Briefly: This is some awesome news.

J.A. Bayona directed two of the most original, memorable, and underwatched films of their release years, 2007’s The Orphanage and 2012’s The Impossible (the star of which is our new Spider-Man).

Now, he’s about to make Universal Pictures a lot of money by directing the follow-up to Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World.

The announcement comes via Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall earlier today.

Bayona is currently working on the Liam Neeson / Sigourney Weaver flick A Monster Calls.

Jurassic World 2 just got a lot more exciting, didn’t it? The film hits theatres on June 22nd, 2018!

Briefly: The World War Z sequel just got a lot more interesting.

The Orphanage and The Impossible (both fantastic, fantastic films) director J.A Bayona has just signed on to helm Paramount’s yet untitled World War Z sequel. No information about the sequel has been announced at this point, as the film is still in search of a writer, but we do know that Brad Pitt will again produce the film (no word on whether or not he’ll also act in it).

World War Z was a major surprise for me when it released earlier this year. I was a big fan of the (very, very different) novel, and thought that the film looked like absolute crap right from the very first trailer (plot wise, and that wave of zombies looked like something out of an early PS2 game, among other things). When I finally got around to seeing it however, I actually really enjoyed it (Not as an adaptation, but simply as a film… its only similarities to the book were the title and character’s name). In any case, the HonestTrailer for the film was pretty spot on:

Are you looking forward to the sequel? What did you think of the first film? Sound out below!

Source: THR