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How Similar Is Steven Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park' to the Book?

Spielberg's blockbuster classic has the novel built into its dino-DNA.

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• In the Jurassic Park movie franchise, the dinosaurs remain on Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna up until the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. In the novel, however, some dinosaurs have escaped from the islands and are headed to the mainland at the start of the book.
• While many of the same characters from the book are in the movie, there are some major differences. For instance, the roles of Tim and Lex are swapped, and there is no romance between Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant.
• John Hammond is portrayed differently in the film as a naive billionaire, while the book depicts him as strictly evil and reckless.

With talk of a Jurassic World 4 en route and the possible involvement of Scarlett Johansson (unconfirmed) and director Gareth Edwards (confirmed) recently, it has returned focus to the franchise that began way back in 1993 with Jurassic Park . Steven Spielberg 's film was a critical and box-office smash, and a touchstone moment in the history of special effects. Jurassic Park itself would be followed by two sequels before seeing the franchise rebooted in 2015 as Jurassic World , giving moviegoers a look at a completed, and functional, dinosaur park. Until all hell — and an Indominus rex — broke loose. That film spawned Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom before bringing back the original Jurassic Park cast to star alongside the Jurassic World crew in Jurassic World Dominion . Now the franchise continues to expand with this latest announcement (whether it should or not is a different question — see here ). What gets lost is how the Jurassic Park films started on the page, not on the screen, with Michael Crichton 's 1990 novel of the same name . Let's take a look at how the film evolved on its journey to the silver screen.

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In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.

Dinosaurs Make It Out of the Park Earlier in the 'Jurassic Park' Novel

At least up until the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , the dinosaurs remained on two islands off the coast of Costa Rica: Isla Nublar, the location of the first film and Jurassic World , and Isla Sorna, where InGen cloned the company's dinosaurs, where The Lost World: Jurassic Park was largely staged. It was a small comfort in the film, knowing that the killer dinosaurs weren't a threat here in our world, and once our heroes escaped, they could rest easy. While the novel does take place on Isla Nublar as well, a number of small dinosaurs have evaded the security protocols in place and have stowed away on supply ships to the mainland prior to the book's events.

'Jurassic Park's T-Rex Almost Killed a Crew Member — For Real

The opening of the book details a scene in which a young girl is attacked by a group of small Procompsognathus on a Costa Rican beach. It's a scene that actually opens The Lost World: Jurassic Park , only the attack occurs on Isla Sorna, not on the mainland. The book also details the efforts to contact the supply ship that has a group of young Velociraptor stowaways before it reaches the mainland. Good news: the power turns back on just in time and the raptors are killed by the crew of the ship. Bad news: the epilogue makes it clear that raptors have made Costa Rica their new home — only no one knows where they are. Comforting. They're probably feeling pretty good about it too, especially after hearing that their former island location has been napalmed by the Costa Rican government.

The 'Jurassic Park' Film Makes Some Big Changes to the Book's Characters

One of Jurassic Park 's strong suits is its cast, a collection of actors that held their own against its impressive visual effects while playing characters with disparate personalities, ideas, and motives. For the most part, the characters themselves have all made the transition from paper to film, but who they are differs , and in some cases significantly. Take Tim and Lex, for example. In the film, Ariana Richards plays the older, computer-savvy sibling Lex, while Joseph Mazzello plays Tim, the younger sibling with a fascination with dinosaurs (maybe not anymore, though). In the book, the roles are reversed. Lex is the youngest, a baseball fanatic who spends a good portion of the novel being all whiny and daft about the peril they're in, taking on the role of a naive small child. Tim, on the other hand, is more level-headed, and it's him who is the computer whiz.

Ellie Sattler ( Laura Dern ) and Alan Grant ( Sam Neill ) enjoy a little romantic subtext in the film, but in the novel it's strictly professional, with Sattler as a younger graduate paleobotany student and Grant in the role of a mentor who, incidentally, isn't as child-averse as his Hollywood counterpart. As for what's up with the other doc, B.D. Wong 's Dr. Henry Wu has a much larger part in the novel, at least until he's killed. Given how Wu is pivotal to the storyline of Jurassic World Dominion , the film franchise didn't kill him. This leads to one of the biggest differences between the book and the novel: who survives . Game warden Robert Muldoon makes it to the end of the novel, but isn't so lucky in the film, with a "clever girl" Velociraptor making short work of Muldoon ( Bob Peck ) in the film. Ian Malcolm, given life by a pitch-perfect Jeff Goldblum , is killed off in the novel, or so it would seem, as in both film and print the character returns for The Lost World: Jurassic Park .

