Sun. Apr 28th, 2024


Jurassic Park is returning to theaters in 3D to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary.

Per ComicBook, the dino-sized thrill ride is getting a 3D re-release in August 2023. For tickets and showtimes, visit Regal Movies’ website.

“Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg‘s ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park,” Regal Movies’ description of the re-release reads. “Featuring Academy Award-winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking that has been hailed as “a triumph of special effects artistry” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators. Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough, discover the breathtaking adventure you will want to experience again and again.”

Welcome (back) to Jurassic Park

Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park was released in June 1993. Directed by Spielberg, the film is widely beloved for its visual effects, sound design, musical score (courtesy of John Williams), and more.

Jurassic Park returned to theaters in 3D 2013 for the film’s 20th anniversary. The Jurassic Park 3D re-release saw the film’s worldwide box office pass above the $1 billion mark, making it the 17th film to ever do so.

Several sequels followed the original Jurassic Park, including 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 2001’s Jurassic Park III, 2015’s Jurassic World, 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and 2022’s Jurassic World Dominion. Additionally, a CGI-animated series titled Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous debuted on Netflix in 2020 and ran for five seasons.

Jurassic Park returns to theaters in 3D on August 25, 2023.

By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.