In the late 1990s, Bandai Entertainment and the Japanese animation studio Sunrise approached young director Shinichirō Watanabe to make a sci-fi action show (mostly so they could sell spaceship toys). Watanabe took that directive and led the creation of "Cowboy Bebop."
This 26-episode show followed down-on-their-luck bounty hunters in the year 2071, when mankind has colonized the solar system and left behind a ruined Earth. It brought Western and noir storytelling together into its sci-fi setting, fused with an existential mood and jazzy music composed by Yoko Kanno.
"Cowboy Bebop" first aired in Japan 25 years ago, from 1998 to 1999, and Bandai Entertainment soon imported it stateside, where it debuted on Cartoon Network block Adult Swim in 2001. If anything, it's become an even bigger (and more enduring) hit in the U.S. than in its homeland. A big reason for this popularity was because the English dub was excellent: The characters speaking the...
This 26-episode show followed down-on-their-luck bounty hunters in the year 2071, when mankind has colonized the solar system and left behind a ruined Earth. It brought Western and noir storytelling together into its sci-fi setting, fused with an existential mood and jazzy music composed by Yoko Kanno.
"Cowboy Bebop" first aired in Japan 25 years ago, from 1998 to 1999, and Bandai Entertainment soon imported it stateside, where it debuted on Cartoon Network block Adult Swim in 2001. If anything, it's become an even bigger (and more enduring) hit in the U.S. than in its homeland. A big reason for this popularity was because the English dub was excellent: The characters speaking the...
- 11/21/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's modern classic blockbuster "Jurassic Park." In honor of the milestone anniversary, Universal will be celebrating the original dinosaur adventure all year long, including a bunch of new merchandise for fans to collect.
Perhaps the most exciting reveal so far is a batch of new "Jurassic Park" Lego sets that finally deliver perfectly sized building brick versions of the Jurassic Park Jeep and Ford Explorer from the doomed theme park. But of course, it wouldn't be a proper "Jurassic Park" Lego collection without a batch of dinosaurs and minifigures for all the important characters from the beloved movie. There are also crucial details for fans to enjoy, such as the Barbasol shaving cream can be used to smuggle dinosaur DNA and the "one big pile of s***" that Ian Malcolm wryly comments upon while checking on a sick Triceratops.
Take a...
Perhaps the most exciting reveal so far is a batch of new "Jurassic Park" Lego sets that finally deliver perfectly sized building brick versions of the Jurassic Park Jeep and Ford Explorer from the doomed theme park. But of course, it wouldn't be a proper "Jurassic Park" Lego collection without a batch of dinosaurs and minifigures for all the important characters from the beloved movie. There are also crucial details for fans to enjoy, such as the Barbasol shaving cream can be used to smuggle dinosaur DNA and the "one big pile of s***" that Ian Malcolm wryly comments upon while checking on a sick Triceratops.
Take a...
- 3/8/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Hold on to your butts: Lego has announced five new Jurassic Park sets to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic film. Featuring some of the most memorable scenes from the movie, one of them even has buildable poop.
The sets include the T. rex and the Raptor’s attack on the visitor center, the escape of a Raptor from its pen, and a sick Triceratops with the aforementioned toxic poop, as well as the Dilophosaurus ambush of Dennis Nedry and the breathtaking encounter with a Brachiosaurus. Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Alan Grant, John Hammond, Dr. Ian Malcolm, and Nedry mini-figures are included in select sets.
See photos of the new Jurassic Park 30th anniversary Lego sets below. Ranging from $19.99 for the Dilophosaurus ambush set to $129.99 for the T. rex and Raptor attack, all five will be out on June 1st. The latter set is currently available for pre-order here.
The sets include the T. rex and the Raptor’s attack on the visitor center, the escape of a Raptor from its pen, and a sick Triceratops with the aforementioned toxic poop, as well as the Dilophosaurus ambush of Dennis Nedry and the breathtaking encounter with a Brachiosaurus. Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Alan Grant, John Hammond, Dr. Ian Malcolm, and Nedry mini-figures are included in select sets.
See photos of the new Jurassic Park 30th anniversary Lego sets below. Ranging from $19.99 for the Dilophosaurus ambush set to $129.99 for the T. rex and Raptor attack, all five will be out on June 1st. The latter set is currently available for pre-order here.
- 3/8/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
When the 27th annual Art Directors Guild Awards are handed out at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Michael Denering, best known for his work in such movies as Die Hard, Batman Returns, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, will be one of several big-name artists receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award. Ahead of the Feb. 18 event, Denering looked back at some of his prized work, including a piece seen in Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur classic.
The scenic artist was a member of a small team that created a mural for the original Jurassic Park (above). The project was based on Picasso’s famous 1937 oil painting Guernica — the film version swapped out the original antiwar motifs of a gored horse, a bull and screaming women with dinosaurs. The final mural appeared in the compound of park owner John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) in various shots of the action flick.
The scenic artist was a member of a small team that created a mural for the original Jurassic Park (above). The project was based on Picasso’s famous 1937 oil painting Guernica — the film version swapped out the original antiwar motifs of a gored horse, a bull and screaming women with dinosaurs. The final mural appeared in the compound of park owner John Hammond (played by Richard Attenborough) in various shots of the action flick.
- 2/18/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Hammond is known to the fans of the Jurassic Park franchise as the founder and creator of the titular park. However, unbeknownst to those who have only watched the films and have not read the novels which inspired he film franchise, John Hammond is quite different in the movies than how he was written in the novels. Not only did the character have different personalities across materials, but also he lived different lives. When filmmakers translate books into movies, they often add, remove and change details, John Hammond is no exception. The books portrayed Hammond as a greedy capitalist
Jurassic Park Completely Changed John Hammond From The Books...
Jurassic Park Completely Changed John Hammond From The Books...
- 2/13/2023
- by Aron Paul
- TVovermind.com
A new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show has just been released, and in this one hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek are looking back at one of the coolest remakes ever made – the 1988 version of The Blob (watch it Here)! To find out what they think of this take on The Blob, check out the video embedded above.
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, the ’88 version of The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story: In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town’s sewer system,...
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, the ’88 version of The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story: In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town’s sewer system,...
- 1/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It's that time of year — when studios release their big hitters, awards bait, and prestige dramas, and when every outlet releases their top 10 movies of the year lists too early. That's because both studios and top 10 lists tend to underestimate that last major blockbuster that gets released towards the very tail end of the year, the movie that's being sold as just entertainment, but ends up delivering rather complex and resonant stories. Last year, that movie was "The Matrix: Resurrections" and this year, the biggest release of December is without a doubt James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water."
After 13 years, we are finally about to return to Pandora with a movie that suffered multiple delays and has a ludicrously high budget. Still, one should never bet against James Cameron, the man who gave us the highest-grossing film of all time not once, but twice; the filmmaker responsible for...
After 13 years, we are finally about to return to Pandora with a movie that suffered multiple delays and has a ludicrously high budget. Still, one should never bet against James Cameron, the man who gave us the highest-grossing film of all time not once, but twice; the filmmaker responsible for...
- 12/2/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
In retrospect, trapping a whole generation of filmmakers inside their houses with professional grade production equipment for months on end was destined to have an impact on their artistic output. It’s been a few years since the early height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but we’re still uncovering all the strange, low-fidelity projects these artisans came up with.