One of the most blackly comic parts of the film sees lawyer Donald Gennaro ( Martin Ferrero ) rewarded for his cowardice by the T. Rex picking him up off the toilet as a light snack. In the novel, however, Gennaro not only survives, but is one of the protagonists, one who does what he can to keep everyone safe when things go wrong, and goes so far as to risk his own life by jumping into a Velociraptor nest to do so. The greedy coward of the novel is actually a character that doesn't appear in the film at all, Jurassic Park's head of public relations, Ed Regis. Regis is a sycophantic yes-man to John Hammond, who bolts at the first sign of trouble and meets his end in the novel as Gennaro did in the film. Spielberg simply melded the two characters into one .

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#1  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER •  From the author of  Timeline, Sphere,  and  Congo,  this is the classic thriller of science run amok that took the world by storm. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s  The Great American Read “[Michael] Crichton’s dinosaurs are genuinely frightening.” —Chicago Sun-Times An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price.   Until something goes wrong. . . .   In  Jurassic Park,  Michael Crichton taps all his mesmerizing talent and scientific brilliance to create his most electrifying technothriller. Praise for  Jurassic Park   “Wonderful . . . powerful.” — The Washington Post Book World “Frighteningly real . . . compelling . . . It’ll keep you riveted.” —The Detroit News   “Full of suspense.” — The New York Times Book Review

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BOOKS OF THE TIMES; The Dinosaurs Are Back, and So Is a Late Hero Date: October 10, 1995, Tuesday, Late Edition - Final Byline: By MICHIKO KAKUTANI Lead: THE LOST WORLD By Michael Crichton 393 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $25.95. Here's how to write a Michael Crichton best seller in five easy steps: Text: 1. Pick a hot-button subject like genetic engineering ("Jurassic Park"), sexual harassment ("Disclosure") or Japan's threat to America ("Rising Sun") and use it to lend your novel a glossy veneer of topicality. 2. Cast the novel with some really detestable villains (like the lying, scheming, man-eating Meredith Johnson in "Disclosure") and some really nice, appealing heroes (like Meredith's poor, well-meaning victim, Tom Sanders) so inattentive readers will automatically know whom to root for. 3. End each chapter on a scary, cliff-hanging note to make sure that readers will keep reading, regardless of the characters' vapidity. 4. Include lots of frantic chase scenes or race-against-the-clock scenes that will translate graphically to the screen. 5. Put plenty of technical, pseudo-specialist talk (about computers, medicine, biology or chaos theory) into your characters' mouths to give readers the illusion that they're learning something as they quickly flip the pages. Certainly Mr. Crichton's latest book, "The Lost World ," fulfills all these criteria. It should, after all, as it's basically a retelling of his tried-and-true 1990 best seller, "Jurassic Park," and more or less an outline for what will surely be the movie sequel. The central hero of "The Lost World ," improbably enough, is Ian Malcolm, the cynical chaos theorist Mr. Crichton impetuously killed off in the book version of "Jurassic Park." Mr. Crichton makes no attempt to explain the scientist's mysterious reappearance in this book, though it's safe to say that Malcolm's resurrection probably has less to do with DNA recovery and cloning experiments (the process that brought the dinosaurs back from extinction in "Jurassic Park"), than with the simple demands of making and casting a movie sequel. Now, Malcolm is not only back, but also headed right to the area where the trouble with the genetically cloned dinosaurs began in the first place. In the opening chapters of "The Lost World ," we learn that Jurassic Park has been destroyed, that the story of people being killed by dinosaurs has been hushed up and that InGen, the company behind the dinosaur cloning, has gone bust. One of Malcolm's colleagues, a wealthy paleobiologist by the name of Richard Levine, however, has heard rumors that remnants of the dinosaur project survive on a nearby island, and he decides to organize a search party for this "lost world ." Although Malcolm tries to deny all prior knowledge of Jurassic Park, he allows himself to be drawn into Levine's plans. Rounding out their team are Jack Thorne, a former professor of applied engineering who has outfitted Levine with all sorts of high-tech gadgets; Sarah Harding, Malcolm's former girlfriend, who happens to be an expert on animal behavior, and two children, Arby and Kelly, who stow away on the trip. In other words, a virtual reconstitution of the team of good guys who starred in "Jurassic Park." Pitted against Malcolm and company is the evil Lewis Dodgson, who started all the trouble in "Jurassic Park" by paying one of the park's employees to steal some dinosaur embryos. Dodgson is still eager to get his hands on some dinosaur babies: unlike the good guys who want to study the dinosaurs for the advancement of science, Dodgson regards them as a simple product that can make him rich. He and his weaselly underlings also set off to find the lost world of the dinosaurs. Having set up this basic mise en scene, Mr. Crichton proceeds to give the reader a tired rehash of "Jurassic Park," one so predictable and unimaginative that it seems to have been intended to save special-effects technicians the hassle of doing new work on the movie sequel. Once again, we see a hungry tyrannosaur snack on one of the bad guys. Once again, we see some voracious velociraptors chase the good guys around. And once again, we see the good guys escape, thanks to the savvy of the children. As in "Jurassic Park," there are lots of scenes of dinosaurs romping about a scenic island and lots of scenes of man's technology succumbing to the raw force of nature. All, needless to say, without the surprise or ingenuity that made "Jurassic Park" entertaining the first time around. Mr. Crichton has never exactly been known for his attention to character, and "The Lost World " must surely represent a new low in this area. Take, for instance, Ian Malcolm, who was played by Jeff Goldblum in the movie. Except for complaining about the injuries he suffered in "Jurassic Park," Malcolm makes virtually no reference to his previous visit to dino-land: we are not even given any insight into his feelings about returning to the place where he (nearly) died. Given Malcolm's irreverence, it seems hard to believe that he would abide by "nondisclosure agreements" with InGen or the Costa Rican Government, or that he would feel indebted by InGen's payment of his medical bills. Had he -- or Lewis Dodgson, for that matter -- really needed to make money, they could have simply written a book about their experiences in Jurassic Park, gone on the talk-show circuit and made a fortune. Instead of even making a half-hearted attempt to turn Malcolm into a reasonable facsimile of a person, Mr. Crichton cynically uses him as a mouthpiece for all sorts of portentous techno-babble about chaos theory, extinction theories and mankind's destructive nature. As for the other characters, they are each given handy labels for easy identification. We know that Sarah is a feminist because she's less afraid of the dinosaurs than the men are. We know that Arby and Kelly are resourceful children because they're better at using computers than the adults are. And we know that Dodgson is an evil opportunist because he goes to a dinosaur nest and tries to steal eggs belonging to a loving pair of tyrannosaurs. In the past, Mr. Crichton has been credited with inventing the "techno-thriller," a term given new meaning by "The Lost World ": namely, a novel with lots of technology, lots of technical talk and not one recognizable human being.

