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‘Jurassic World 4’: Amblin/Universal Select ‘Rogue One’ & ‘The Creator’ Director Gareth Edwards For Next Installment

The Ronin can independently confirm THR/Deadline’s recent report that Gareth Edwards has been hired to direct “Jurassic World 4,” aka, “Jurassic Park 7.” We had been tipped off just before the outlet dropped their report on the hiring. Edwards isn’t a stranger to working on existing studio IP he previously worked on “Godzilla” for Legendary helping them launch their Monsterverse lineup of films and did the “Star Wars” prequel film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” that spawned into two seasons of “Andor” on Disney+. The filmmaker also has an established working relationship with ILM, the visual effects company that works on the “Jurassic” franchise. Their recent film together, “The Creator,” was nominated for the Best Achievement In Visual Effects Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony going up against the likes of the scrappy Japanese film “Godzilla Minus One.”

The news comes after David Leitch (“Deadpool 2”), who has a first-look deal with Universal Pictures, was in talks but eventually backed out over creative differences with the studio. “Jurassic World 4” is expected to be a soft-reboot of the franchise without any returning cast members and a script coming from veteran screenwriter David Koepp (“Mission: Impossible”), who previously wrote Steven Speilberg‘s “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic Park: The Lost World.”

UPDATE: Collider was able to get this quote from Edwards last night at their FYC event saying “This opportunity is like a dream” and said this was the only thing that would make him “drop everything” including his next movie idea.

“I was about to take a break and I started writing my next idea for a film and this is the only movie that would make me drop everything like a stone and dive right in. I love ‘Jurassic Park.’ I think the first movie is a cinematic masterpiece…so this opportunity is like a dream to me. And to work with Frank Marshall and Universal and David Koepp, who’s writing the script, I think they’re all legends. So I’m just very excited.”

Author Michael Crichton is the creator of “Jurassic Park” with two novels published before his death. The franchise focuses on a bio-engineering company that discovers a way to clone dinosaurs for a new amusement park attraction until human error leads to the aggressive creatures being freed from their electrified cages/pens. “Jurassic World: Dominion” had dinosaurs living off the island and cohabitating with humans in different parts of the world. We’re still waiting on concrete plot details but we likely won’t have to too much longer with an expected summer production to meet Universal’s set release date of July 2, 2025. Although, given that both “Fantastic Four” and “Superman: Legacy” are taking spots in that month, we suspect that Universal will either move up or delay the film’s release, It all depends on when filming actually begins as Edwards will now have to jump feet first into production design and prep for this next installment.

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David Leitch In Early Negotiations To Direct ‘Jurassic World 4’ For Universal

There was a report last month that veteran screenwriter David Koepp (“Mission: Impossible“) would be returning to the “Jurassic” franchise after tackling the first two Steven Spielberg films in the 1990s and would be writing a script for “Jurassic World 4,” aka, “Jurassic Park 7.” Now, a director has been mentioned for being in the mix for the next big installment that is said to be moving on from the established cast (Giving the impression of a potential soft reboot).

Deadline has revealed that action director David Leitch (“Deadpool 2“) is in the mix to take on “Jurassic World 4,” as the stuntman-turned-director is in early negotiations with Universal. This possible hiring wouldn’t be all that shocking given that Leitch and Universal have a longtime relationship after working together on a string of films such as “Nobody,” “Atomic Blonde,” “Hobbs & Shaw,” “The Fall Guy,” and the upcoming feature film reboot of “Kung Fu” that stars Donnie Yen. He also has a first-look deal with Universal that was struck back in 2019, which could explain the recent streak with the studio.

UPDATE #2: Deadline has updated their original report that Leitch has passed on the project and that a director search is still underway. The filmmaker is still working alongside Universal for his upcoming remake of “Kung Fu” which has Donnie Yen (“John Wick 4”) attached to be the main star. In the report, the parting of ways was “amicable” as the two had different visions for the film penned by David Koepp (“Jurassic Park,” “Jurassic Park: The Lost World”). Given the film’s release date of July 2, 2025, it would indicate that Universal needs someone to get cameras rolling very soon.