“Something in the Dirt” is one of the more interesting, if less focused examples.
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, written by Benson, photographed by Moorhead, and co-starring Benson and Moorhead — the two have since gone on to co-direct episodes of “Moon Knight” — “Something in the Dirt” is a sad, paranoid story of two Los Angeles wastrels who just happen to live next to each other. Levi Danube (Benson) is a shiftless asexual bartender with an extremely unfortunate arrest record, and John Daniels (Moorhead) is a shiftless divorcée who belongs...
“Something in the Dirt” is one of the more interesting, if less focused examples.
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, written by Benson, photographed by Moorhead, and co-starring Benson and Moorhead — the two have since gone on to co-direct episodes of “Moon Knight” — “Something in the Dirt” is a sad, paranoid story of two Los Angeles wastrels who just happen to live next to each other. Levi Danube (Benson) is a shiftless asexual bartender with an extremely unfortunate arrest record, and John Daniels (Moorhead) is a shiftless divorcée who belongs...
- 11/4/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Indie distributor Utopia, currently in theaters with Holy Spider, anticipates music documentary Meet Me In The Bathroom will be its biggest weekend opening to date.
It’s holding onto numbers for Sunday from one-night premieres this past week in LA at the Fonda and in NY at Webster Hall with live performances by The Moldy Peaches, Adam Green, Wah Together and special guests Tim Heidecker and Jim Jarmusch. This weekend, the event film by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, co-produced by Vice, Xtr and Pulse Films, opens at the IFC Center and Los Feliz with multiple shows sold out. Films and presales speak “to the growing 2000s nostalgia, but also the iconic impact of the bands featured in the film and their continued artistry and output,” said marketing chief Kyle Greenberg.
This early 2000s NYC indie rock scene immersion acquired out of Sundance expands to 150 screens Nov. 8 for one-night engagements...
It’s holding onto numbers for Sunday from one-night premieres this past week in LA at the Fonda and in NY at Webster Hall with live performances by The Moldy Peaches, Adam Green, Wah Together and special guests Tim Heidecker and Jim Jarmusch. This weekend, the event film by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, co-produced by Vice, Xtr and Pulse Films, opens at the IFC Center and Los Feliz with multiple shows sold out. Films and presales speak “to the growing 2000s nostalgia, but also the iconic impact of the bands featured in the film and their continued artistry and output,” said marketing chief Kyle Greenberg.
This early 2000s NYC indie rock scene immersion acquired out of Sundance expands to 150 screens Nov. 8 for one-night engagements...
- 11/4/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The rate at which Steven Spielberg has pumped out classic movies over his nearly 50-year career is astounding. From his directorial debut with "The Sugarland Express" in 1974 to this year's Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award winner "The Fabelmans," Spielberg has put out more bonafide classics than perhaps any modern director.
"Jurassic Park" may be Spielberg's greatest film of all. The 1993 adventure film's innovative special effects, amazing score, and strong cast help it stand the test of time. On paper, it's not surprising that a Spielberg film about dinosaurs rocked. Spielberg rocks, dinosaurs rock. It adds up.
But despite having a story with an absolutely killer premise, the success of "Jurassic Park" was not pre-ordained. It still required lots of hard work on the part of the cast, crew, and Spielberg himself. Spielberg especially had to work very hard to keep his actors motivated when they had to act...
"Jurassic Park" may be Spielberg's greatest film of all. The 1993 adventure film's innovative special effects, amazing score, and strong cast help it stand the test of time. On paper, it's not surprising that a Spielberg film about dinosaurs rocked. Spielberg rocks, dinosaurs rock. It adds up.
But despite having a story with an absolutely killer premise, the success of "Jurassic Park" was not pre-ordained. It still required lots of hard work on the part of the cast, crew, and Spielberg himself. Spielberg especially had to work very hard to keep his actors motivated when they had to act...
- 9/24/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
Plot: When an American director is murdered in 1952 England, a rumpled police inspector (Sam Rockwell) and his young partner (Saoirse Ronan) discover virtually everyone involved with the play he was hired to turn into a movie had reasons to want him dead.
Review: See How They Run is what they used to call a “romp.” It’s a comic murder mystery that aims to do little more than leaving you with a smile on your face, and in that vein, it succeeds. It also adopts a pleasing meta tone, with writer Mark Chappel and director Tom George using Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap as a jumping-off point.
For those who don’t know, The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in history. It’s been performed more or less continuously (minus a brief stop for the pandemic) in the West End of London since 1952. The joke of the movie is that...
Review: See How They Run is what they used to call a “romp.” It’s a comic murder mystery that aims to do little more than leaving you with a smile on your face, and in that vein, it succeeds. It also adopts a pleasing meta tone, with writer Mark Chappel and director Tom George using Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap as a jumping-off point.
For those who don’t know, The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in history. It’s been performed more or less continuously (minus a brief stop for the pandemic) in the West End of London since 1952. The joke of the movie is that...
- 9/16/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
"Jurassic Park" is all about illusion. The original film used a mix of groundbreaking CGI and animatronics to create the most realistic dinosaurs ever seen before in a movie. Despite John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) arguing otherwise, the dinosaurs themselves are as much an illusion in the text of the story: man-made facsimiles of creatures long ago vanished from the Earth.
2015's "Jurassic World" had a whole new issue when it came to selling this fantasy. The premise of "Jurassic World" is that the park is open to the public as a SeaWorld-esque tourist destination. According to the film's prop master Guillaume Delouche, the biggest challenge he and his team faced was convincingly portraying Jurassic World as a real-life theme park.
"Jurassic World" was partially shot in the shuttered Six Flags New Orleans, but the film also needed more minute details to capture the feeling of a theme park, from in-universe...
2015's "Jurassic World" had a whole new issue when it came to selling this fantasy. The premise of "Jurassic World" is that the park is open to the public as a SeaWorld-esque tourist destination. According to the film's prop master Guillaume Delouche, the biggest challenge he and his team faced was convincingly portraying Jurassic World as a real-life theme park.
"Jurassic World" was partially shot in the shuttered Six Flags New Orleans, but the film also needed more minute details to capture the feeling of a theme park, from in-universe...
- 8/22/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Horror fans have seen a lot of remakes of classics come and go over the years, but occasionally one will come along that achieves classic status on its own. One of those classic remakes is the 1988 version of The Blob (watch it Here), and we’re going to tell you all about it in the new episode of our Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series. Check it out in the embed above!
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, this take on The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story:
In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path.
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, this take on The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story:
In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path.
- 8/17/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Life, ah, finds a way. And so does the "Jurassic Park" franchise, although it hasn't always been easy. After the first three films in the dino-franchise steadily rolled out from 1993 through 2001, the fourth movie would go through an arduous pre-production process that included a notoriously bizarre early script draft featuring, among other things, dinosaur/dog hybrids. It would ultimately come to pass in 2015 under the title "Jurassic World," a legacy sequel that centers on the titular theme park (a place literally built on the remains of John Hammond's original biological reserve on Isla Nublar). But what if I...
