Filming for Colin Trevorrow’s upcoming JURASSIC PARK sequel/reboot (seboot?) is well underway, and we are slowly beginning to get more details on the films highly secretive plot.
JURASSIC WORLD has been subject to quite a high amount of criticism, after the last dinosaur filled drama failed to make much of an impact with audiences and critics. As a result the fourth instalment in the franchise intends to re-introduce the world of JURASSIC PARK to a new generation, and kick-start a brand new trilogy in the process. Recent rumours have pointed towards a narrative involving a gene-spliced T-rex/Raptor/Snake/Cuttlefish combination, as well as a team of trained, domesticated dinosaurs that will fight alongside our human protagonists. Unfortunately for those who were sceptical at the thought of these slightly silly rumours, you may be disappointed to know that Trevorrow has confirmed them in a new interview. You can check out what he had to say below:
What are the relationships between the main characters and the dinosaurs? Are there “good guy” and “bad guy” dinosaurs in the movie?
There’s no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in Jurassic Park took human lives, and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad. This film is about our relationship with animals, how we react to the threat they pose to our dominance on earth as a species. We hunt them, we cage them in zoos, we admire them from afar and we try to assert control over them.
Chris Pratt’s character is doing behavioral research on the raptors. They aren’t trained, they can’t do tricks. He’s just trying to figure out the limits of the relationship between these highly intelligent creatures and human beings. If people don’t think there’s potential in those ideas, maybe they won’t like this movie. But I ask them to give it a chance.
In regards to the rumoured T-rex/Raptor/Snake/Cuttlefish combination (that sounds like something from a Sci-fi channel original movie), Trevorrow seems slightly disappointed to prematurely confirm its presence in the film:
We were hoping audiences could discover this on their own, but yes, there will be one new dinosaur created by the park’s geneticists. The gaps in her sequence were filled with DNA from other species, much like the genome in the first film was completed with frog DNA. This creation exists to fulfill a corporate mandate—they want something bigger, louder, with more teeth. And that’s what they get.
I know the idea of a modified dinosaur put a lot of fans on red alert, and I understand it. But we aren’t doing anything here that Crichton didn’t suggest in his novels. This animal is not a mutant freak. It doesn’t have a snake’s head or octopus tentacles. It’s a dinosaur, created in the same way the others were, but now the genetics have gone to the next level. For me, it’s a natural evolution of the technology introduced in the first film. Maybe it sounds crazy, but most of my favorite movies sound crazy when you describe them in a single sentence.
It’s difficult to imagine what form JURASSIC WORLD will take at this point, and it’s perhaps best to wait for a trailer before making preconceptions. However, the film does have some extremely talented cast members attached and it’s hard to imagine that they were attracted to a less than spectacular script. JURASSIC WORLD will hit UK theatres on 12th Jun 2015, and the film stars Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Omar Sy, BD Wong, Ty Simpkins and Irrfan Khan.
Source: Bleeding Cool
