MOVIE NEWS – The D-Rex is a nightmare hybrid with too many limbs, too many teeth, and maybe even a broken heart

No Jurassic movie would be complete without new dinosaurs—just as the beloved velociraptors reliably return in packs, there’s always a spotlight-stealing prehistoric beast. Last time, it was the deadly Indominus Rex causing havoc. This time, a new terror steps in: the even more horrifying mutant known as the Distortus Rex, or D-Rex for short. “Distortus” suggests something twisted and malformed—and that’s exactly what fans can expect. The teaser only flashes the creature briefly, saving the full horror for the big screen. What we do know: it’s a lab-made monster with more of everything—six limbs and a freakish amount of teeth.

The film’s creators offered a few cryptic hints in an interview with Empire. “The D-Rex is like if H.R. Giger designed a T-Rex that mated with a Rancor,” said director Gareth Edwards. (H.R. Giger was the Swiss artist behind Alien, and the Rancor is a hulking reptilian predator from Star Wars, known as Jabba the Hutt’s pet, originally from Dathomir but also found on nearby planets like Felucia, Tatooine, and Koboh.) “The D-Rex design came out so well, we couldn’t stop staring at it.”

David Vickery, a lead at Industrial Light & Magic, which handled the film’s visual effects, added that the D-Rex has a tragic quality because of its lab-born origins. “It’s as if a new creature was constructed around the T-Rex. Gareth wanted the audience not just to fear it, but to feel sorry for it—because its distorted form causes it pain it can’t escape.”

In Jurassic World: Rebirth, Scarlett Johansson’s character leads a team to a remote island ruled by dinosaurs in search of vital DNA samples for humanity’s survival. The D-Rex—and what else lurks there—wasn’t part of the plan.

Jurassic World: Rebirth opens in Hungarian theaters on July 2, 2025.

Source: UIP Dunafilm