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- 7/28/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
In the days this week before the UK suffered through all-time record temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius — or 104 degrees Fahrenheit — Gb News host Bev Turner made light of a meteorologist’s warnings about the coming heatwave in a televised interview that bears a striking resemblance to the much talked-about fictional TV interview in Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated film Don’t Look Up. In fact, one intrepid Twitter user cut the two scenes together, prompting McKay himself to weigh in. See below.
In the Gb News interview last week, British meteorologist John Hammond warns that, while last week it was a near-perfect 20 degrees Celsius — or 68 degrees Fahrenheit — “By early next week you can scratch 20 degrees. It could very well be 40 degrees. I think there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of excess deaths next week. The charts that I can see in front of me are frightening.”
After he makes a few more grim points,...
In the Gb News interview last week, British meteorologist John Hammond warns that, while last week it was a near-perfect 20 degrees Celsius — or 68 degrees Fahrenheit — “By early next week you can scratch 20 degrees. It could very well be 40 degrees. I think there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of excess deaths next week. The charts that I can see in front of me are frightening.”
After he makes a few more grim points,...
- 7/20/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema, since its earliest formation, has been the ultimate special effect. The illusion of the wildest fantasies or closest realities, being all around us. And in 1993, when Stephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Park walked with dinosaurs, the ultimate effect was achieved. Much like the late great Richard Attenborough’s well meaning but misguided John Hammond, Spielberg in adapting Michael Crichton’s novel, wanted to give us something that wasn’t an illusion. Something that was real. Something we could see, and almost touch. Even all these years on, in the dawn of advancing CGI, that film’s blend of practical and new age computer generated technology, remains spellbinding, but equally as importantly, so too do its characters and it’s, ever more meaningful, story.
Naturally success dictated expansion, and over the years, some have found themselves echoing Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm, in saying the makers have spent so long thinking how they could,...
Naturally success dictated expansion, and over the years, some have found themselves echoing Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm, in saying the makers have spent so long thinking how they could,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
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“You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should.”
That’s a paraphrase of a Jeff Goldblum line from the original Jurassic Park, as his Malcolm lectures Sir Richard Attenborough’s John Hammond on the ethics of spawning dinosaurs in a modern world. But it’s an apt statement that unfortunately applies to too many scenarios in these times — the latest having, rightfully, sparked the fury of costume conservationists, fashion aficionados and classic-film fans alike. And most of the parties involved have ceased talking about it.
“These people are here as custodians to preserve these pieces of history, not exploit them,” says ChadMichael Morrisette, a creative director and costume expert who owns the West Hollywood-based visual-display firm Oh Mannequin. “Marilyn Monroe was taken advantage of for other peoples’ gain her entire career, and...
“You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn’t stop to think if you should.”
That’s a paraphrase of a Jeff Goldblum line from the original Jurassic Park, as his Malcolm lectures Sir Richard Attenborough’s John Hammond on the ethics of spawning dinosaurs in a modern world. But it’s an apt statement that unfortunately applies to too many scenarios in these times — the latest having, rightfully, sparked the fury of costume conservationists, fashion aficionados and classic-film fans alike. And most of the parties involved have ceased talking about it.
“These people are here as custodians to preserve these pieces of history, not exploit them,” says ChadMichael Morrisette, a creative director and costume expert who owns the West Hollywood-based visual-display firm Oh Mannequin. “Marilyn Monroe was taken advantage of for other peoples’ gain her entire career, and...
- 6/17/2022
- by Laurie Brookins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A key element of “Jurassic World Dominion” is Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm reunion with the original “Jurassic Park” crew, as the quartet share the screen for the first time since 1993.
But that plot point isn’t the only “Jurassic” milestone for 2022. Attention must also be paid to the 25th anniversary of the dinosaur franchise’s second film, 1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.”
Goldblum’s Malcolm took the lead in that movie, which debuted on May 23, 1997 and saw the sci-fi action move from the original park on Isla Nublar to Isla Sorna (otherwise known as Site B) where the resurrected dinosaurs roam freely.
After a young girl is attacked on the island, Jurassic Park founder John Hammond (the late Richard Attenborough) recruits a team, led by Malcolm, to study and document the animals in their natural habitat in hopes of encouraging the government to enact a policy of non-interference.
But that plot point isn’t the only “Jurassic” milestone for 2022. Attention must also be paid to the 25th anniversary of the dinosaur franchise’s second film, 1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.”
Goldblum’s Malcolm took the lead in that movie, which debuted on May 23, 1997 and saw the sci-fi action move from the original park on Isla Nublar to Isla Sorna (otherwise known as Site B) where the resurrected dinosaurs roam freely.
After a young girl is attacked on the island, Jurassic Park founder John Hammond (the late Richard Attenborough) recruits a team, led by Malcolm, to study and document the animals in their natural habitat in hopes of encouraging the government to enact a policy of non-interference.
- 6/12/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Isabella Sermon, Campbell Scott, Justice Smith, Omar Sy, B.D. Wong, DeWanda Wise | Written by Colin Trevorrow, Emily Carmichael | Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Whether you believe this is the final film in the Jurassic Park franchise or just the last film till they do a soft reboot, Jurassic World Dominion, after a year delay, roars into theaters this weekend looking to take everyone’s money. After a disappointing fifth film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, does the final film get the franchise back on track?
Jurassic World Dominion takes place four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, which resulted in dinosaurs living alongside humans and causing major repercussions with humans’ reign at the top of the food chain. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) are now raising Charlotte Lockwood’s 14-year-old clone, Maisie (Isabella Sermon...
Whether you believe this is the final film in the Jurassic Park franchise or just the last film till they do a soft reboot, Jurassic World Dominion, after a year delay, roars into theaters this weekend looking to take everyone’s money. After a disappointing fifth film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, does the final film get the franchise back on track?
Jurassic World Dominion takes place four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, which resulted in dinosaurs living alongside humans and causing major repercussions with humans’ reign at the top of the food chain. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) are now raising Charlotte Lockwood’s 14-year-old clone, Maisie (Isabella Sermon...
- 6/11/2022
- by Jason Brigger
- Nerdly
This article contains mild Jurassic World Dominion spoilers.
We all agree that Jurassic Park is a masterpiece, right? Perfectly directed and acted, and augmented by one of John Williams’ best scores. And we should also agree that the rest of them are trash. To be clear, I don’t mean that derisively—killer dinosaur movies should be kind of trashy. While Steven Spielberg brought a sense of wonder and genuine emotion to the first film, not even he could make the sequel anything more than a nasty movie about dinosaurs eating people.
That fact has been the blessing and curse of the Jurassic franchise. Only one movie has been able to transcend the trashy joy of dino mayhem, but even the worst of the series still has dinosaurs, and dinosaurs are awesome.
For that reason, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to rank the Jurassic films. Instead...
We all agree that Jurassic Park is a masterpiece, right? Perfectly directed and acted, and augmented by one of John Williams’ best scores. And we should also agree that the rest of them are trash. To be clear, I don’t mean that derisively—killer dinosaur movies should be kind of trashy. While Steven Spielberg brought a sense of wonder and genuine emotion to the first film, not even he could make the sequel anything more than a nasty movie about dinosaurs eating people.
That fact has been the blessing and curse of the Jurassic franchise. Only one movie has been able to transcend the trashy joy of dino mayhem, but even the worst of the series still has dinosaurs, and dinosaurs are awesome.