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JURASSIC PARK

by Michael Crichton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 7, 1990

Genetically engineered dinosaurs run amok in Crichton's new, vastly entertaining science thriller. From the introduction alone—a classically Crichton-clear discussion of the implications of biotechnological research—it's evident that the Harvard M.D. has bounced back from the science-fantasy silliness of Sphere (1987) for another taut reworking of the Frankenstein theme, as in The Andromeda Strain and The Terminal Man. Here, Dr. Frankenstein is aging billionaire John Hammond, whose monster is a manmade ecosystem based on a Costa Rican island. Designed as the world's ultimate theme park, the ecosystem boasts climate and flora of the Jurassic Age and—most spectacularly—15 varieties of dinosaurs, created by elaborate genetic engineering that Crichton explains in fascinating detail, rich with dino-lore and complete with graphics. Into the park, for a safety check before its opening, comes the novel's band of characters—who, though well drawn, double as symbolic types in this unsubtle morality play. Among them are hero Alan Grant, noble paleontologist; Hammond, venal and obsessed; amoral dino-designer Henry Wu; Hammond's two innocent grandchildren; and mathematician Ian Malcolm, who in long diatribes serves as Crichton's mouthpiece to lament the folly of science. Upon arrival, the visitors tour the park; meanwhile, an industrial spy steals some dino embryos by shutting down the island's power—and its security grid, allowing the beasts to run loose. The bulk of the remaining narrative consists of dinos—ferocious T. Rex's, voracious velociraptors, venom-spitting dilophosaurs—stalking, ripping, and eating the cast in fast, furious, and suspenseful set-pieces as the ecosystem spins apart. And can Grant prevent the dinos from escaping to the mainland to create unchecked havoc? Though intrusive, the moralizing rarely slows this tornado-paced tale, a slick package of info-thrills that's Crichton's most clever since Congo (1980)—and easily the most exciting dinosaur novel ever written. A sure-fire best-seller.

Pub Date: Nov. 7, 1990

ISBN: 0394588169

Page Count: 424

Publisher: Knopf

Review Posted Online: Sept. 21, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 15, 1990

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by Hanya Yanagihara ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015

The phrase “tour de force” could have been invented for this audacious novel.

Four men who meet as college roommates move to New York and spend the next three decades gaining renown in their professions—as an architect, painter, actor and lawyer—and struggling with demons in their intertwined personal lives.

