'Jurassic Park 4' to be directed by 'Safety Not Guaranteed's' Colin Trevorrow
Steven Spielberg will executive produce long-delayed sequel
The stars of 'Jurassic Park'
Universal has revealed the director for the long-awaited "Jurassic Park 4," and, despite some educated guesses, it's not Steven Spielberg after all.
Colin Trevorrow -- who made his film debut with the 2012 Sundance hit "Safety Not Guaranteed" -- has signed on to direct the fourth film in the series about cloned dinosaurs, based on the book by Michael Crichton.
Spielberg will Executive Produce the film, with Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley producing for Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment. The script was written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes").
Spielberg directed "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," while Joe Johnston was at the helm for "Jurassic Park 3." The franchise has so far grossed $1.9 billion at the worldwide box office since the first film's release way back in 1993.
At one point, Trevorrow was rumored to be in the running to direct the next "Star Wars" film, with the gig ultimately going to J.J. Abrams.
As of now, no casting announcements have been made for "Jurassic Park 4," but there's a possibility that franchise vets Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern could make the return. There's also no release date yet, but the studio seems to be ramping up production pretty fast.
In the meantime, "Jurassic Park" will be re-released in 3D on April 5.
Do you think Trevorrow is a good choice to direct?
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March 14, 2013 at 8:30PM EST Reply to CommentThe script is key for this one. Personally, I'd like to see a 'disaster film' storyline with a terrorist attack where by they release a bunch of cloned Dinos on an American city and the military / police scramble to deal with it. Sure, it's a simple concept but different enough from the 'back to the island' we've seen in the last couple films.
Yazman
March 15, 2013 at 1:00AM EST Reply to CommentI still want to see the Sayles/Monahan script from some years ago.
As far as Trevorrow goes - seems like a fine choice to me. Didn't he say something about a "secret project" back when there was all that speculation about Star Wars Episode VII's director and somebody asked him about it?
Jesus Christ
March 23, 2013 at 3:34AM EST Reply to CommentUgh, does anyone do any research in these damn articles? Yes there's a release date: June 13, 2014, which has been released since January.