In 2018, genetically engineered dinosaurs could roam around Costa Rica, thrashing everything in their path and fighting each other as they chase after Hollywood stars.

The follow-up episode to the popular Jurassic Park film franchise may move out of Isla Nublar to the mainland of Costa Rica, according to various reports published well ahead of the production schedule.

In an exclusive interview with respected tech news website Wired UK, Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow hinted that executive producer Steven Spielberg intends to expand the Jurassic Park universe with more films:

I know they’re going to want to make them, I know that Stephen definitely wants to make several of these movies, and I want to do my job in setting the table for something that can be rich and thoughtful and interesting. [It will not be] just a bunch of dinosaurs chasing people on an island. That’ll get old real fast.

In the Jurassic Park fictional universe created by the late author Michael Crichton, Costa Rica played a crucial geographical backdrop. Isla Nublar is where the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World research facilities and amusement park are located through a special concession trust granted by the government of Costa Rica. Mr. Crichton envisioned Isla Nublar off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica after researching Isla del Coco, also known as Cocos Island, and the Galapagos archipelago.

Actor B.D. Wong, who played Dr. Wu in the blockbuster Jurassic World, escaped to Costa Rica with dinosaur embryos. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, the shadowy firm InGen has a headquarters office in San Jose and research facilities in the Central Valley. Director Trevorrow has suggested that dinosaur cloning could be a new development in this fictional universe; as he was recently quoted by Entertainment Weekly:

What if this went open source? It’s almost like InGen is Mac, but what if PC gets their hand on it? What if there are 15 different entities around the world who can make a dinosaur?

Ironically, the Jurassic Park film franchise has been largely produced outside of Costa Rica, ostensibly due to other filming locations offering better tax advantages to filmmakers. There’s also the paleontological issue of Costa Rica not having hosted dinosaurs in her past, but she may have served as a bridge for them. Still, the massive box office success of Jurassic World has sparked plenty of tourism interest in our country.