The Bearded One’s been shedding projects like Brundleflesh in The Fly this week. So it’s somewhat fitting that the end of the week reveals where the Lincoln director will be devoting at least some attention – settling into a producer’s role on the just-announced Jurassic Park IV.
Universal confirmed that a fourth entry is trudging ahead for a June 13, 2014 release date. They plan to shoot and release in 3D, though nothing’s announced in terms of director, script, actors ect.
Joe Johnston’s Jurassic Park III seemed to hit a wall creatively, not accomplishing much outside of neutering the T-Rex and injecting a little pterodactyl madness. But this franchise is loaded with interesting possibilities, the most bonzo-gonzo of which we heard about last year (pictured).
I’d like to see the studio go for broke and give us a fully-realized Park, one alive with tourists and vacationers before the dinos break loose and commence feeding time – a thriving Disney World until the attractions run amok. If we can’t have human-dino hybrids fighting the war on drugs, give us JAWS 3 with dinosaurs. Or not Jurassic Park IV, but I’m in no position to make demands.
Source: The Wrap
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Dinosaurs…IN SPACE!!!
T0o late, Doctor Who did that already.
Facetiousness doesn’t translate well over the internetz.
I’m with you on the them park gone bad, but I would love if the corporation has every imaginable failsafe in place and the dinosaurs actually outwit them, you know, because they’re evolving and all. Rise of the Saurians and all that.
Id love to see a type of prison for criminally insane built on the island and have the “hero” escape and open the gates of the prison for the dinos to enter. Then have 2 or 3 of the crazy guys tracking him down while all of them are trying to escape
Jurassic Park III was MUCH better than The Lost World. Crichton completely sold out when he wrote that sequel – it came off as completely schmaltzy and written for the screen. At least with Jurassic Park III, the action was back and there were sequences where the dinosaurs seemed somewhat menacing, and Sam Neil is/was good as Dr. Grant.
I’ve read a couple of reviews of the previous Jurassic Park IV script – sounds way over the top, but possibly a lot of fun. With Spielberg seeing huge returns come in with the Transformers series (big budget mayhem) I wonder if they’ll consider some kind of dinosaur mainland invasion scenario.
The dinosaurs are actually descendents of humans who traveled back in time millions of years at the end of civilizaaaaatttttiiioooonnnn to start all oooooovvvvveeeeerrrrr!!! or something…
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