Holy fucking shit! Jonathan Bailey gets male lead in new “Jurassic” movie opposite Scarlett Johansson

[quote]The new movie will be a completely fresh take on a Jurassic era with Jurassic World castmembers Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard not expected to return, nor the original trilogy’s thespians Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Sam Neill. David Koepp penned the script.

I've only seen the first two films in the original trilogy, but if there is no Chris Pratt, I'll go see this.

I'll see it even if Chris Pratt is in it. Bailey is a great actor.

This is a casting decision that wouldn’t have been made even a couple of years ago. Especially since Bailey did such explicit love scenes in Fellow Travellers.

Nobody gives a shit about Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic Park. Anyone who goes to see those shitty movies doesn't pay attention to who's in it.

r3 things are changing and it's great. All of us on DL are old enough to remember when an openly gay actor in leading roles was impossible, and it wasn't even all that long ago.

Fresh? Sure…that’s the first word that comes to mind after Jurassic ….

Good for him. It's definitely not going to be any kind of brilliantly written character. He'll probably be playing a scientist with a kid or a scientist without a kid who pretends he doesn't like kids but secretly has a soft heart for some kid he finds himself responsible for protecting. For a movie series all about continuation of the species, the main characters are consistently asexual.

Hopefully at some point the dinosaurs will tear his clothes off

Johnny breaking the glass ceiling so to speak!! Love it.

the real stars are the dinosaurs.

[quote]Nobody gives a shit about Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic Park. Anyone who goes to see those shitty movies doesn't pay attention to who's in it.

Why are you so unhappy? When you are feeling down, do you make it a point to try to being everyone else as miserable as you?

[quote] Why are you so unhappy? When you are feeling down, do you make it a point to try to being everyone else as miserable as you?

Because it annoys you and that brings me pleasure.

No Chris Pratt, you say? I might actually go see a Jurassic movie again.

[quote]opposite Scarlett Johansson

Eugh, can she maybe not? Can't we get some exciting new ingenue instead? So tired of her mug.

OP - Both Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards are still in the business, and still have their SAG-AFTRA cards. Their parts won't be recast.

I only wish they'd quit making these sequels, and find another IP to rape.

[quote]This is a huuuuuuuuge deal for an openly gay actor. Maybe unprecedented?

Ahem.

Sure I got killed but in Gone Girl....but....

Was just about to create a thread about this. Another article:

r15 this is a big summer blockbuster monster movie. No relation to Gone Girl.

I've had a crush on him for years, before Bridgerton. Glad he is doing so well

Oh good, a Jurassic movie. I guess the horse's leg twitched a little? My god.

R15 I loved the sequel to that film:

Tyler Perry's "Girl, I Thought You Was Gone!"

R14, recasting the Jurassic Park kids wouldn’t be like replacing Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. The last Jurassic World movie proved that no one cares all that much about the characters anyway, even the ones played by Neill, Dern, and Goldblum.

Audiences definitely don’t care about Joseph Mazzello and the retired Ariana Richards.

R21 Only because A) The stories have gotten ludicrous and characters play little part in them anymore, and B) The property has gotten so old that many adult filmgoers today have never seen the original trilogy, or haven't seen it in decades.

The original message of the novel/film has long since gotten lost. It's no longer a morality tale about the limits of scientific engineering and the arrogance of achievement. Now it's about...hippie kids saving some cuddly dinosaurs while running shitless from other dinosaurs who aren't as cuddly. And some of the dinosaurs are teachable, but others (even of the same species) are vicious killers. Oh, and now there are freakish chimera dinosaurs, because apparently, they couldn't bring back one of the hundreds of perfectly vicious real-life dinosaurs.

They should do a "back to basics" Jurassic movie. The lore's gotten out of hand now, those dinosaurs are about to set up their own society at this point.

Nah, they should let the franchise rest and WRITE A NEW MOVIE.

Seriously, does anyone in that shit-water berg write any original material anymore? Everything is a sequel, a prequel, a reboot, a tie-in. Lazy fucking writers, and lazy fucking customers.

The rumour is that Colman Domingo is up for the villain role in the film so that would be two gay leads.

[quote]Both Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards are still in the business, and still have their SAG-AFTRA cards. Their parts won't be recast.

Sure, Jan

They'll round out the rest of the cast with minorities and /or foreigners, but they'll all get eaten so it's okay.

Big gay payday

[quote]Because it annoys you and that brings me pleasure.

I prefer masturbation if I want to bring myself pleasure.

Oh, PLEASE. Nobody gives a shit that he's gay, OP. Except the people who want to fuck him through their computer monitors.

Playing the romantic lead against a gay man? I'm sure Scarlett will be pulling from personal experience when acting.

