Remember that batshit-insane JURASSIC PARK 4 idea that involved a team of gun-toting dinosaurs? (If not, click right here, cuz it was all too real.) Thankfully, it would appear as though that is not happening any time soon. But JURASSIC PARK 4 is very much a reality, as it has been for years now. They’ve just got to settle on a script first. (There was a bullshit rumor that it was going into production back in 2007; see above link.) Hitfix sat down with WOLFMAN director Joe Johnston, whom is still attached to JP 4, to ask about whether or not things are progressing on the newest incarnation.
“There is an idea now for number four that is different from the first three, and that is more or less the beginning of a new trilogy, in that it sends the whole franchise off in a new direction. It’s not about the dinosaur park anymore. It’s about all-new characters. So Steven’s busy right now with the stuff he’s doing and I’ve got to do “Captain America,” but hopefully afterwards, we’ll find time to develop it. And really… it’s something different that we haven’t seen before in the “Jurassic Park” world.”
Asked about the nutty “JURASSIC PARK meets THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” idea that had been hatched by writers William Monahan and John Sayles, Johnston said (hopefully tongue-in-cheek) “…Universal and Steven will want to keep making these movies as long as they’re successful, and who knows? We may see the Monahan/Sayles version come back.”
I’d see it, but only with Uwe f*cking Boll at the helm. How amazing would that be?
thankfully we’ll be spared Tea Leoni’s obnoxious character from JP3.