Yanagihara ( The People in the Trees , 2013) takes the still-bold leap of writing about characters who don’t share her background; in addition to being male, JB is African-American, Malcolm has a black father and white mother, Willem is white, and “Jude’s race was undetermined”—deserted at birth, he was raised in a monastery and had an unspeakably traumatic childhood that’s revealed slowly over the course of the book. Two of them are gay, one straight and one bisexual. There isn’t a single significant female character, and for a long novel, there isn’t much plot. There aren’t even many markers of what’s happening in the outside world; Jude moves to a loft in SoHo as a young man, but we don’t see the neighborhood change from gritty artists’ enclave to glitzy tourist destination. What we get instead is an intensely interior look at the friends’ psyches and relationships, and it’s utterly enthralling. The four men think about work and creativity and success and failure; they cook for each other, compete with each other and jostle for each other’s affection. JB bases his entire artistic career on painting portraits of his friends, while Malcolm takes care of them by designing their apartments and houses. When Jude, as an adult, is adopted by his favorite Harvard law professor, his friends join him for Thanksgiving in Cambridge every year. And when Willem becomes a movie star, they all bask in his glow. Eventually, the tone darkens and the story narrows to focus on Jude as the pain of his past cuts deep into his carefully constructed life.  

Pub Date: March 10, 2015

ISBN: 978-0-385-53925-8

Page Count: 720

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by Harper Lee ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 11, 1960

A first novel, this is also a first person account of Scout's (Jean Louise) recall of the years that led to the ending of a mystery, the breaking of her brother Jem's elbow, the death of her father's enemy — and the close of childhood years. A widower, Atticus raises his children with legal dispassion and paternal intelligence, and is ably abetted by Calpurnia, the colored cook, while the Alabama town of Maycomb, in the 1930's, remains aloof to their divergence from its tribal patterns. Scout and Jem, with their summer-time companion, Dill, find their paths free from interference — but not from dangers; their curiosity about the imprisoned Boo, whose miserable past is incorporated in their play, results in a tentative friendliness; their fears of Atticus' lack of distinction is dissipated when he shoots a mad dog; his defense of a Negro accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell, is followed with avid interest and turns the rabble whites against him. Scout is the means of averting an attack on Atticus but when he loses the case it is Boo who saves Jem and Scout by killing Mayella's father when he attempts to murder them. The shadows of a beginning for black-white understanding, the persistent fight that Scout carries on against school, Jem's emergence into adulthood, Calpurnia's quiet power, and all the incidents touching on the children's "growing outward" have an attractive starchiness that keeps this southern picture pert and provocative. There is much advance interest in this book; it has been selected by the Literary Guild and Reader's Digest; it should win many friends.

Pub Date: July 11, 1960

ISBN: 0060935464

Page Count: 323

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: Oct. 7, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1960

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Jurassic park's incredible filming statistic proves where the world trilogy went wrong.

A look into the making of Jurassic Park uncovers a shocking fact about its VFX work, and this exposes where the Jurassic World trilogy went so wrong.

• Jurassic Park 's success came from minimal VFX shots and keeping the T-rex offscreen for suspense.
• The Jurassic World trilogy failed by overusing VFX and saturating films with dinosaurs, losing charm.
• Rebooting Jurassic World should avoid the "more is more" approach by focusing on awe and suspense like the original movie.

While Jurassic World tried hard to replicate the magic of Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park , one surprising behind-the-scenes VFX fact shows where the modern trilogy went wrong. In 2015’s Jurassic World , a big-budget reboot of the Jurassic Park franchise, Bryce Dallas Howard’s character Claire lamented that patrons of the eponymous theme park constantly demanded bigger, better, and more dangerous dinosaurs. Ironically, this complaint could be levied at the creators of the Jurassic World trilogy. By Jurassic World Dominion ’s ending , the action-packed but empty trilogy failed to recreate the original appeal of 1993’s Jurassic Park .

For viewers wondering where the series went wrong, Jurassic Park ’s ending provides some surprising insight. The movie’s climax saw the final survivors hole up in the visitor’s center, only to be besieged by raptors. As the raptors closed in, the T-rex returned to save the day. This triumphant moment only succeeded because the T-rex hadn't been shown for a long time, as the patient Michael Crichton adaptation wisely kept its biggest monster offscreen for much of the movie. In contrast, the later Jurassic World movies put their dinosaurs front and center, diluting their novelty factor as a result.

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Jurassic park uses less than 60 vfx shots, spielberg’s seminal blockbuster features far fewer dinosaurs than viewers thought.

the Jurassic World movies ended up so oversaturated with dinosaurs that the movie’s creatures were less convincing

Although it might be hard to believe, the original Jurassic Park features less than 60 VFX shots in the entire movie, according to ILM . Many of the most impressive moments in the original movie were achieved with practical effects, while Spielberg’s decision to minimize the screen time of the dinosaurs also contributed to this surprisingly low number. The director clearly learned from his early experience directing Jaws , a movie that maximized its scare factor by keeping its monster offscreen for as long as possible. The Jurassic World franchise’s next movies could learn a lot from this approach.