Who is the audience for this? I would expect Scarlett to back out. Jonathan Bailey is not A list. He's some TV actor, and not a very good one.

Isn’t Joseph Mazzello gay? He’s part of Team Podwall. He’s in love with Ben Hardy and keeps a cardboard cutout of him.

[quote]I would expect Scarlett to back out

$$$$$$$$$$

R32, he's a better actor than Scarlett. Or Chris Pratt

R30, people care. That's why Hollywood is reluctant to cast out actors in romantic leads

[quote]He’s in love with Ben Hardy and keeps a cardboard cutout of him.

Seems like that would make anal sex uncomfortable.

It’s pretty significant when you consider Bailey’s FT costar Matt Bomer has never been offered roles this big in movies, and he’s just ten years older. This type of decision wouldn’t have even been made five years ago, They even preferred to cast gay movies like Call Me By Your Name with straight actors.

IIRC there was an article about Bailey’s casting in Wicked and someone said that even though it was a big tentpole movie, he was “allowed” to be cast because the genre and subject matter were already pretty faggy (paraphrasing.) The same can’t be said for this.

Wow. This is awesome. And he’d be perfect casting for adult Timmy.

Jonathan Bailey actually looks more like young Joseph Mazzello than Joseph Mazzello looks right now

I don't know who he is, but he's very cute!

What are they supposed to do- bump pussies?!

This might actually get me to see it in the theaters

[quote]This is a huuuuuuuuge deal for an openly gay actor.

To star in a failed franchise? Great, now the gay actor will get blamed when it flops like the last one.

[quote]people care. That's why Hollywood is reluctant to cast out actors in romantic leads

Wrong. Gays are cast in everything now. No one cares except you who's still living in the 1980s.

R45, no one might have liked the last Jurassic World movie, but it didn't flop. It still crossed the billion dollar mark at the global box office, even though it was more about locusts and cloned kids than actual dinosaurs.

R46, no, out gays are not generally cast as romantic leads in big budget films. Why would that be the case if "no one cares"

You must be living in a cave if you don't realize that.

DEADLINE: "Bailey has strong ties with Universal as he is set to appear in its anticipated Wicked adaptation. The studio is high on the project after making it the big reveal during its CinemaCon presentation, and sources say they were high on his performance following the shoot."

Oppenheimer and Wicked are Donna Langley's babies. She's said to be ecstatic with the Wicked movies, so it's not a surprise that he's getting more prime roles with Universal. There's already some Oscar buzz for him in Wicked.

He looks like an elf.

Donna Langley also greenlit Bros, which I know everyone here love to hate, but which was a very big leap forward for a major studio to release.

Jonathan Bailey wouldn’t probably have been considered for this role if he didn’t look like an elf

Everyone remembers what Joseph Mazzello looked like in Jurassic Park, even if they can’t even remember his name

But they remember his big ears

They needed someone with big ears or the audience wouldn’t believe it’s grown up Tim

[quote] He looks like an elf.

Jurassic Park meets Santa's Village

Does he have a boyfriend?

Yeah, being gay is no big deal in Hollywood anymore. Go talk to Leonardo Dicaprio, Bradley Cooper and Chris Pine.

Given the (still) ongoing obsession with IP resurrection and role reprising, it would seem a bit odd and kind of a slap in the face for Joseph and Ariana if Tim and Lex are recast. But it does make some sense.

[quote] There's already some Oscar buzz for him in Wicked.

No there isn't.

Wicked Jonathan Bailey

[quote]it would seem a bit odd and kind of a slap in the face for Joseph and Ariana if Tim and Lex are recast.

…I tend not to have too much faith in the moviegoing public but I think other than a handful of autistic fanboys, the public is willing to accept the reality of show businesses and the necessity of casting stars in blockbuster movies instead of former child actors who haven’t done anything special in thirty years.

Are we supposed to know who that is?

R60, he was in Bridgerton and Fellow Travelers and is in the upcoming movie Wicked.

You really don't know who he is?

Jonathan is helping to replant coral in Maldives. He is so natural in the water and swims like a Mermaid. Look at him swim with sharks, sea turtles and eels. He's very athletic.

Looks like Jonathan is fucking this 20 year old.

I'm pretty sure she will steal the role away from him in the last minute

R63, don't be a dick.

He has the same mouth as Chris Evans these days

r63 leider nein, a lot of people have that shirt.

R48, no one said he was playing the romantic lead.

Not two, but three wore the sparkly blue shirt.

R67, I'm aware. Thank you.

[quote] He has the same mouth as Chris Evans these days

Cum-stained with chafed lips?

You can't look at these pictures and tell me that he's not perfect to play James Bond. Just look at the video on the second slide. Jonathan is the new Cary Grant.