The 25^th anniversary of the Spielberg classic Jurassic Park will be celebrated at this year’s Comic Con event, held from the 25-27^th May, in London; and the Smart Arts Gallery will be releasing a special edition collectible coin, licensed by Universal Studios to mark the occasion. The coin will be limited to 9,995 worldwide so is set to be a real collector’s item. It will be available to purchase for £10 at the show, at the Smart Arts Gallery Stand, which will be located in the South Hall at stand 2318. 

The Jurassic Park franchise, is a famous collection of movies, centered on the tale of a disastrous attempt to create a theme park comprising of cloned dinosaurs. The dinosaurs escape from their confinements and cause havoc by terrorizing the human inhabitants of the park. The rights to the novel, written by Michael Crichton were purchased by Universal Studios in 1990, before it was even published and the first two movies were based on it. Universal Studios had to bid against other film powerhouses such as Warner Bros., Columbia and 20^th Century Fox, to win the rights to turn the novel into a movie. The belief in the novel and its potential has been justified with Jurassic World setting records at the global box office. 

The franchise is so popular it has seen many things such as video games, casino games, toys and even theme park rides based upon the Jurassic Park theme. Jurassic Park video games can be found for almost every console out there, and there have already been two slots games produced; Jurassic Park and Jurassic World can be played on many sites and provide a truly great experience for players. PartyCasino offers these slots among others and shows the high caliber of sites, which have seen the increasing popularity of the Jurassic Park theme games..

Furthermore, it has been recently announced that the iconic Jurassic Park ride at the Universal Studios theme park, located in Hollywood is to be closed. However, a new ride is set to open in 2019. The new experience will be called ‘Jurassic World ride’ and it will be a very technologically advanced adventure. The new ride will not just pull inspiration from the original movie that started the franchise but will encapsulate the franchise as a whole.  A 25^th anniversary celebration is also taking place at Universal Studios from the 11^th to the 13^th May. 

The fifth film in the legendary Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom is due to be released on the 22nd of June this year. There have being several exciting rumours circulating in advance of the film’s release, including whispers of fan favourite Ian Malcolm almost being cut. The movie is tipped to be one of the biggest releases of the year, after the 2015 instalment of the franchise, Jurassic World, was the second biggest of the year and grossed 1.67 billion at the box office. The sixth instalment and the third in the Jurassic World trilogy is also already in the works and has been scheduled for release in 2021.