That Jurassic World Rebirth is the seventh film in a franchise started by Steven Spielberg should make at least one thing obvious. The film’s existence alone is a tribute to the iconic director. And while previous iterations have honored the filmmaker’s work in other ways, Rebirth takes things to a whole other level.

Jurassic World Rebirth is now playing in theaters, but two versions of the movie's ending were shot, and filmmaker Gareth Edwards has now detailed what might have been before the studio stepped

[Note: This article contains spoilers for Jurassic World Rebirth .]