Since CGI became so much cheaper and more ubiquitous in the years after Jurassic Park was released, 2015’s Jurassic World massively increased the amount of VFX shots. Its sequels followed suit, foregrounding dinosaur action and largely disregarding their human characters. As a result, the Jurassic World movies ended up so oversaturated with dinosaurs that the movie’s creatures were less convincing and awe-inspiring than their Jurassic Park counterparts. Minimizing the screen time of the dinosaurs made their appearances special, whereas cramming countless dinosaurs into the Jurassic World sequel devalued their presence and resulted in bloated, overstuffed follow-ups with little charm.

Jurassic World's Over-Reliance On VFX Makes Its World Less Realistic

Why the jurassic world trilogy’s “more is more” approach failed.

As Jurassic World 4 reboots the series , it is important to reflect on where the trilogy went awry. The biggest issue with the Jurassic World movies was their “ more is more ” approach, with each franchise entry introducing more new dinosaurs, more characters, and more cameos from existing cast members. This proved to be too much of a good thing, eventually resulting in movies that were chaotically overstuffed but lacked any moments of genuine awe, terror, or wonder. The Jurassic World movies failed to repeat the success of Jurassic Park because the trilogy didn’t realize just how VFX-light the original movie was.

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The Next Jurassic Park Movie Needs to Embrace Horror

If the seventh Jurassic Park movie is going to fix the mistakes of Jurassic World, it needs to go back to basics and embrace the horror of the series.

The original Jurassic Park film from 1993 is one of the most essential science-fiction films to come from the 1990s. It is a cornerstone of director Steven Spielberg’s career, and it has launched one of the most successful film franchises of the last thirty years. Over the course of six movies, the Jurassic Park franchise has grossed over $6 billion, with 2015’s Jurassic World being the most successful entry in the series with a total global gross of $1.67 billion.

Although the franchise seemingly came to an end with Jurassic World: Dominion in 2022, it’s no surprise that Universal is already back at work developing a new entry in the much beloved dino franchise.

The new film, which is interestingly being referred to more frequently as Jurassic World 4 than Jurassic Park 7 , will seemingly be the start of a completely new era for the franchise. None of the stars from the previous entries, such as Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jeff Goldblum, are expected to return, as the story will shift in a new direction and be guided by new characters.

David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay for the original film and its 1997 sequel, The Lost World , is returning to the franchise as screenwriter for the first time in over 25 years. On board to direct the film is Gareth Edwards, who most recently helmed the original sci-fi outing The Creator but has also worked in franchises before with films like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and 2014’s Godzilla .

With the ambitiously soon release date of July 2, 2025, this new Jurassic film is looking to breathe new life into the series sooner rather than later. If this movie is going to succeed, it needs to learn from the mistakes of the series’ past. While the recent Jurassic World films were box office juggernauts, they were flawed films that saw diminishing returns with each new entry.

While there are a few different ways that Edwards and Koepp could take the Jurassic franchise in a new direction, the most promising would be to go back to basics and embrace some of the more horror-oriented approaches of its earliest entries. Here’s why:

Differentiating Itself from Jurassic World

The Jurassic World franchise came at the perfect time. It had been almost 15 years since Jurassic Park III hit theaters, audiences were hungry for a new film in the franchise, and nostalgia was playing a bigger role at the box office than it ever had before. 2015’s Jurassic World was able to capitalize on all of that, reminding its viewers of much of what they loved about the original film while also bringing a new approach to the table. When combining that with up-and-coming stars like Chris Pratt, it was an incredible recipe for success.

However, the good will for the Jurassic World films faded more and more with each new entry . By the time that Dominion hit theaters in 2022, interest in the franchise was waning pretty heavily and they had to resort to doubling down on nostalgia by bringing back Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum once again.

Even with that, Dominion was running on fumes. It may have grossed over $1 billion worldwide – though it just barely managed to cross that line – but the long-term impact of the film has been essentially nonexistent. Despite releasing just under two years ago, nobody is talking about Dominion anymore, and by extent essentially nobody is talking about the Jurassic Park franchise.

With that in mind, the most clear option would be to take a long break from Jurassic Park and then bring it back at least a decade down the line (if at all). This would give audiences time to miss the series again. However, Universal seems to be keen on bringing it back as soon as they can. If that’s the road they want to go down, the only way to do so successfully is going to be to clearly differentiate this new Jurassic film from the Jurassic World movies. If it just feels like more of the same, then audiences aren’t going to be interested. There has got to be a new approach or new idea to hook viewers.

