We reported this summer that production will begin onJurassic World 2in late February 2017, under the direction of new directorJ.A. Bayona(A Monster Calls). OriginalJurassic WorlddirectorColin Trevorrowis coming back to executive produce and write the script with his longtime collaboratorDerek Connolly, with the the writer-producer teasing new details about the sequel in a recent interview. It seems their script work is complete, withChris Prattalso stating on Twitter that he is reading the script.
Colin Trevorrowrevealed last year, just beforeJurassic Worlddebuted with a record-breaking $208.8 million opening weekend, that he will not come back to direct the sequel, and a few months later we learned why. The filmmaker had signed on to directStar Wars: Episode IX, leading toJ.A. BayonaboardingJurassic World 2.Colin Trevorrowrecently appeared on theJurassic Outpostpodcast, where he revealed that the sequel will be much scarier, and that he wantedJ.A. Bayonato direct this follow-up from the beginning.
“It will be more suspenseful and scary. It’s just the way it’s designed; it’s the way the story plays out. I knew I wantedBayonato direct it long before anyone ever heard that was a possibility, so the whole thing was just built around his skillset.”
J.A. Bayonamade his feature directorial debut in 2007 with the critically-acclaimed horror-thrillerThe Orphanage, so genre fare is certainly well within the director’s wheelhouse. Unfortunately,Colin Trevorrowwouldn’t offer any specifics as to how this sequel will be scarier than the original, but he did confirm that there will be more animatronic dinosaurs in this sequel than in the original. Here’s whatColin Trevorrowhad to say, adding whyJurassic Worlddidn’t have as much animatronics work with theIndominus Rex.
“There will be animatronics for sure. We’ll follow the same general rule as all of the films in the franchise, which is the animatronic dinosaurs are best used when standing still or moving at the hips or the neck. They can’t run or perform complex physical actions, and anything beyond that you go to animation. The same rules applied inJurassic Park. I think the lack of animatronics inJurassic Worldhad more to do with the physicality of the Indominus, the way the animal moved. It was very fast and fluid, it ran a lot, and needed to move its arms and legs and neck and tail all at once. It wasn’t a lumbering creature. We’ve written some opportunities for animatronics into [Jurassic World 2]-because it has to start at the script level-and I can definitely tell you that Bayona has the same priorities, he is all about going practical whenever possible.”
During an interview in August 2015,Colin Trevorrowteased the possibility of usingweaponized dinosaursin the sequel, a notion first brought up byVincent D’Onofrio’s character Hoskins in last year’sJurassic World. It seems the writer is going in a different direction now, revealing that he liked the idea in theory, but it doesn’t seem like it will happen in the sequel. He also revealed that the idea was first presented in an earlier script for the firstJurassic World, although it was much different.
“I’m not that interested in militarized dinosaurs, at least not in practice. I liked it in theory as the pipe dream of a lunatic. When that idea was first presented to me as part of an earlier script it was something that the character that ended up being Owen was for, that he supported, something that he was actively doing even at the beginning. Derek and I, one of our first reactions was ‘No if anyone’s gonna militarize raptors that’s what the bad guy does, he’s insane.'”
In related news,Bryce Dallas Howardsquashed an online rumor that she was “fighting” with herJurassic World 2co-starChris Pratt, stating that it’s not true and she “worships"Chris Pratt, while counting the days until shooting begins in February.Chris Prattalso responded on Twitter, revealing that he was reading the script yesterday, stating it was “so awesome.” Take a look atBryce Dallas HowardandChris Pratt’s tweets below, as we get closer toJurassic World 2starting production.
