'Jurassic World 2' set for 2018

Universal has announced that a sequel to Jurassic World will be released on Friday, June 22, 2018.

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will return to star. Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, who did a rewrite on World,will write the script for the sequel.

Steven Spielberg will return to executive produce and Frank Marshall returns to produce. Trevorrow will also be an executive producer on the Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment sequel.

Jurassic World, which opened in theaters in June, has one of the biggest successes in the history of Universal. It is now the No. 3 domestic release of all time with $614.3 million. It's broken a slew of records, and has earned $1.5 billion worldwide to date.

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