UPDATE #1: Universal/Amblin has confirmed the July 2, 2025 release date which means the director confirmation and casting are likely coming together extremely soon with an expected 2024 shoot.

The question remains if the extremely busy Leitch will have the time in his schedule to make the dino flick since he’s expected to shoot “Kung Fu” next unless this project becomes the priority. “Jurassic World 4” eyeing a July 2, 2025 release date would suggest that it is so far along that production could begin this year.

Hopefully, with this early chatter of a soft reboot that the studio is aiming to push much further into the future where dinosaurs have started to outnumber humans taking a page from projects like “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes,” and “Cadillacs & Dinosaurs.” A time jump could help the franchise move past repetitiveness and staleness.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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‘Jurassic World 4’ In The Works At Universal With Legacy Screenwriter David Koepp & Current Cast Not Expected To Return

One of Universal Pictures’ most successful franchises is the “Jurassic Park/World” films, so it isn’t surprising to hear that another film is reportedly in the works. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that “Jurassic World 4,” aka, “Jurassic 7” is now in development at the studio with “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic Park: The Lost World” screenwriter David Koepp (“Mission: Impossible”) behind the new script. Koepp has a longtime relationship with Amblin/Steven Spielberg after tackling those first two installments alongside legacy sequels “Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of Crystal Skull” and “Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny.”

Colin Trevorrow opens up on directing Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas in Jurassic World Dominion : The Tribune India

However, the kicker is that Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and other cast members aren’t expected to reprise their roles. This tidbit about the cast not returning could be a suggestion that a second soft reboot might pivot to a new wave of lead characters and perhaps attempt a different angle with the dinosaur adventure flick. Things are seemingly in a really good place with Koepp’s script because Universal is said to be considering a “possible release date in 2025”, but without a director or the studio not making an official announcement we’ll just have to wait for more details.

The sixth film “Jurassic World: Dominion” hit theaters back in 2019 and was still able to make a solid amount of money for Universal with a global cume of over a billion dollars. While the new trilogy made the studio an impressive $4 billion. Not hard to see the reasoning why they’d imagine audiences would still want to see more films, but just a different group of actors starring in them.

new footage from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - GIF - Imgur

As a fan of the franchise going back to 1993, I’ve sort of lost interest in a lot of these stories as the movies have sort of all blended together until the dinosaurs had one of the islands destroyed in “Jurassic Park: The Fallen Kingdom.” The original idea for the never-made version of “Jurassic Park” featured dinosaurs being mutated into giant humanoid creatures as highlighted in concept artwork (That artwork that made it online was from Hollywood concept artist Carlos Huante and you can see it below) and there also had been ideas of adding the dinos into a military weapons program (Seeds were planted in “Jurassic World”) that may have mirrored “Dino-Riders.”

Another way to go could be taking a page from “Kingdom of The Planet of Apes” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” by pushing forward into a post-apocalyptic setting in the future where the human population has dwindled as the dinosaurs have thrived as they have reclaimed the planet.

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Images - LaunchBox Games Database

The 80’s comic book “Xenozoic Tales,” later retitled “Cadillacs & Dinosaurs,” created by Mark Schultz is sort of neat template for this concept as prehistoric animals overrun a futuristic version of the planet (set in the 26th Century) that had runs at Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics. While the IP hasn’t kept in the zeitgeist decades later it did spawn an animated series that aired on CBS, a popular arcade game from “Street Fighter” publisher Capcom, and a line of action figures. Universal likely wouldn’t have to spend too much if they wanted to flat-out acquire this for its budding new trilogy or change just enough to apply the concept given that the cloned dinosaurs living in the wild is the angle of “Jurassic World: Dominion.”

SOURCE: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER