Jurassic Park 4 Dead, No Dinos With Laser-Beams

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 7, 2008

It feels like the last time we were talking about Jurassic Park 4 we were all very excited about this particular line of plot synopsis, “the film is about the government who has trained dinosaurs to carry weapons and use them for battle purposes.” Absolutely brilliant if you ask me — who doesn’t want to see dinosaurs with laser-beams strapped to their backs, fighting off insurgents. 

Alas, it was not meant to be. Today our friends at Coming Soon dropped into the junket for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, where producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall said that another movie probably won’t happen. “I don’t know,” Kennedy explained. “You know, when Crichton passed away, I sorta felt maybe that’s it. Maybe that’s a sign that we don’t mess with it.”

In all seriousness I can’t say that I blame them. It is impossible to be sure what they were even thinking when the ‘dinosaurs with weapons’ storyline came about. As well, the future could hold more great dinosaur movies, but those can certainly exist outside the Jurassic park universe. Why can’t we take a look into a story that is, um, based on an original idea? 

Lay your thoughts and worries about the idea of more Jurassic Park in the comment area below…


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  • Scanain
    I'd be more interested in seeing a Jurassic World - entire planet over run and over growing as a result with small pockets of survivors and free zones. Would be like a cross between Jurassic Park, Dawn of the Dead and ... terminator maybe?

    Anyway, survival movies ftw -
  • Jurassic Park was great when it first came out when the sequel came I thought it sucked (better CGI dinosaurs). I saw they made the 3rd movie and called Laura Dern (and that actor whom I don't remember his name) the plot was better and yet not as big as the first blockbuster movie. So when I heard they are making the 4th one, I don't know if all the main charcters are back what other plot can they make? An invasion of the dinosaurs? If they were still on an island evoluting, didn't the dinosaur would've landed in US by 2nd or 3rd movie? But I guess not. I think we should all just leave this one on the shelf and listen to Kathleen Kennedy to leave the writer and creator of Jurassic Park alone.
  • THANK GOODNESS! That was the worst idea for a movie I've ever heard!
  • We need a reboot!!! Kidding. But there will be a Jurassic Park movie within ten years. This is Hollywood we're talking about here!
  • thank god!
  • Maybe the film could be a dinotopia where dinosaurs rule over humans. All hail our Dino-Overlords!
  • Narc13
    Jurassic Park.....THE REMAKE IN 2011.
  • Mladen
    I'm worried they'll bring this franchise into 'vs' territory. Jurassic Park vs Predator? ... Actually, that could be awesome.
  • I've got to say that the Jurassic Park idea is unbelievably interesting to me. I mean the original was my first cinema experience aged 3 and I also saw 2 and 3 in cinemas and enjoyed them. I feel 4 would be watchable as the idea of dinosaurs alive today must have more than just three movies in it?
  • Given that the Jurassic Park video game has INVISIBLE dinosaurs, the dinosaurs with guns scenario seems like something they would do. Maybe if you want a dino/gun film, make a live action movie of the dino-riders.
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