For that reason, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to rank the Jurassic films. Instead...
- 6/11/2022
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
If you love the “Jurassic Park” franchise, chances are a lot of that has to do with Sam Neill and his portrayal of paleontologist Alan Grant.
In the first film, Grant is a somewhat grumpy scientist who is convinced by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) to assess his newly designed theme park. Of course, all goes to hell, and Grant must help the survivors escape the dinosaur-overrun island. Neill returned for the third film, “Jurassic Park III,” this time getting conned by an estranged couple (played by William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) into looking for their missing son on the second island. Since then he’s been absent. Until now.
With “Jurassic World: Dominion,” Neill returns to the franchise as Grant, who along with his old pals Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) investigate a mystery connected to the dinosaurs from Jurassic World and team up with...
In the first film, Grant is a somewhat grumpy scientist who is convinced by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) to assess his newly designed theme park. Of course, all goes to hell, and Grant must help the survivors escape the dinosaur-overrun island. Neill returned for the third film, “Jurassic Park III,” this time getting conned by an estranged couple (played by William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) into looking for their missing son on the second island. Since then he’s been absent. Until now.
With “Jurassic World: Dominion,” Neill returns to the franchise as Grant, who along with his old pals Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) investigate a mystery connected to the dinosaurs from Jurassic World and team up with...
- 6/10/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
This article contains Jurassic World Dominion spoilers.
Something has survived. That was the tagline for the first sequel to Jurassic Park, The Lost World, which was released 25 years ago. Yet it can also apply to the Jurassic franchise as a whole, as this series has survived—thrived, even—across three decades and multiple generations of casts.
And with Jurassic World Dominion now in theaters, we’ve reached the apparent culmination of the dino-action. Two eras of heroes, including Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), raptor trainer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), corporate executive-turned-dinosaur-rights activist Claire Reading (Bryce Dallas Howard), and Owen and Claire’s adopted and genetically engineered clone-daughter, Maisie (Isabella Sermon), have all come together to save the world from the rampaging menace of prehistoric locusts. And what a sight it is seeing all six of them standing shoulder to shoulder...
Something has survived. That was the tagline for the first sequel to Jurassic Park, The Lost World, which was released 25 years ago. Yet it can also apply to the Jurassic franchise as a whole, as this series has survived—thrived, even—across three decades and multiple generations of casts.
And with Jurassic World Dominion now in theaters, we’ve reached the apparent culmination of the dino-action. Two eras of heroes, including Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), raptor trainer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), corporate executive-turned-dinosaur-rights activist Claire Reading (Bryce Dallas Howard), and Owen and Claire’s adopted and genetically engineered clone-daughter, Maisie (Isabella Sermon), have all come together to save the world from the rampaging menace of prehistoric locusts. And what a sight it is seeing all six of them standing shoulder to shoulder...
- 6/10/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Chris Pratt as Owen Grady in Jurassic World Dominion
Hey, even though we haven’t really unpacked from last weekend’s summer vacation jaunt to Fire Island, are you ready for some more “globe-hopping”? Perhaps you’re in the mood for another island getaway near the tropics. Well, Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica has been a real “cinema destination” for almost thirty years. Until about four years ago when a volcano wiped out its theme park and its major attractions; lots and lots of genetically engineered dinosaurs. Now you recall the place…er…park. Ah, but those adaptable “thunder lizards” didn’t expire under a wave of molten lava. Their fate, along with their various protectors, researchers, and exploiters, is revealed in this weekend’s big, really massive, studio feature film. So, is it the sixth in the franchise or the finale in the second trilogy? That...
Hey, even though we haven’t really unpacked from last weekend’s summer vacation jaunt to Fire Island, are you ready for some more “globe-hopping”? Perhaps you’re in the mood for another island getaway near the tropics. Well, Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica has been a real “cinema destination” for almost thirty years. Until about four years ago when a volcano wiped out its theme park and its major attractions; lots and lots of genetically engineered dinosaurs. Now you recall the place…er…park. Ah, but those adaptable “thunder lizards” didn’t expire under a wave of molten lava. Their fate, along with their various protectors, researchers, and exploiters, is revealed in this weekend’s big, really massive, studio feature film. So, is it the sixth in the franchise or the finale in the second trilogy? That...
- 6/10/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It was nearly 10 years ago when Chris Pratt signed on to play animal behaviorist Owen Grady in Jurassic World, the first new movie in the Jurassic Park franchise since 2001. Looking back at it now, Pratt tells Den of Geek he couldn’t imagine that he might still be playing Grady a decade later in Jurassic World Dominion, a movie billed as the conclusion to not just the trilogy he’s starred in but also the three movies before that.
“I had just done the first Guardians of the Galaxy and I was under contract to do whatever my contract was for that, I think it was three movies and two cameos,” Pratt says on the phone during an interview with him and Jurassic co-star Bryce Dallas Howard. “I remember thinking, ‘They’re probably gonna do the same kind of thing with Jurassic World.’ And they did—they wanted to sign us up for three movies.
“I had just done the first Guardians of the Galaxy and I was under contract to do whatever my contract was for that, I think it was three movies and two cameos,” Pratt says on the phone during an interview with him and Jurassic co-star Bryce Dallas Howard. “I remember thinking, ‘They’re probably gonna do the same kind of thing with Jurassic World.’ And they did—they wanted to sign us up for three movies.
- 6/9/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
The triceratops was my favorite dinosaur growing up. I’m not sure why exactly, but I think it had something to do with the horns and the hard plate. He was scrappy and could fight back against the predators. I wasn’t the first to think this either. Due to the same bias, Steven Spielberg switched out a stegosaurus in the Jurassic Park novel with a triceratops for a pivotal scene onscreen. When Sam Neill puts his head against a magnificent animatronic creation and admits “she was my favorite as a kid,” Spielberg wanted that creature to have three horns recreated by human hand.
Thirty years later, there are precious few flashes of that same, simple childhood wonder in this long in the tooth franchise. Early in Jurassic World Dominion, Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire Dearing rescues a baby triceratops from the cruelties of man when she stumbles upon one in a cage.
Thirty years later, there are precious few flashes of that same, simple childhood wonder in this long in the tooth franchise. Early in Jurassic World Dominion, Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire Dearing rescues a baby triceratops from the cruelties of man when she stumbles upon one in a cage.
- 6/8/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
“At some point you do plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour, right?” That quip lobbed at Jurassic Park (the fictional place) creator John Hammond also serves as a chief concern prompted by Jurassic Park’s (the film franchise) latest entry: it fails to deliver on a straightforward premise. That’s not to say there aren’t prehistoric beasts in Jurassic World: Dominion. It’s more an observation that the human-dinosaur world collision implied in the film’s marketing—a conflict that has been teased and anticipated across this franchise’s 30-year history—is absent from any central action. If one is hoping to get various sequences resembling The Lost World’s San Diego climax, or even some of the potential chaos alluded to in Fallen Kingdom’s ending montage, they might do well to sit this one out.
A few years after J.A. Bayona’s dinosaurs-via-Victorian-horror released both...
A few years after J.A. Bayona’s dinosaurs-via-Victorian-horror released both...
- 6/8/2022
- by Conor O'Donnell
- The Film Stage
When director Steven Spielberg unleashed “Jurassic Park” on audiences in 1993, the sci-fi blockbuster quickly became the highest-grossing film ever at the time – and created a franchise that’s still running today.
