David Koepp at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 19, 2024; Sam Neill inJurassic Park(1993).Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Murray Close/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Murray Close/Getty
More dino DNA is heading our way.
Less than two years afterJurassic World Dominionhit theaters and raked in more than $1 billion at the global box office, theJurassic Worldfranchise is getting at least one more film.
Original directorSteven Spielbergwill executive produce under his Amblin Entertainment banner, while producers include Patrick Crowley andFrank Marshall.
No information about plot details, casting or a director have been revealed.
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Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins inJurassic World(2015).© Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment
The news may come as a surprise to fans, asJurassic Worldtrilogy starChris Prattsaid on theTodayshow in May 2022, “This is the sixthJurassicfilm, and it’s the end of this franchise.”
“Is it really the end?” askedSavannah Guthrie, as she and co-anchorHoda Kotbchatted with Pratt, 44, ahead of the premiere ofDominion.
“Ireally do think it’s the end, yeah,” he said. “You got the legacy cast back —Sam Neill,Laura Dern,Jeff Goldblum— plus the cast ofJurassic World,all our storylines converging in a way that is very much a finale.”
Neill, 76, Dern, 56, and Goldblum, 71, all reprised their roles from the original film in the latest installment, as Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Ian Malcolm, respectively.
Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Isabella Sermon and DeWanda Wise inJurassic World Dominion(2022).John Wilson/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
DominiondirectorColin Trevorrowpreviously said he believes that the original 1993 film should have been theonlyJurassic Parkmovie made. (Like the moreWorldrecent films,Parkspanned a trilogy that also includedThe Lost Worldand 2011’sJurassic Park III.)
“I specifically did something different than the other films in order to change the DNA of the franchise,” Trevorrow, 47, explained in a September 2022 interview withEmpiremagazine. “The previous five films are plots about dinosaurs. This one is a story about characters in a world in which they coexist with dinosaurs.”
The director added that it was necessary to make changes because the original is a standalone.
“For the franchise to be able to move forward — because it’s inherently unfranchisable, there probablyshould have only been oneJurassic Park— but if we’re gonna do it, how can I allow them to tell stories in a world in which dinosaurs exist, as opposed to, ‘Here’s another reason why we’re going to an island’?”
source: people.com
