cathedral Grove.

I found a drone camera crew filming near the Cameron River and in a clearing along the Cathedral Grove trail.

Crew in the woods.

Closer look at drone camera crew.

Neesha images.

Some natural set dressing.

Cameron River.

Giant trees.

Jurassic World 3 starts filming with cast next week in Merritt, B.C.

Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isabella Sermon, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Mamoudou Athie, DeWanda Wise, Dichen Lachman, Emily Carmichael, B.D. Wong.

Related: Jurassic World 3 With Chris Pratt To Film Partly in British Columbia This Winter.

BC Unit: February 24th – March 6th, 2020.

Working Title: Arcadia.

Related: Want to be Dinosaur Chow? Jurassic World 3 with Chris Pratt to Film Partly in Merritt

Jurassic World 3, directed by Colin Trevorrow, will shoot for about 100 days all over the world.

World filming dates: February 24th – July 2020.

Synopsis:

When young Maisie (Isabella Sermon) is abducted by dino-poachers, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) set out to find and rescue her, with their journey taking them to a dinosaur habitat operated by a global corporation with a possibly sinister agenda… that’s even now being investigated by Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern).

Related: Chris Pratt Says Original Jurassic Park Trio Coming Back for Jurassic World 3

Chris Pratt confirmed on The Ellen Show that  the original trio from Jurassic Park are coming back — Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.

Sam Neill is all in.

The bulk of filming will take place in the UK’s Pinewood Studios with other on-location shoots expected in Hawaii and Malta, so far.

Jurassic World starring Chris Pratt grossed $1.67 billion worldwide and is the sixth-highest-grossing film in history.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom starring Chris Pratt grossed $1.3 billion worldwide.

All together the five Jurassic films have grossed over $5 billion worldwide.

Jurassic World 3 is in theatres June 11th, 2021.

Souces: Reel Hawaii, Deadline: Hollywood, BC Production List, Production Weekly.