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Taking the Series Back to Its Roots

Although the Jurassic World franchise has already used the franchise’s nostalgia card by bringing back the original cast and reintroducing a new park on Isla Nublar, that doesn’t mean that this newest revival of Jurassic Park can’t pull from its previous entries in any way. It just needs to take a different approach to how it does it. Specifically, we believe it would be best for this new film to evoke much of the same atmosphere of the first three Jurassic Park movies, rather than directly building on them with familiar characters and plot lines.

While the characters were obviously a key factor in the original three Jurassic films, especially the first film from 1993, much of the success of those films was the result of their general aesthetic and approach to spectacle. They were sci-fi thrillers, not blockbuster action flicks. By going back to this approach, the Jurassic Park franchise will be able to more thoroughly recreate the magic of the original films, hopefully regaining some of the respect that was lost in the Jurassic World films.

This wouldn’t be the first time that the modern Jurassic Park franchise has returned to this aesthetic, as it was embraced to incredible effect in the short film Battle at Big Rock that was released in 2019. That short film, which was directed by Colin Trevorrow, told the exact kind of simple story that this franchise so desperately needs. It centers on a family who is on a seemingly-peaceful camping trip in a National Park in Northern California. However, everything turns on its head when a Nasutoceratops wanders into camp and is subsequently (and violently) attacked by an Allosaurus.

The story then becomes one of this family merely trying to survive their encounter with these dangerous dinos. This simplicity works wonders; it feels very reminiscent of the first few Jurassic Park films, and it’s exactly the kind of approach that is needed in this new film from David Koepp and Gareth Edwards.

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Bringing in a New Audience

Finally, the most important thing that this new Jurassic Park film needs to do is introduce new viewers into the franchise’s passionate fan base. The further along the Jurassic World series went, the more self-referential it became. This peaked with Jurassic World: Dominion , which was entirely reliant on its audience having seen and loved pretty much every preceding film in the series.

By simplifying its story and embracing the horror and thriller elements that were most prevalent in the original films, this new Jurassic Park film will be able to entice new audiences and perhaps even win back some of the fans that have been lost along the way. This approach has already proven to work wonders for other franchises. One great example is the Predator series , which had essentially run out of life by the end of the 2010s. However, then Dan Trachtenberg came in with a simple, refreshing and more horror-oriented story that became 2022’s Prey , the best film in the series in decades, which has also significantly revived interest in the franchise.

Many of the most famous and iconic moments from the original Jurassic Park film are also the most horrifying, whether it's the T. rex escaping its captivity, the children hiding from the velociraptors in the kitchen or Dennis Nedry's encounter with the venom-spitting dilophosaurus.

The Jurassic World films shifted the franchise to be much more sci-fi and action-oriented, which worked for a little while, but then it quickly devolved into producing the same generic legacy sequels that every franchise seems to be chasing right now. The issue with that is that audiences don't go to Jurassic Park for its wack science and action, they go to see people being terrified of loose dinosaurs. It's honestly pretty simple. If Koepp and Edwards are able to recognize this and build their new film around this idea, then perhaps this seventh Jurassic Park film might finally be able to recreate some of the magic of the original.

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With a new BBC radio series now launched, Courtney Love is once again proving the power of the adage “go large or go home.”

In a wide ranging interview with the UK’s Standard today , the former Hole front woman puts forth her take on some of the biggest names in the music industry. Let’s just say, Love bites in deep in the newspaper, to quote from her 1998 tune “Celebrity Skin,” to get her pound of flesh from Taylor Swift , Beyoncé, Madonna and recent Coachella headliner Lana Del Rey .

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“She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist,” Love added.

The contrarian opinion on Swift is a big shift from where Love was on the Folklore singer just over two years ago. Back in a Facebook post on December 22, 2021, Love wished Swift a “happy birthday” and called her an “aspirational huge role model for many young women.” The post also features a photo of Love and her “occasional hair twin/neighbor.”

No word on why the Swift love from Love has eroded, but it’s worth noting that in 2021, she didn’t have an eight-part BBC Radio 6 series on Woman in music to promote.

Speaking of Madonna, the touring Material Girl is not favorite of Love’s either – and the feeling is evidently mutual. “I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me,” the RuPaul’s Drag Race guest judge stated. “I loved Desperately Seeking Susan , but for the city of New York as much as her,” she went on to say in a stinging back-handed compliment.

