Jurassic World LEGO Provides First Look at Film's D-Rex and More

Collider

JURASSIC WORLD LEGO Provides First Look at the Film's Genetically Engineered D-Rex and More [Updated]

By Matt Goldberg

Published Nov 17, 2014

Leaked images of the upcoming Jurassic World LEGO sets provide a first look at the film's D-Rex and other genetically modified dinosaurs.

First, let us have a moment of celebration that there will be Jurassic World LEGO (fun side-note: it also means Chris Pratt will be tied to three LEGO lines). Second, toys (as they usually do) provide a first look at what the film has to offer (which is why there was no dancing Groot toy available when the movie was released; James Gunn wanted to keep it a secret), and now images have leaked for what could be the main dino antagonist of Jurassic World. The "Diabolus Rex" aka "D-Rex", has white skin, red eyes, and is made from the DNA of a Tyrannosaurus Rex mixed with a Velociraptor, a snake, and a cuttlefish. I'm not exactly sure what cuttlefish adds to the mix. One of its predators is a dolphin. You can't be threatening if you can be taken down by a dolphin.

Hit the jump to check out the LEGO images and to learn more about what director Colin Trevorrow is planning. The film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D’Onofrio, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Judy Greer, and Omar Sy. Jurassic World opens June 12, 2015. [Update: We've been asked by Universal to remove the unofficial LEGO images.]

Earlier this year, Trevorrow talked about the dinosaurs, and how it was "the natural evolution of the technology introduced in the first film":

We were hoping audiences could discover this on their own, but yes, there will be one new dinosaur created by the park’s geneticists. The gaps in her sequence were filled with DNA from other species, much like the genome in the first film was completed with frog DNA. This creation exists to fulfill a corporate mandate—they want something bigger, louder, with more teeth. And that’s what they get.

I know the idea of a modified dinosaur put a lot of fans on red alert, and I understand it. But we aren’t doing anything here that Crichton didn’t suggest in his novels. This animal is not a mutant freak. It doesn’t have a snake’s head or octopus tentacles. It’s a dinosaur, created in the same way the others were, but now the genetics have gone to the next level. For me, it’s a natural evolution of the technology introduced in the first film. Maybe it sounds crazy, but most of my favorite movies sound crazy when you describe them in a single sentence.