The Park is Open in First Trailer for 'Jurassic World' starring Chris Pratt

"Remember, if something chases you...run". Twenty-two years after Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park wowed audiences and captured our imagination by taking us to a place where dinosaurs could really exist, Universal is hoping to recapture that feeling with Jurassic World. The interesting thing about it is the route they've chosen to take, hiring indie director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) to take the franchise into the future. How did he do? While we won't know until next summer, the first trailer suggests he's headed in the right direction.

Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Jake Johnson, Irrfan Khan, and Omar Sy, Jurassic World has a killer cast and a killer bunch of dinosaurs running roughshod over the newly-opened theme park. Of course it all starts when humans begin tinkering with Mother Nature, creating the first "genetically modified hybrid" that is more than anybody was prepared to handle. While the early images are clearly meant to evoke the spirit of Spielberg's films, later it begins to resemble the CGI madness of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which makes Jurassic World shares the same screenwriters.

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.


Jurassic World - Official Trailer (HD) by Konbini UK

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'Jurassic World' Trailer Tease Offers First Footage of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard

Next summer, Jurassic World will be open for business, and the teasers are already starting to stomp their way onto the Internet. A couple of days ago a teaser emerged on Universal's Spanish website and was quickly taken down, a good thing because it was pretty terrible. But fortunately today comes the real thing, and it harkens back to the early days of Jurassic Park while giving us a peek at the future.

Utilizing a version of John Williams' unforgettable score, this footage give us a glimpse at new stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, while setting up the full trailer's release on Thursday, November 27th during NBC football. The film is directed by Colin Trevorrow, who may not be a household name after making his debut on Safety Not Guaranteed a couple of years ago, but that may be about to change.

So now you've got another reason to watch football on Turkey Day. Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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Chris Pratt Appears in New 'Jurassic World' Image

Right now you can see Chris Pratt's first taste of being an action hero in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, and with the film projected to possibly break opening weekend records for August, he's probably going to be very busy for a long time to come. One guy who hopes he stays popular for at least another year is Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow, who has just tweeted this image of Pratt in his film.

Captioned with the words "See you next summer, Star-Lord", the photo shows Pratt in the role of Owen, a member of the on-site staff at the dinosaur theme park on Isla Nublar. What's he staring at? Maybe he's studying one of the Velociraptors before it breaks free and starts terrorizing the guests.

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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Colin Trevorrow Teases Shadowy Dinosaur Image from 'Jurassic World'

There's been a suspicious lacking of any dinosaurs in all of the Jurassic World images and set photos, but Colin Trevorrow changes that now....sorta. The director has tweeted this new photo from the set that teases one of the dinosaurs, hidden away in the shadows where presumably he will leap out and chomp someone with those teeth.

This may be indicative of Trevorrow's plan to keep as much of the film hidden away as possible in light of recent plot leaks. The dinosaurs, of which there will apparently be at least one new species, are what fans have the most interest in and keeping them shrouded in secrecy is probably a wise move. We may not see the creatures in full until a teaser trailer arrives, and maybe not even then.

Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Omar Sy, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Judy Greer, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the returning BD Wong, Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015.

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Colin Trevorrow Spills Major 'Jurassic World' Details

A few days ago some major Jurassic World spoilers were leaked and, because they were so spoilery and unconfirmed, I decided not to run with them. But now Colin Trevorrow has come out to Slashfilm and commented on the rumors, expressing his disappointment about them while clarifying what was revealed. Don't go any further if you want to remain spoiler free!!

Trevorrow confirmed that the vast majority of the rumors leaked onto the Internet were in fact true, and that he and his team were extremely disappointed when it happened. I wonder if any heads rolled on set because of it?

"Jurassic World takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury resort with hotels, restaurants, nightlife and a golf course. And there are dinosaurs. Real ones. You can get closer to them than you ever imagined possible. It’s the realization of John Hammond’s dream, and I think you’ll want to go there.....This film picks up twenty-two years after Jurassic Park. When Derek [Connolly] and I sat down to find the movie, we looked at the past two decades and talked about what we’ve seen."

