Save the date! Jurassic World 3 coming in 2021

New York — Four months before Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom hits theatres, Universal Pictures has announced plans Wednesday for a third installment in the rebooted dinosaur franchise.

Universal says Jurassic World 3 will land in June 2021. The film is to be written by Emily Carmichael and Colin Trevorrow, the director of 2015's Jurassic World. Carmichael co-wrote the upcoming sci-fi adventure Pacific Rim Rising.

Jurassic World 3 will be released June 11, 2021. pic.twitter.com/9RLUWl13tZ

— Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) February 21, 2018

Jurassic World ranks among the biggest box-office hits. It launched with a $208.8m opening weekend and finished with $1.7bn worldwide in ticket sales.

Trevorrow and Steven Spielberg are executive producing each new Jurassic World film.

Directed by J.A. Bayona, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, opens on 22 June.