I can say without any semblance of hyperbole that by far and away my most anticipated film of 2015 is Jurassic World. And I say that completely aware that Jurassic Park III was a steaming pile of Triceratops turd.
The fourth movie/re-imagining/re-boot in the much beloved dinosaur-themed series of blockbusters is now under a year away from its June 12, 2015 release date, and the hype machine is slowly creaking its gears to life.
What we know already comes down to a bunch of cast and crew related stuff. We know that the script was written by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, whilst Trevorrow is also serving as director. As far as casting goes, we know that names like Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Nick Robinson, BD Wong, Jake Johnson and Judy Greer are all involved in some form or fashion – with Pratt filling the role of chief human protagonist.
Now we’ve got ourselves a couple of tasty little titbits about other facets of the movie – including both the plot, and the first teaser poster.
Firstly, Trevorrow has revealed the initial teaser poster for the film. To be fair, it’s an entirely familiar looking image; not differing from the iconography of the initial three films in any great manner. Still, COOOOOOOOL BEANS!
#TheParkIsOpen pic.twitter.com/YTMs7rkKE8
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) October 15, 2014
But where things really start to get interesting is in the plot details revealed so far. And don’t worry, these aren’t necessarily spoilers, so read on fear-free.
In an interview with SlashFilm, Trevorrow revealed how the plot for the film takes into account the twenty-two years since we last set foot (or eye) on Isla Nublar.
“This film picks up twenty-two years after Jurassic Park. When Derek [Connolly] and I sat down to find the movie, we looked at the past two decades and talked about what we’ve seen. Two things came to the surface.
One was that money has been the gasoline in the engine of our biggest mistakes. If there are billions to be made, no one can resist them, even if they know things could end horribly.
The other was that our relationship with technology has become so woven into our daily lives, we’ve become numb to the scientific miracles around us. We take so much for granted.
Those two ideas felt like they could work together. What if, despite previous disasters, they built a new biological preserve where you could see dinosaurs walk the earth…and what if people were already kind of over it? We imagined a teenager texting his girlfriend with his back to a T-Rex behind protective glass.
For us, that image captured the way much of the audience feels about the movies themselves. “We’ve seen CG dinosaurs. What else you got?” Next year, you’ll see our answer.“
Ok. I see. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to lineup outside a Hoyts for the next eight months.