"What if, despite previous disasters, they built a new biological preserve where you could see dinosaurs walk the earth…and what if people were already kind of over it? We imagined a teenager texting his girlfriend with his back to a T-Rex behind protective glass. For us, that image captured the way much of the audience feels about the movies themselves. “We’ve seen CG dinosaurs. What else you got?” Next year, you’ll see our answer." 

Trevorrow also talked about the human characters and how they would be interacting with the dinosaurs, and if there will be bad dinos or good dinos. In general the velociraptors were portrayed as "evil" in the first film but it doesn't sound like that will be the case in Jurassic World...

"There’s no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in Jurassic Park took human lives, and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad. This film is about our relationship with animals, how we react to the threat they pose to our dominance on earth as a species. We hunt them, we cage them in zoos, we admire them from afar and we try to assert control over them."

"Chris Pratt’s character is doing behavioral research on the raptors. They aren’t trained, they can’t do tricks. He’s just trying to figure out the limits of the relationship between these highly intelligent creatures and human beings. If people don’t think there’s potential in those ideas, maybe they won’t like this movie. But I ask them to give it a chance."

One of the big whoppers that emerged and had fans up in arms was over a new, genetically-engineered dinosaur. Trevorrow seems especially sad about this getting out, but he does take time to clarify it and I think makes a very valid point....

"We were hoping audiences could discover this on their own, but yes, there will be one new dinosaur created by the park’s geneticists. The gaps in her sequence were filled with DNA from other species, much like the genome in the first film was completed with frog DNA. This creation exists to fulfill a corporate mandate—they want something bigger, louder, with more teeth. And that’s what they get."

"I know the idea of a modified dinosaur put a lot of fans on red alert, and I understand it. But we aren’t doing anything here that Crichton didn’t suggest in his novels. This animal is not a mutant freak. It doesn’t have a snake’s head or octopus tentacles. It’s a dinosaur, created in the same way the others were, but now the genetics have gone to the next level. For me, it’s a natural evolution of the technology introduced in the first film. Maybe it sounds crazy, but most of my favorite movies sound crazy when you describe them in a single sentence."

 So it's unfortunate that all of this stuff came out a full year before the film opens, but that's kind of how things work nowadays. Jurassic World hits theaters June 12th 2015. 

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First Set Photos from 'Jurassic World' Feature Bryce Dallas Howard

Filming on Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World is underway in Hawaii, and the first set photos are starting to roll in courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. With talks of sequels having begun, there could be a lot of pressure from Universal for the film to be a hit, but Trevorrow sounds as if he's trying to make sure the production is as fun as possible.....

Trevorrow:  "Yesterday I was under a construction crane with Chris Pratt, covered with dirt, eyeballing the exact height of the dinosaur trying to kill him... We both cracked up laughing. Sometimes you just have to stop and let the joy take over."

Pratt, the funnyman-turned-action hero who also has Guardians of the Galaxy coming up in a few months, will star alongside Omar Sy, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Judy Greer, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, and Bryce Dallas Howard. It's Howard who features in one of the new images, along with director's chair and a construction truck that may have been rammed by something angry.

Jurassic World opens on June 12th 2015.

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Colin Trevorrow Talks 'Jurassic World' Sequels; Says Film is About "Alpha Dominance"

When Universal opens the doors to Jurassic World next year, it will be the fourth film in the Jurassic Park franchise. And given how lucrative they all have been, with the expectation for that to continue, it should come as no surprise that talk of sequels has already begun. The film's director, Colin Trevorrow, spoke to Empire and told them this:

Trevorrow: “We definitely talked about [sequels] a lot. We wanted to create something that would be a little bit less arbitrary and episodic, and something that could potentially arc into a series that would feel like a complete story.”

Only BD Wong's character from the original trilogy is coming back, with the rest consisting of new faces played by Chris Pratt, Omar Sy, Bryce Dallas Howard, and many others who will likely serve as dino food. But Trevorrow, who also co-wrote the script, seems to have a special affection for Sy's character and we may see more of him if the series continues....