With six films in total, the “Jurassic” franchise spans nearly three decades, with four different directors putting their stamps on what the world would look like if dinosaurs walked alongside humans.
Spielberg’s initial adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel showcased visual effects that were groundbreaking at the time, and each successive film in the franchise has attempted to one-up and/or recapture the magical mix of awe and terror that’s so effectively pervasive in the original movie.
With “Jurassic World: Dominion” hitting theaters soon, there’s no time like the present to revisit the franchise. Below, we’ve put together a handy list of where every “Jurassic” movie is currently streaming.
Also Read:
New ‘Jurassic World: Dominion...
With six films in total, the “Jurassic” franchise spans nearly three decades, with four different directors putting their stamps on what the world would look like if dinosaurs walked alongside humans.
Spielberg’s initial adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel showcased visual effects that were groundbreaking at the time, and each successive film in the franchise has attempted to one-up and/or recapture the magical mix of awe and terror that’s so effectively pervasive in the original movie.
With “Jurassic World: Dominion” hitting theaters soon, there’s no time like the present to revisit the franchise. Below, we’ve put together a handy list of where every “Jurassic” movie is currently streaming.
Also Read:
New ‘Jurassic World: Dominion...
- 6/8/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Grab some popcorn and pull up a chair, it’s a moral imperative that we celebrate the 35th birthday of Martha Coolidge’s science whiz classic Real Genius!
The wise-cracking Val Kilmer starrer, which details the adventures of a group of brilliant physics undergrads at the fictional Pacific Tech University (clearly a stand-in for Caltech), stands as a wonderful slice of ’80s fun. It’s the kind of feel-good adventure that can be watched over and over again, spun like a favorite album.
Kilmer plays Chris Knight, a senior at Pacific Tech on the verge of burnout after years working with a special research team under the tutelage of the sleazy Dr. Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton). Chris, now prone to wearing goofy t-shirts and slippers and generally flaunting any sort of authority with playful jabs, convinces Hathaway to let him room with brilliant freshman Mitch Taylor (Gabriel Jarret), a 15-year-old winter term addition to campus.
The wise-cracking Val Kilmer starrer, which details the adventures of a group of brilliant physics undergrads at the fictional Pacific Tech University (clearly a stand-in for Caltech), stands as a wonderful slice of ’80s fun. It’s the kind of feel-good adventure that can be watched over and over again, spun like a favorite album.
Kilmer plays Chris Knight, a senior at Pacific Tech on the verge of burnout after years working with a special research team under the tutelage of the sleazy Dr. Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton). Chris, now prone to wearing goofy t-shirts and slippers and generally flaunting any sort of authority with playful jabs, convinces Hathaway to let him room with brilliant freshman Mitch Taylor (Gabriel Jarret), a 15-year-old winter term addition to campus.
- 8/7/2020
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
1976: Ryan's Hope's Jack was annoyed with Little John.
1981: The Edge of Night's Nadine called out her daughter, Raven.
1981: General Hospital's Heather defended herself to Burt.
2004: As the World Turns' Barbara was determined to get her son."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On Dark Shadows, Joe Haskell (Joel Crothers) told Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) about David Collins' crystal ball's prediction. Burke Devline (Mitchell Ryan) investigated Bill Malloys' disappearance, certain that he had incriminating evidence against Roger Collins and Sam Evans (David Ford). Sam...
1981: The Edge of Night's Nadine called out her daughter, Raven.
1981: General Hospital's Heather defended herself to Burt.
2004: As the World Turns' Barbara was determined to get her son."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On Dark Shadows, Joe Haskell (Joel Crothers) told Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) about David Collins' crystal ball's prediction. Burke Devline (Mitchell Ryan) investigated Bill Malloys' disappearance, certain that he had incriminating evidence against Roger Collins and Sam Evans (David Ford). Sam...
- 9/6/2019
- by Unknown
- We Love Soaps
1976: Ryan's Hope's Jack was annoyed with Little John.
1981: The Edge of Night's Nadine called out her daughter, Raven.
1981: General Hospital's Heather defended herself to Burt.
2004: As the World Turns' Barbara was determined to get her son."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On Dark Shadows, Joe Haskell (Joel Crothers) told Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) about David Collins' crystal ball's prediction. Burke Devline (Mitchell Ryan) investigated Bill Malloys' disappearance, certain that he had incriminating evidence against Roger Collins and Sam Evans (David Ford). Sam believed everyone in the entire town was headed towards death.
1981: The Edge of Night's Nadine called out her daughter, Raven.
1981: General Hospital's Heather defended herself to Burt.
2004: As the World Turns' Barbara was determined to get her son."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1966: On Dark Shadows, Joe Haskell (Joel Crothers) told Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) about David Collins' crystal ball's prediction. Burke Devline (Mitchell Ryan) investigated Bill Malloys' disappearance, certain that he had incriminating evidence against Roger Collins and Sam Evans (David Ford). Sam believed everyone in the entire town was headed towards death.
- 9/1/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
The hotly anticipated sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is bringing back one of the franchise's most-beloved characters.
In a newly-released featurette – which drops quite a few tantalizing hints and exciting teases regarding the upcoming dino-fighting epic – fans get a sneak peek at the return of Jeff Goldblum's iconic scientist-turned-reluctant adventurer, Ian Malcolm.
While the glimpse at Goldblum is brief, it's endlessly exciting for fans of the original Jurassic Park and its sequel, who have been dying to see the celebrated character come back to the franchise.
The good doctor has clearly aged well and matured since we last saw him chasing a T-Rex through the streets of San Diego in the action-packed 1997 Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World. He's traded in his black leather jacket for a crisp black suit, and he's grown out his salt-and-pepper beard, giving him the look of a distinguished professor.
Universal Pictures/YouTube
In the one scene in the featurette, Goldblum's character...
In a newly-released featurette – which drops quite a few tantalizing hints and exciting teases regarding the upcoming dino-fighting epic – fans get a sneak peek at the return of Jeff Goldblum's iconic scientist-turned-reluctant adventurer, Ian Malcolm.
While the glimpse at Goldblum is brief, it's endlessly exciting for fans of the original Jurassic Park and its sequel, who have been dying to see the celebrated character come back to the franchise.
The good doctor has clearly aged well and matured since we last saw him chasing a T-Rex through the streets of San Diego in the action-packed 1997 Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World. He's traded in his black leather jacket for a crisp black suit, and he's grown out his salt-and-pepper beard, giving him the look of a distinguished professor.
Universal Pictures/YouTube
In the one scene in the featurette, Goldblum's character...
- 12/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Producer Colin Trevorrow has released a little clip from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom giving us our first look at actual footage from the film. All it shows is Chris Pratt's Owen Grady getting a little friendly with a little baby velociraptor. The clip came with the caption:
"From our Jurassic family to yours."
There's not much known about the sequel, but Trevorrow has previously described the sequel as being a “deeper, more character-based" film and that "it definitely leans into suspense." He also said that there will be a big insane action sequence in the middle of the film.
I enjoyed the first film, regardless of its problems, and I'm looking forward to the sequel, especially with director J. A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) at the helm. I think he's a great filmmaker and I'm excited to see what he does with this sequel.
