Today, courteousy of Entertainment Weekly, we got our first look at Season 5 of Camp Cretaceous – which is confirmed to be the final season of the Jurassic World animated show on Netflix, releasing on July the 21st.
“The arrival of Kenji’s father, Mr. Kon, renews hope of a rescue for the campers. But as the nefarious plans of Mantah Corp. come into focus and one of the Camp Fam turns on their own, the others must band together if they want to save the dinosaurs and ever make it home.”
The biggest reveal is the return of the Barbasol Canister from Jurassic Park – the cryo-can which Dennis Nedry had used to attempt to extract embryos from Isla Nublar in the original Jurassic Park. In the 1993 film, Nedry is working for Lewis Dodgson and the shady company BioSyn – who both return in Jurassic World Dominion. The return of the can here cannot be a coincidence – so we would bet that this is the much-teased direct connection to Jurassic World Dominion which the producers of the show have been teasing for some time.
The trailer doubles down on some of the elements we became familiar with at the end of Season 4 – featuring the Dilophosaurus in a full return, alongside the virtually augmented biomes we have come to know in past seasons. Interestingly, Mantah Corp also appear to be moving the dinosaurs (including a Carnotaurus and a Spinosaurus) off of the island and to a new facility – somewhere which we would bet is owned by BioSyn or another company. Recent teasers from Dominion itself have shown a Carnotaurus which is very similar to Toro from earlier seasons of the show, so we are willing to be the threads of the story are finally connecting in interesting new ways.
It is also worth noting that one sequence shows us the return of Hawkes – a character who was last seen with Doctor Henry Wu. We are assuming that Henry has departed for BioSyn after the events of Lockwood Manor – so it could be possible Hawkes now works for them too, unless both he and Mills were employed by Dodgson to begin with. There is definitely a lot of overlap in characters here – so this opens us up to really get some interesting new storytelling either pre or post Fallen Kingdom.
The series looks set to bring an exciting mix of dinosaur action for the finale, with the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Pteranodons also teased to feature in action sequences in the season. If this is the finale, then we would expect Chaos to take root throughout this season – and we cannot wait to see what other action set pieces we may get. Bear in mind we are still before the timeline of Jurassic World Dominion here – so we are excited to see how the events which unfold in this season lay the road for the climatic events which we will see in the upcoming sequel.
It’s safe to say this trailer leaves a lot of questions. Where did the Barbasol Can come from? Where are these dinosaurs being moved to? How will BioSyn factor into the finale? We can’t wait to see how these questions, and more, are answered on July the 21st.
Stay tuned to The Jurassic Park Podcast for more news on Camp Cretaceous Season 5 as soon as we have it.
Written by: Tom Jurassic