Never shy to share her opinions over the years, Love in 2005 warned actresses to stay away from Harvey Weinstein . Repeating this remarks in late 2017 as the New York Times dropped its explosive expose on the now incarcerated producer, Love said her comments from 12 years beforehand had earned her CAA ‘s wrath. Over the decades, Love has also had sharp words for the likes of her deceased husband Kurt Cobain ’s bandmate Dave Grohl, No Doubt’s and The Voice ’s Gwen Stefani , Olivia Rodrigo, her almost Fight Club co-star Brad Pitt , and former Nine Inch Nails leader and soundtrack composer Trent Reznor, among many others.

“I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off,” Love told the Dylan Jones-led Standard . About a year or so ago, Love called Del Rey a “musical genius” and compared her to Nirvana’s Cobain.

As for the chart-topping Cowboy Carter performer, Love asserted: I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music.”

If you wonder, if there is anyone Love does like. There is. Patti Smith, Blondie’s Debbie Harry , Nina Simone, and  Billie Holiday, plus early albums by PJ Harvey and Joni Mitchell, get a thumbs up from the past Golden Globe nominee and grunge icon, at least for now.

Absent Love’s love, coming off blockbuster tours last year, Swift and Beyoncé both took over the big screen with their box office topping Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé  releases. Beyoncé’s March 29 dropped Cowboy Carter was her eighth consecutive number #1 album on the Billboard Top 200, and the first album by a Black woman to soar to the top of the Country charts. Swift’s new album The Tortured Poet Department comes out on April 19 and is expected to debut at number #1.

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MICHAEL CRICHTON the author of the groundbreaking novels Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, Sphere, Congo, Next and Micro among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films, most notably Jurassic Park. He directed Westworld, Coma, The Great Train Robbery and Looker, and also created the hit television series ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.

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One Jurassic World Project Is Perfect For Exploring Jurassic Park's Biggest Mystery

• Explore the lore and mysteries surrounding Jurassic Park: Europe and Japan in Jurassic World Evolution 2 through new DLC features.
• Take a deeper dive into unused concepts for the franchise and unreleased spinoff parks planned by John Hammond.
• Keep the Jurassic World Evolution series evolving with updates, DLC, and potential sequels to engage fans and continue exploring the franchise.

The Jurassic World series has raised and answered plenty of fascinating questions within the franchise, but one of its projects is perfect for exploring one of Jurassic Park ’s biggest mysteries. Jurassic World Evolution and the games beyond it were all about possibilities, as players assumed control of the titular theme park. However, the games allow audiences more than the opportunity to create the Mesozoic menagerie of their dreams by literally building upon the lore surrounding them. With Jurassic World Evolution 2 releasing new content and further revisiting the Jurassic Park series, it’s about time the game disembarks for a new adventure in some of the most curious places that never were.

Considered a spiritual successor to the cult classic Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis , 2018’s Jurassic World Evolution is a business management and zoo simulation game inspired by the movies of the same name. Throughout several scenarios, campaigns, and sandbox modes, gamers were allowed to let their imaginations run wild while hoping to prevent their dinosaurs from doing the same.

Overwhelmingly popular with Jurassic Park enthusiasts, in 2021, Frontier Developments followed up Jurassic World Evolution with its sequel, Jurassic World Evolution 2 . The new game introduced new animals, mechanics, and, notably, a new campaign called "Chaos Theory," which explores the movies’ most iconic moments. Still supported by Frontier Developments and continuously evolving through new DLC packs and updates, their games continue to provide new possibilities for players while leaving eager audiences anticipating more as they await the release of Jurassic World 4 in 2025.

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The Jurassic Park series seems littered with "what ifs" and "what could’ve beens" as dinosaur enthusiasts rooted for the park to succeed. While Jurassic World would see this concept realized, what few realize is that the original park had global ambitions as a full-fledged franchise. Plans for attractions were in place, future locations were designated, and new technologies promised a new era as Jurassic Park aimed to establish itself as the premier tourist destination. Perhaps one of the biggest tragedies of John Hammond’s infamous project was how much potential was lost in its pursuit. While titles such as Jurassic Park: The Game , Jurassic World Evolution , and the upcoming Jurassic Park: Survival immerse audiences in captivating settings that extend beyond the movies, Jurassic Park: Europe and Jurassic Park: Japan continue to be among the most enigmatic aspects of the franchise.

While many of the Jurassic Park games took players to the Muertes Archipelago mentioned in the movies and novels, they have yet to transport players to the spinoff parks planned by John Hammond. In Michael Crichton’s original book, John Hammond refers to Jurassic Park: Europe and Jurassic Park: Japan, two future development projects but never realized. An obvious nod to Disney’s theme parks and how they expanded globally, there wasn’t much known about them or how InGen planned to build the parks for its Japanese and European locales, making it one of the most mysterious parts of the series.