The film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard...
"From our Jurassic family to yours."
There's not much known about the sequel, but Trevorrow has previously described the sequel as being a “deeper, more character-based" film and that "it definitely leans into suspense." He also said that there will be a big insane action sequence in the middle of the film.
I enjoyed the first film, regardless of its problems, and I'm looking forward to the sequel, especially with director J. A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) at the helm. I think he's a great filmmaker and I'm excited to see what he does with this sequel.
The film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard...
- 11/22/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Louisa Mellor Nov 21, 2017
The Westworld creators talk imagery, metaphor and nerdy details in season one’s Blu ray special features…
This feature contains Westworld season one spoilers.
See related Shane Black: a career retrospective Zack Snyder interview: Batman V Superman
While it aired, the first season of Westworld could hardly have been more closely scrutinised for clues, twists and Easter Eggs. Between sites like this one and lengthy Reddit threads, fans went through Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s sci-fi drama with a fine-toothed comb.
The result of that careful work by fans meant that by the game-changing finale, most of Westworld’s secrets had been laid bare. Many fan theories had been proved correct. Nods to the 1973 film and to Michael Crichton’s other famous theme park story had all been exposed. When the DVD and Blu-ray release arrived at the start of this month then, very few...
The Westworld creators talk imagery, metaphor and nerdy details in season one’s Blu ray special features…
This feature contains Westworld season one spoilers.
See related Shane Black: a career retrospective Zack Snyder interview: Batman V Superman
While it aired, the first season of Westworld could hardly have been more closely scrutinised for clues, twists and Easter Eggs. Between sites like this one and lengthy Reddit threads, fans went through Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s sci-fi drama with a fine-toothed comb.
The result of that careful work by fans meant that by the game-changing finale, most of Westworld’s secrets had been laid bare. Many fan theories had been proved correct. Nods to the 1973 film and to Michael Crichton’s other famous theme park story had all been exposed. When the DVD and Blu-ray release arrived at the start of this month then, very few...
- 11/20/2017
- Den of Geek
I bet you didn’t think you could be any more excited for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, did you? Well, what if we throw a couple of dinosaurs into the mix? Yup, that’s right, we’re hearing that The Last Jedi is going to have the first trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom attached to it.
Now, this deal isn’t done and dusted yet, but some smart detective work by fansite Jurassic Outpost sounds pretty convincing to us and we’re excited by their deductions that we might even get sight of the trailer in a few short weeks. According to them, it’ll be here no earlier than December 1st and no later than December 13th. So, not too long to go, then.
As awesome as the Jurassic Park dinos are, this is going to be a tricky holiday market to stand out in. Not only...
Now, this deal isn’t done and dusted yet, but some smart detective work by fansite Jurassic Outpost sounds pretty convincing to us and we’re excited by their deductions that we might even get sight of the trailer in a few short weeks. According to them, it’ll be here no earlier than December 1st and no later than December 13th. So, not too long to go, then.
As awesome as the Jurassic Park dinos are, this is going to be a tricky holiday market to stand out in. Not only...
- 11/17/2017
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Paul Bullock Nov 13, 2017
The website for Jurassic Park: The Lost World remains online - and it was once hacked, and made more, er, 'duck-focused'....
For a brief moment in May 1997, Universal Pictures was promoting a major blockbuster about ducks. With the internet growing into the vital marketing tool it’s become today, the studio pushed its financial might behind the online sphere, creating a comprehensive, immersive and interactive site for the sequel to one of its biggest hits. However, just after The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released, something went badly wrong.
“They're quacked,” reads a CNN article dated May 28th 1997 and brilliantly titled Hackers fowl Up Lost World Site. “The dinosaurs of The Lost World were no match for hackers who broke into their Web site and with a stroke of a key changed the film's name to The Duck World: Jurassic Pond."
The stroke of a key...
The website for Jurassic Park: The Lost World remains online - and it was once hacked, and made more, er, 'duck-focused'....
For a brief moment in May 1997, Universal Pictures was promoting a major blockbuster about ducks. With the internet growing into the vital marketing tool it’s become today, the studio pushed its financial might behind the online sphere, creating a comprehensive, immersive and interactive site for the sequel to one of its biggest hits. However, just after The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released, something went badly wrong.
“They're quacked,” reads a CNN article dated May 28th 1997 and brilliantly titled Hackers fowl Up Lost World Site. “The dinosaurs of The Lost World were no match for hackers who broke into their Web site and with a stroke of a key changed the film's name to The Duck World: Jurassic Pond."
The stroke of a key...
- 11/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Aug 3, 2017
You may have seen Jurassic Park a dozen times, but there loads of details that are easy to miss. Details like these...
Last week, visual effects artist Todd Vaziri took to Twitter to shatter the illusions of Jurassic Park fans everywhere. "When people watch this 24-year old mega-blockbuster," he tweeted, "they point and laugh at the totally obvious disappearing raptor on each viewing, ya?"
See related James Bond 007: revisiting Never Say Never Again
What, Todd? The what!?
Alongside this tweet, Vaziri also posted a slowed down Gif of the moment in question and - yep - there it is. During the final set piece, in which the T-Rex (somehow silently) stomps into the Visitor's Centre and gobbles up the Velociraptors, one of the Raptors disappears. Not eaten by the Rex, just gone. One frame, she's there, the next she's not, the following one she's there again.
You may have seen Jurassic Park a dozen times, but there loads of details that are easy to miss. Details like these...
Last week, visual effects artist Todd Vaziri took to Twitter to shatter the illusions of Jurassic Park fans everywhere. "When people watch this 24-year old mega-blockbuster," he tweeted, "they point and laugh at the totally obvious disappearing raptor on each viewing, ya?"
See related James Bond 007: revisiting Never Say Never Again
What, Todd? The what!?
Alongside this tweet, Vaziri also posted a slowed down Gif of the moment in question and - yep - there it is. During the final set piece, in which the T-Rex (somehow silently) stomps into the Visitor's Centre and gobbles up the Velociraptors, one of the Raptors disappears. Not eaten by the Rex, just gone. One frame, she's there, the next she's not, the following one she's there again.
- 8/1/2017
- Den of Geek
Kids who grew up watching Jurassic Park were all but guaranteed to both love and fear the Tyrannosaurus rex. The film portrays this hulking king of dinosaurs as both a ferocious and noble creature that, unlike the sly velociraptors that sneak up on their prey, will straight up run you down and stomp you into the mud. But it turns out that a real-life T. rex on the hunt, like most cool things in movies, was likely more boring and much, much slower.
Two recent studies from Nature Ecology & Evolution and PeerJ used computer simulations and skeletal stress analysis to determine that the T. rex was only capable of reaching top speeds of 12 to 17 miles per hour, far below the 32 miles per hour the character John Hammond boasts in the 1993 film. Furthermore, the PeerJ study concluded that, since a T. rex could weigh as much ...
Two recent studies from Nature Ecology & Evolution and PeerJ used computer simulations and skeletal stress analysis to determine that the T. rex was only capable of reaching top speeds of 12 to 17 miles per hour, far below the 32 miles per hour the character John Hammond boasts in the 1993 film. Furthermore, the PeerJ study concluded that, since a T. rex could weigh as much ...
