'The Hunger Games' Toby Jones and 'Life Of Pi's Rafe Spall are currently in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Jurassic World 2 from Universal Pictures. According to Variety, sources close to the production claim that two more 'key roles' are currently undergoing auditions for the film. However, they wish to solidify the aforementioned ones before proceeding further with casting choices.
The film, to be directed by 'The Impossible''s Juan Antonio Bayona, and produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment.
The film will also see the return of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard from the original.
Plot and character details for Jurassic World 2 are not known, as of this writing. Jones can be seen in the upcoming fourth series of BBC's Sherlock, while Spall will be appearing in the third series of Netflix's Black Mirror.
Commenting on what the sequel could be like, Jurassic World's director and co-screenwriter, Colin Trevorrow, said that he wasn't looking to go bigger or more action packed.
In fact, he wanted to go in a more suspenseful direction with the project, which he will help executive produce alongside Spielberg. Frank Marshall, Pat Browley and Belen Atienza will handle producing. On Jurassic Outpost, Trevorrow said that, "It will be more suspenseful and scary. It's just the way it's designed; it's the way the story plays out.
I knew I wanted (J.A.) Bayona to direct it long before anyone ever heard that was a possibility, so the whole thing was built around his skill set."
Jurassic World was the most financially successful film of the series, and the fourth most financially successful film of all time.
The first Jurassic World, the fourth film in the Jurassic Park franchise, was released on June 12 2016.
It was the first new film based on the Michael Crichton property since Jurassic Park III in 2001, and the second not to be based directly on one of Critchon's original novels. Jurassic World eventually grossed $1.67 billion worldwide, making $652 million domestically with a record breaking opening weekend.
Jurassic World 2 is set to debut in theatres June 8, 2018.