David Robert Mitchell's upcoming science-fiction film, The End of Oak Street, is set to bring dinosaurs to the big screen in a unique setting when it arrives in theaters on August 14. Produced by J.J. Abrams, the movie stars Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as parents whose family finds their entire neighborhood, including homes and streets, suddenly displaced to the prehistoric era.
The premise involves a mysterious event that transports the suburban block back in time, with trailers hinting at strange lights and a spherical object as potential causes. While the exact mechanism of their temporal displacement remains unknown, one trailer uses The Flintstones theme song, while another pairs Billy Joel's "My Life" with scenes of characters in peril, suggesting a blend of action and intrigue rather than outright comedy.
This setting offers a distinct departure from the typical island locales of the Jurassic World franchise. The End of Oak Street promises to show dinosaurs interacting with suburban environments, with residents boarding up their homes for protection—scenarios not commonly explored in other dinosaur-centric films. The film also aims to build mystery around its core concept, exploring potential causes from alien technology to government experiments or even fantasy elements, though the focus is expected to remain on the dinosaur-related action.
The dinosaur lineup in The End of Oak Street includes confirmed species such as Allosaurus, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Garjainia, and Ankylosaurus, along with other unidentified species. This selection is notable for featuring several dinosaurs less common in the Jurassic series, and for the inclusion of scientifically accurate feather depictions on some of the creatures, a detail largely absent from recent Jurassic films.