- 7/19/2017
- by Dan Neilan
- avclub.com
There’s still so much we don’t know about director J. A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. One of the things I’m most excited about, though, is the return of Jeff Goldblum’s Ian Malcolm. The tagline for the film is even one of his lines from the original movie, “Life Finds a Way.”
Today we have a collection of cool photos from the set of the film for you to check out. They come from the Instagram account jurassic_world2018 and they feature some pretty cool stuff that I think fans will like... if they choose to look at them. I won’t say what they are as they do tease some plot details. You can scroll through the images on the embeds below.
The movie also Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing. We'll also see the return of Bd Wong‘s Dr. Henry Wu.
Today we have a collection of cool photos from the set of the film for you to check out. They come from the Instagram account jurassic_world2018 and they feature some pretty cool stuff that I think fans will like... if they choose to look at them. I won’t say what they are as they do tease some plot details. You can scroll through the images on the embeds below.
The movie also Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing. We'll also see the return of Bd Wong‘s Dr. Henry Wu.
- 7/7/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Full disclosure: Jurassic Park is my favorite movie. Always has been, always will be. I was born in 1989, and though I grew up on a steady cinematic diet of the usual staples like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, I was, essentially, late to the party. I wasn’t there in 1977 when the world was first taken back a long time ago to a galaxy far, far away. I wasn’t there in 1981 when audiences first met Indy, or in 1982 when a young boy became best friends with a stranded extraterrestrial, or in 1985 when Marty McFly traveled back to 1955. These were the types of stories I grew up on, love, and cherish, of course, but it wasn’t until 1993 that I had the chance to be present as a film became something else, transcending into a cultural event of its own.
Like the countless children before me who took a...
Like the countless children before me who took a...
- 7/2/2017
- by Geoff Cox
- We Got This Covered
Universal Pictures has released a new poster for Jurassic World 2 and it reveals the new title of the movie. That title is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. We can only speculate as to what the title means, but I like the ring of it! It also comes with the tagline, "Life Finds a Way."
The movie is being directed by J. A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) and it stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing. We'll also see the return of Bd Wong‘s Dr. Henry Wu and Jeff Goldblum is reprising his role of Ian Malcolm! The movie also stars James Cromwell is as Benjamin Lockwood, who happens to be John Hammond’s old partner that developed the technology of cloning the dino genes. Justice Smith and Toby Jones have also joined the film. Oh yeah, the heroic T-Rex will also be back!
There's still not much known about the story but producer Colin Trevorrow has described the sequel as being a “deeper, more character-based" film and that "it definitely leans into suspense." He also said that there will be a big insane action sequence in the middle of the film.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is set to be released on June 22, 2018.
The movie is being directed by J. A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) and it stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing. We'll also see the return of Bd Wong‘s Dr. Henry Wu and Jeff Goldblum is reprising his role of Ian Malcolm! The movie also stars James Cromwell is as Benjamin Lockwood, who happens to be John Hammond’s old partner that developed the technology of cloning the dino genes. Justice Smith and Toby Jones have also joined the film. Oh yeah, the heroic T-Rex will also be back!
There's still not much known about the story but producer Colin Trevorrow has described the sequel as being a “deeper, more character-based" film and that "it definitely leans into suspense." He also said that there will be a big insane action sequence in the middle of the film.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is set to be released on June 22, 2018.
- 6/22/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
He was just the second man to play James Bond since Sean Connery, and she was a 20-year-old newcomer taking on the mantle of “Bond girl” in her first major role.
But looking back on Live or Let Die some 44 years later, Jane Seymour tells People that despite the pressure on both of them, Sir Roger Moore was always in her corner.
“He was very caring to me because I was a newbie,” the actress, 66, tells People. “I was 20 years old and had never been anywhere or done anything and was terrified of the whole experience, and he literally made jokes around me,...
But looking back on Live or Let Die some 44 years later, Jane Seymour tells People that despite the pressure on both of them, Sir Roger Moore was always in her corner.
“He was very caring to me because I was a newbie,” the actress, 66, tells People. “I was 20 years old and had never been anywhere or done anything and was terrified of the whole experience, and he literally made jokes around me,...
- 5/26/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
If you’re not following Juan Antonio Bayona on Twitter, you really should be.
Ever since the filmmaker took the reins on Jurassic World 2 – replacing the outgoing Colin Trevorrow (Star Wars: Episode IX) in the process – Bayona’s Twitter feed has transformed into a steady stream of pictures and behind-the-scenes pictures for Universal’s 2018 sequel.
Still incubating in the bowels of development, late last month we learned that Jeff Goldblum had signed on to reprise the role of Dr. Ian Malcolm (eek!), and the acting veteran is relishing the thought of stepping foot on Isla Nublar once more – assuming J.A. Bayona’s follow-up ventures back to where it all began, of course.
One thing’s for sure: Jurassic World 2 has stomped past the half-way point in development. Per Twitter, Bayona posted a close-up of what appears to be John Hammond’s iconic amber cane – either that, or a very dirty light bulb.
Ever since the filmmaker took the reins on Jurassic World 2 – replacing the outgoing Colin Trevorrow (Star Wars: Episode IX) in the process – Bayona’s Twitter feed has transformed into a steady stream of pictures and behind-the-scenes pictures for Universal’s 2018 sequel.
Still incubating in the bowels of development, late last month we learned that Jeff Goldblum had signed on to reprise the role of Dr. Ian Malcolm (eek!), and the acting veteran is relishing the thought of stepping foot on Isla Nublar once more – assuming J.A. Bayona’s follow-up ventures back to where it all began, of course.
One thing’s for sure: Jurassic World 2 has stomped past the half-way point in development. Per Twitter, Bayona posted a close-up of what appears to be John Hammond’s iconic amber cane – either that, or a very dirty light bulb.
- 5/11/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
John Hammond is a legend in the fictional dinosaur world. He’s the vision behind Jurassic Park. He’s the reason why scientists were able to extra the DNA from a dinosaur to genetically engineer new ones. He’s also the reason people’s arms were ripped off, why dinosaurs inhabited other test islands, and even the reason why they tried (and failed) all over again with a Jurassic World. And for a guy who touted sparing no expense during multiple points in the movie, here are some things one redditor points out that says the exact opposite. He sent his grandkids into a
In Jurassic Park, It Turns Out John Hammond Spared Plenty of Expenses...
In Jurassic Park, It Turns Out John Hammond Spared Plenty of Expenses...
- 5/1/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Recently in an interview with Larry King, actor James Cromwell talked a bit about what his role in the upcoming Jurassic World 2. He revealed an interesting bit of information regarding the character he plays and how, apparently, it's a part that has been in the story all along... but not really.
In the interview, Cromwell talked about how he would be playing a character named Benjamin Lockwood. He is John Hammond's long lost partner who has been an essential part of the entire cloning operation. In the interview Cromwell said:
"We developed the technology of being able to clone the genes. And so I'm trying to deal with the blowback from what we have done."
So Hammond had a partner all along. He just wasn't in any of the previous movies because he's shy, or maybe had a cold on the day that Hammond showed off Jurassic Park? Maybe...
