‘Jurassic World’ Animated Series ‘Camp Cretaceous’ Stomping Onto Netflix
Get Mr. DNA on the phone, becauseJurassic Worldis about to get animated.Camp Cretaceousis an upcomingJurassic Worldanimated series headed to Netflix, following six teenagers on an adventure on Isla Nublar, aka the home of Jurassic Park and later Jurassic World. I’m guessing that these teens will find themselves on a dino menu faster than you can say “Hold onto your butts.”
TheJurassicfranchise has gone off in a strange direction over the last few years. Some would argue that this probably should’ve never been a franchise to begin with (seriously people, juststopgoing to the damn island). And now we have a whole newJurassic Worldanimated series to look forward to.Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceousis headed to Netflix next year, from DreamWorks Animation. The series is set in the same timeline as 2015’sJurassic World, which means animated Bryce Dallas Howard might be running around in animated high heels somewhere. Here’s the synopsis:
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar. But when dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island, the campers are stranded. Unable to reach the outside world, they’ll need to go from strangers to friends to family if they’re going to survive.
I’ll confess I have very little interest in this, but it’s clearly something aimed at younger viewers – and that’s fine. But can a fully animatedJurassicproject work? Part of the excitement of the films – at least the firstJurassic Park– was the magic of seeing real-life humans interact with realistic-looking dinosaurs. If everything is animated, where’s the wonder? That said, the art on the poster above is stylish, and if that reflects how the show itself will look, things might turn out well.
WillJurassic Worldactors provide voice cameos in the series? It’s a distinct possibility, especially if it’s built into their contracts. At the very least, they should find a way to work Jeff Goldblum and his very distinct voice in there somewhere
There’s no official date locked down for the show yet, but we’ll see it sometime in 2020.Jurassic World 3opens July 27, 2025.
