Jurassic Park Legends Reunite: Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern Roar Back in Xfinity Super Bowl Ad
Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern reunite in a cheeky Xfinity Super Bowl spot that imagines a fully functional Jurassic Park, where bandwidth beats chaos theory and tech keeps the dinos in check—until it doesn’t.
Super Bowl week means two things: a football game and a barrage of big-budget mini-movies disguised as ads. This year, we get a nostalgia play that rewinds Jurassic Park and a couple of artsy commercials from the Bugonia duo Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone. Not mad at that lineup.
Xfinity brings Jurassic Park back online
Xfinity has dropped its big game spot, and the premise is simple but clever: what if the power in Jurassic Park came back on as fast as it went out? Instead of chaos, the park stays online and turns into a breezy, resort-style weekend where the original trio actually gets to enjoy the place.
Yes, they got the gang back together. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern reprise Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm, and Ellie Sattler, and the ad recreates some familiar moments with a sunnier twist. Taika Waititi directed it, and you can feel his wink-and-a-smile tone right away. The whole thing bops along to 'The Pina Colada Song,' because of course it does.
- Director: Taika Waititi
- Returning stars: Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern (digitally de-aged for the throwback look)
- Cameos via original film footage: Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Attenborough
- Concept: an Xfinity employee restores power instantly, the park never melts down, and our heroes hit theme-park rides instead of running for their lives
- Vibe check: heavy on the nostalgia, light on peril, and the de-aging is decent in spots but the uncanny valley still peeks through
- Soundtrack: 'The Pina Colada Song' setting the weekend mood
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone go noir for Squarespace
On the other side of the ad break, Yorgos Lanthimos is doing double duty. As recently reported, the Bugonia director is helming a couple of Super Bowl spots this year, including a Squarespace short starring his frequent collaborator Emma Stone. It is the pair's first big game ad together and marks Squarespace's 12th Super Bowl outing.
The Squarespace piece is titled 'Unavailable' and runs 30 seconds during the second half of Super Bowl LX. The company has already put out a 15-second teaser, with Stone leaning into a moody, film noir-ish performance. And because one ad apparently is not enough, Lanthimos also directed a spot for Grubhub for this year's broadcast.
So, between dinosaurs on vacation and Emma Stone doing noir, the in-game breaks might actually be worth keeping the volume up for.