In the interview, Cromwell talked about how he would be playing a character named Benjamin Lockwood. He is John Hammond's long lost partner who has been an essential part of the entire cloning operation. In the interview Cromwell said:
"We developed the technology of being able to clone the genes. And so I'm trying to deal with the blowback from what we have done."
So Hammond had a partner all along. He just wasn't in any of the previous movies because he's shy, or maybe had a cold on the day that Hammond showed off Jurassic Park? Maybe...
- 4/28/2017
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
Academy Award nominee James Cromwell has been gracing screens both big and small for over 50 years. His impressive career has spanned genre and medium, as much as it has spanned independent projects and Hollywood blockbusters. So, it is perhaps a logical step to include him in the cast of Jurassic World 2, in a role that sounds like it essentially replaces the story function filled by the late Richard Attenborough within the franchise narrative – that of ‘The Man With Whom The Buck Stops.’
There is precedent within the Jurassic Park series for characters from the first instalment to reappear. Jeff Goldblum, as Ian Malcolm, starred in the second film – The Lost World: Jurassic Park – and returns for Jurassic World 2. Sam Neill and Laura Dern, as Drs. Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler, respectively – returned for Jurassic Park III. Richard Attenborough, who played billionaire, theme-park-visionary John Hammond, passed away in 2014 – so it seems...
There is precedent within the Jurassic Park series for characters from the first instalment to reappear. Jeff Goldblum, as Ian Malcolm, starred in the second film – The Lost World: Jurassic Park – and returns for Jurassic World 2. Sam Neill and Laura Dern, as Drs. Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler, respectively – returned for Jurassic Park III. Richard Attenborough, who played billionaire, theme-park-visionary John Hammond, passed away in 2014 – so it seems...
- 4/28/2017
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Thanks to a cartoon DNA strand, the original Jurassic Park makes it clear that Richard Attenborough’s John Hammond is the guy who the entire project that made cloning dinosaurs possible, but it sounds like Jurassic World 2 might be throwing a new wrinkle into that backstory. As reported by Looper, James Cromwell stopped by Larry King Now this week and not only confirmed that he’s in Jurassic World 2, but also that he’s playing a character who could be hugely important to the core mythology of the series. He says that he’s playing a guy named Benjamin Lockwood, who was John Hammond’s “partner” back in the day and even helped him develop the dinosaur cloning technology that made Jurassic Park possible.
Assuming that’s all accurate, this is a pretty big retcon for the Jurassic Park series. Beyond John Hammond’s company, the original movie ...
Assuming that’s all accurate, this is a pretty big retcon for the Jurassic Park series. Beyond John Hammond’s company, the original movie ...
- 4/27/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Jurassic World 2 only began filming earlier this month and so naturally the project is still shrouded in mystery. So here's a quick recap of what we know for sure: - Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. - New cast members include Justice Smith, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall, Danielle Pineda, and Geraldine Chaplin. - It will have more of a direct connection to Jurassic Park than even Jurassic World did. That list bit is a bit curious considering Colin Trevorrow's movie had some very obvious Jurassic Park callbacks, but perhaps what new director J.A. Bayona meant with his quote from last fall is that JW2 will more directly deal with the legacy of Jurassic Park creator John Hammond. At least we think that may be the implication, as Bayona just tweeted out the...
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- 3/9/2017
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
How much do you love Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park? Enough to drop some cash on a mounted bust of the film's biggest, baddest, coolest antihero, the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Chronicle Collectibles (via io9) has opened pre-orders for a 19'' bust that's roughly 16'' in diameter, and putting this thing on your wall will add some serious geek cred to your home.
The coolest part of this bust is that it was created using the molds from the original film that were created by Stan Winston Studios. It was also painted by Steve Riojas, whom the site describes as "one of the best dinosaur painters in the industry." That may be one of the most specific niche professions I've ever heard of, but it looks like he did a killer job matching the look of the bust with the dino we know from the movie.
Now the bad news: this baby...
The coolest part of this bust is that it was created using the molds from the original film that were created by Stan Winston Studios. It was also painted by Steve Riojas, whom the site describes as "one of the best dinosaur painters in the industry." That may be one of the most specific niche professions I've ever heard of, but it looks like he did a killer job matching the look of the bust with the dino we know from the movie.
Now the bad news: this baby...
- 2/24/2017
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Paul Bullock Dec 15, 2016
We continue to salute Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday, with a look at the decade that transformed his career: the 1990s
The 1990s delivered everything Steven Spielberg could have hoped for to enjoy a successful third decade in the film industry. He restated his position as Hollywood's King of the Blockbuster with Jurassic Park, he found critical and awards success with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and he used the platform the former offered to set up a charitable organisation (The Shoah Foundation) that’s gone on to become one of the most significant Holocaust resources in the world. By anybody's standards, that's a pretty solid ten-year stint. And yet, the 90s stands as arguably Spielberg's weakest period, a time of unqualified success and curious lethargy, a time of enriching experimentation and self-defeating regression. At times, Spielberg consciously seemed to take one step forwards and another backwards.
We continue to salute Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday, with a look at the decade that transformed his career: the 1990s
The 1990s delivered everything Steven Spielberg could have hoped for to enjoy a successful third decade in the film industry. He restated his position as Hollywood's King of the Blockbuster with Jurassic Park, he found critical and awards success with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and he used the platform the former offered to set up a charitable organisation (The Shoah Foundation) that’s gone on to become one of the most significant Holocaust resources in the world. By anybody's standards, that's a pretty solid ten-year stint. And yet, the 90s stands as arguably Spielberg's weakest period, a time of unqualified success and curious lethargy, a time of enriching experimentation and self-defeating regression. At times, Spielberg consciously seemed to take one step forwards and another backwards.
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Michael Noble Dec 5, 2016
Humans series 2's multiple plots begin to coalesce in episode six...
This review contains spoilers.
See related The Inhumans: Iron Fist's Scott Buck signs up as showrunner
There is a subtlety in emphasis. Meaning (or a counter-meaning) can often be better carried in pitch and tone than in simple nouns and verbs, particularly in statements that are ostensibly bland. There’s no better blandness than in corporate slogans and no more effective use of accentuation than in Qualia Industries’ Silicon Valley boardroom hippy mantra: ‘Building Your Future’. It was the stress on that ‘your’ that sold it, the slight selfishness inherent in the idea that by building your future, Qualia doesn’t have to bother itself with anybody else’s. Their intention, like any well-branded company, is to disperse their promises, offering each individual customer the same ‘exclusive’ product as any other customer. That might work if you’re selling cola,...
Humans series 2's multiple plots begin to coalesce in episode six...
This review contains spoilers.
See related The Inhumans: Iron Fist's Scott Buck signs up as showrunner
There is a subtlety in emphasis. Meaning (or a counter-meaning) can often be better carried in pitch and tone than in simple nouns and verbs, particularly in statements that are ostensibly bland. There’s no better blandness than in corporate slogans and no more effective use of accentuation than in Qualia Industries’ Silicon Valley boardroom hippy mantra: ‘Building Your Future’. It was the stress on that ‘your’ that sold it, the slight selfishness inherent in the idea that by building your future, Qualia doesn’t have to bother itself with anybody else’s. Their intention, like any well-branded company, is to disperse their promises, offering each individual customer the same ‘exclusive’ product as any other customer. That might work if you’re selling cola,...
- 12/4/2016
- Den of Geek
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