The Kiwi actor is set to reprise his role as palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant, the protagonist of the original 1993 Jurassic Park film.
Neill will be starring in Jurassic World: Dominion, the sixth film in the Jurassic Park franchise and the final film in the Jurassic World trilogy.
It’s understood the plot will follow on from 2018’s Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom, and the film will also star Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, who were in the original alongside Neill.
In posts to Twitter and Instagram, Neill revealed he will be on set shooting the film this week.
“Tomorrow I’m back in The Grant Hat and into the Whole Jurassic World,” he said in an Instagram post on Sunday.
“Terror knows no bounds.”
Hold onto your hats- gettin' my old one back on this week , and facing off dinosaurs once again. Best yet .Excited and terrified- these things will kill ya. With @LauraDern @BryceDHoward @prattprattpratt #JeffGoldblum @colintrevorrow I'm obviously a little more …grizzled now.. pic.twitter.com/zYtG5uadB2
— Sam Neill (@TwoPaddocks) August 2, 2020
Production has resumed on the film as of 6 July, after it was halted due to the pandemic.
The film began shooting in Canada in February before production moved to the UK.
According to Goldblum, the cast received a 109-page document outlining safety protocols for filming amid COVID.
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Co-star Bryce Dallas Howard told EW Live that production is taking great care to keep everyone safe.
“What feels really right about it is that there is this daily conversation, daily communication with all of the actors, with the key crew members and just us consistently being like, ‘Okay, how are we going to do this? How are we going to do this safely?’ and not making compromises that could undermine someone’s health,” she said.
Jurassic World: Dominion is set for release on 21 June 2021.
