Steven Spielberg Produced a Dinosaur Series for Netflix

Steven Spielberg revolutionized how we see dinosaurs with his film Jurassic Park, and its continued success over the last three decades has cemented that impact. Now, he’s created his first TV series focusing on dinosaurs – not the recreated creatures from the movies, but the actual animals that lived millions of years ago.

Because real dinosaurs no longer exist, the new show relies on visual effects created by Industrial Light and Magic – the same company that famously brought the dinosaurs to life in the original Jurassic Park. Called The Dinosaurs, the show comes from the team behind Amblin’s Life on Our Planet and is narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Check out the new trailer! If you look closely, you might notice a few nods to the original Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

It’s amazing how far technology has come! Just over thirty years ago, computer-generated dinosaurs weren’t possible. Now, we can create incredibly realistic dinosaurs with technology that’s so convincing, it can be used to make documentaries that look like real nature films.

There’s a new poster for the series as well.

Here is the series’ official synopsis:

Join us for The Dinosaurs, a spectacular documentary series that takes you back to the age of these incredible creatures. Created by the team behind the acclaimed series Life on Our Planet and executive produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Documentaries, this series charts the dinosaurs’ story over hundreds of millions of years. The series is narrated by Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman.

The new Netflix show, The Dinosaurs, will begin streaming on March 6th. It’s made up of four hour-long episodes.

The 10 Worst Netflix Movies of the Last 10 Years (2016-2025)

10. Heart of Stone (2023)

The movie Heart of Stone starts with a promising idea: a seemingly inexperienced computer expert on a spy team is secretly a highly skilled agent, like James Bond. To really make this work, you need an actor who can play a timid, unassuming character and then convincingly transform into an action hero – similar to how Bob Odenkirk was used in Nobody. Unfortunately, the filmmakers cast Gal Gadot, known for her strong, heroic roles. About 40 minutes into the film, this central, clever idea is abandoned, and Heart of Stone becomes a standard action movie about artificial intelligence. It covers similar ground to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, but lacks Tom Cruise’s energy and doesn’t offer any interesting thoughts on the use of digital versus practical effects. The film’s central AI, “The Heart,” is portrayed as simply a force for good, and the action sequences are mostly uninspired CGI.

9. Lift (2024)

At this point, people like to make easy jokes about how bad Netflix movies feel like they were extruded from some data port by a malfunctioning AI, but Kevin Hart’s downmarket Ocean’s 11 knockoff Lift really seemed like it was assembled from a checklist of things all Netflix blockbusters must possess, including…

A generic title of no more than three words.
Bland digital photography without style or panache.
Big-name stars who are not too big to take a low-effort, high-salary paycheck.
A plot that involves a bunch of international locations in countries where Netflix sells subscriptions.
At least one sequence where they clearly never went to said international location and shot the entire thing on an obvious green screen instead.

8. Trigger Warning (2024)

The movie Trigger Warning features Jessica Alba as a skilled CIA agent who uncovers a conspiracy involving a mine and a crooked senator when she goes back to her hometown. It’s one of those low-budget thrillers that seems to end up on Netflix because people who watched something similar might stumble upon it. However, even if you liked Rebel Ridge, this isn’t a movie you’ll want to watch.

7. Red Notice (2021)

At the time of its release, Red Notice was Netflix’s most expensive movie, starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot in a hunt for a mysterious artifact. Despite the stars’ charisma, the script failed to give them any memorable lines or interesting character moments. One scene, set during a bullfight, is particularly jarring – it’s visually unappealing and clearly fake. It doesn’t even appear that Reynolds and Johnson were filmed together in the same location, and it certainly wasn’t shot in a real bullfighting arena with a live bull.

6. Your Place or Mine (2023)

This movie feels like the idea stopped as soon as Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher agreed to star. Witherspoon plays a character who travels across the country for a one-week accounting class – which seems strange considering options like local classes or online learning aren’t explored. When her babysitter cancels, her unlikely best friend (Kutcher) flies out to watch her son, despite the presence of another friend with kids (Tig Notaro) who could have easily helped.

The movie is filled with these little, but noticeable, oddities. However, even that wouldn’t matter if the movie was funny or if Witherspoon and Kutcher had good chemistry. Unfortunately, their scenes feel flat and uninspired, and it’s not even clear if a romantic connection between their characters would be satisfying – they just don’t seem like a good fit!

5. The Electric State (2025)

There was a lot of talk about the $320 million Netflix spent on this science fiction film directed by the Russo brothers – and it probably wasn’t worth it. Even if it had cost half that amount, it would still feel like a waste of money. The Electric State simply doesn’t look good; the characters and visuals are bland and uninspired. The film follows a young woman (Millie Bobby Brown) traveling through a world filled with robots to find her brother, aided by Chris Pratt, who seems to be playing the same character he always does and sports a strange haircut. The story itself, based on a book I haven’t read, doesn’t make much sense, but the film could have been enjoyable despite that. Unfortunately, it isn’t even visually appealing.

4.Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver

The first part of Zack Snyder’s sci-fi film, released at the end of 2023, was enjoyable because it focused on assembling a team and exploring strange worlds with unique creatures and technology. However, the second part, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, is essentially one long, drawn-out battle. Snyder’s overuse of slow motion makes it feel even slower and more repetitive—I actually had to try watching it three times because it kept putting me to sleep. While the film delivers on its promise of intense action and scarring battles, I suspect the extended, R-rated version, Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness, is a significant improvement. Though, I’m not in any hurry to confirm that.

3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

I don’t have a background in real estate, city planning, or politics, but I’m skeptical about a plan to sell an abandoned, isolated town to wealthy young people who want to turn it into a trendy spot with a comic book store and a brunch cafe. Who would actually visit such a place? And, just to add to the concerns, the town’s only current resident is reportedly Leatherface! Does he even like brunch? It’s a setup straight out of a bad Netflix horror movie, like the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Also, it’s a common horror trope that killers can move silently, but wouldn’t operating a chainsaw be pretty noisy? You’d think it would be hard to sneak up on anyone with all that buzzing!

2. Diana: The Musical

When the planned Broadway debut of this musical about Princess Diana was canceled due to Covid, the creators filmed it without an audience to preserve it. Though Diana eventually opened on Broadway in the winter of 2021, the recording first appeared on Netflix, seemingly as a promotional tool.

Instead, it quickly became a source of fascination for those who enjoy unintentionally funny or over-the-top entertainment. Some parts of Diana: The Musical are even more bizarre than the notoriously strange Cats movie – at least Cats didn’t rhyme “thrilla” and “Manila” with “Diana” and “Camilla.” Instead of treating the tragic story of Princess Diana with seriousness, the musical adopts a surprisingly cheerful tone. It’s hard to believe so many people approved of a song where Prince Charles sings, “Darling, I’m holding my son, so let me say ‘Jolly well done!’” Diana closed on Broadway after only 33 performances, but Diana: The Musical will remain available on Netflix indefinitely.

1. Marmaduke (2022)

I’ve rarely seen an animated movie as visually unappealing as Marmaduke, and I hope I never do. It feels like something made purely to fulfill a contractual obligation or perhaps even to hide money. Despite the awful animation, the movie boasts a surprisingly talented voice cast, including J.K. Simmons, David Koechner, and Pete Davidson. It’s baffling how they ended up involved – did they not see the script or the characters? Marmaduke is simply terrible. I wouldn’t even recommend it to those who used to make fun of me – and honestly, their teasing was more imaginative than this movie.

2026-02-05 19:57