Although Jurassic Park: Europe made a cameo appearance in the luncheon scene in Jurassic Park , Telltale Games bizarrely provided fans with the most insights into the events unfolding at the overseas parks. As part of the InGen Field Guide released with Jurassic Park: The Game Deluxe Edition set, the breakdown of Jurassic Park’s opening phases mentions "extensive plans in place" with the Portuguese government. Said to be located in the Azores islands, not much else was detailed about Jurassic Park: Europe or its sister location in Japan. However, with Telltale Games’ storytelling called into question by the canon of the Jurassic World movies and Jurassic Park: Survival , there’s no telling just how far John Hammond got in planning to make Jurassic Park an international brand, but it remains a subject of curiosity and speculation.

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• A canceled game, also entitled Jurassic Park: Survival, was set to explore a secret third island beyond Isla Nublar and Site B.

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While Jurassic World Evolution 2’s story mode doesn’t come with any profound insight or further understanding of the series, it does allow players to explore it from a different vantage point. More of a flight of fancy and an exercise in creativity, Frontier Developments’ games have made great use of Jurassic Park’s lore and unresolved plot threads to create scenarios for players to navigate. While the game features unique set pieces, dinosaur species, and storylines from all six Jurassic Park films and beyond, how many times can players return to Site B or Isla Nublar to revisit the events of those movies? There’s an opportunity to bring to life one of Jurassic Park’s biggest mysteries, and release one of Jurassic World Evolution 2’s most wanted DLC features. In addition, armchair park builders could grab the Triceratops by the horns to confront the challenges Jurassic Park: Europe and Jurassic Park: Japan would inevitably encounter.

Seemingly inspired by the DLC "Return to Jurassic Park," in the first game, Jurassic World Evolution 2 introduced "Chaos Theory," a series of campaigns meant to explore different film narratives if they went differently. Players attempt to make Jurassic Park successful, finally realize the creation of Jurassic Park: San Diego, and oversee Biosyn’s facilities from Jurassic World Dominion , among other challenges. For fans of the series and simulation games in general, the single-player narratives felt unique and fun and, in some cases, gave more closure to abandoned plot points than the movies did.

While a majority of the lore behind Jurassic Park: Japan and Jurassic Park: Europe seem thin enough to fit on the back of a postcard from a Jurassic World gift shop, it would make the perfect sequel to past "Chaos Theory" scenarios, allowing to see how John Hammond’s dream would’ve played out on a global stage. With challenges surrounding the need to design a park in line with different cultures, audiences, and climates, the whole "What if…?" aspect of "Chaos Theory" feels like the ideal stage for the untold story of Hammond’s unbuilt theme parks to play out with fans of the series at the helm.

Just as "Return to Jurassic Park" provided the content fans always wanted to see in the form of the aviary and new skins to reflect the classic setting, Jurassic Park: Europe and Jurassic Park: Asia could deliver something similar for the dinosaur-themed video game . Far removed from the Costa Rican islands and the esthetics of Isla Nublar, the European and Japanese setting would call for new building skins and decorations to reflect the surrounding areas.

Additionally, having mainly originated from the novels, players would appreciate new features inspired by them, such as the Pteratops Lodge for aviaries, the much-desired river safari, or even an apiary attraction that allows parks to display giant prehistoric insects similar to the dragonflies encountered by the protagonists. As it stands, there are a lot of ideas that neither Frontier Developments nor the Jurassic World franchise are doing anything with, and with a healthy dose of nostalgia, this could be the way to implement them.

Why Jurassic World Evolution 2 Needs To Keep Evolving

• Other Jurassic Park sim titles include Jurassic Park III: Park Builder , Jurassic Park Builder , and Jurassic World: The Game .

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Jurassic World Evolution 2 and its DLC have come a long way, offering a plethora of new features while delivering one of the definitive dinosaur gaming experiences of all time. However, as the series progresses with titles like Jurassic World: Chaos Theory , Jurassic Park: Survival , and Jurassic World 4 , the Jurassic World Evolution series must continue to evolve. Updates, DLC, and maybe even a sequel for next-gen consoles all provide a path forward for Frontier Developments to take flight, taking their series to exciting new heights alongside the franchise that inspired them.

Despite Jurassic World Dominion billing itself as "the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era," it's evident that there are more stories to tell, ideas to explore, and a growing fan desire to engage with their favorite films, especially as modern consoles, TV, and movies continue to adapt nostalgic franchises. Gaming is a versatile medium that allows people to immerse themselves in iconic movie franchises like Terminator , Alien , and Indiana Jones while also expanding upon them in novel ways. While Jurassic World Evolution offers enticing avenues to delve deeper into John Hammond’s dream, its primary aim must be to continue answering the most profound question of them all: "What if…?"

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