Trevorrow: "He's essentially Chris Pratt's best friend. They work together and have some pretty cool action scenes together. I wanted to create a relationship there that could be memorable and potentially carry on to future films."

Exact plot details have been scarce, but we know two decades will have passed since the first film, and the story will take us back to Isla Nublar for some new threat. And at least according to Trevorrow, that threat will be to see whether humans or dinosaurs sit atop the food chain...


Trevorrow: "It's about alpha dominance and the fact that humans have been the alpha species for a very long time, and so now we've brought back another that happened to be the alpha species during its time, and we have to co-exist, so what is that relationship?"

My money is on whoever has the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Considering Universal's hap-hazard approach is what caused the film's earlier delays, perhaps they should consider waiting before pushing ahead on sequels? Jurassic World is set to hit theaters June 12th 2015.

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Find Out which 'Jurassic Park' Character Returns for 'Jurassic World'

One of the few things we know for sure about Jurassic World is that it takes place more than two decades after the first film, so it never really made sense to pack it with familiar characters. While some have hoped for a return by Sam Neill, Laura Dern, or Jeff Goldblum (none are coming back), there is at least one surviving character who is about to experience another dinosaur outbreak.

In an interview with IGN, director Colin Trevorrow revealed that BD Wong, who played Dr. Henry Wu in Jurassic Park, is coming back for the franchise relaunch. Why him and not one of the bigger stars? Put simply, it made sense for the story....

Trevorrow: "I know a lot of fans want to see the original characters back. They’re iconic. But I respect those actors too much to shoehorn them into this story for my own sentimental reasons. Jurassic Park isn’t about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation. The only reason they’d go back to that island is if the screenwriters contrived a reason for them to go. But there is a character from the first film who makes sense in our world. This hasn’t been announced yet, but BD Wong will be returning as Dr. Henry Wu. He had a much larger role in the original novel, he was the engineer of this breakthrough in de-extinction. He spent two decades living in Hammond’s shadow, underappreciated. We think there’s more to his story." 

To me that sounds like Wu may have a sinister motive and could be causing some trouble. This also proves there will be more of a connecting thread between the movies than we thought.

Trevorrow also went on to talk about how he plans to differentiate his film from the ones that came before...

Trevorrow: "I’m not on a mission to separate this film from the ones that came before. That will happen naturally – I have different instincts. But, like a lot of people my age, I grew up on Amblin movies. They’re a part of who I am as a filmmaker, and arguably as a person. This film will have a lot of new ideas in it, but I think the spirit will be familiar. It will have an old soul."

Jurassic World opens June 12th 2015 and stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Jake Johnson, and Vincent D'Onofrio. 

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Colin Trevorrow Reveals when 'Jurassic World' Takes Place

Only having directed one feature film, the hit indie Safety Not Guaranteed, Colin Trevorrow probably isn't used to having press hound him for story details. So it's to his credit that he's remained so tight-lipped about Jurassic World. In fact, he was secretive about the film for so long that the Internet was fooled into thinking he was actually directing Star Wars: Episode VII. But nope, he's at the helm of the fourth Jurassic Park movie, and details on it have been few. Fortunately, he's taken to Twitter and cleared up one of the prevailing theories.

For months rumors have been spreading that the film would be a total reboot, although this would seem to contradict other stories that say it would take us back to Isla Nublar, which has become a full working theme park. In response to a fan's question on the subject, Trevorrow doesn't seem to think "reboot" is the most accurate description...

@pfcbains916 Reboot is a strong word. This is a new sci-fi terror adventure set 22 years after the horrific events of Jurassic Park.
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) November 23, 2013

We can safely assume there will be some link to the earlier films if what Trevorrow says is true, otherwise it would have made more sense to do a traditional reboot of the franchise. Right now we know that Nick Robinson, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, and Chris Pratt will play a new cast of characters attempting to avoid being eaten by the rampaging dinos. This is probably the smart move, not only because the most recent film is hardly anybody's favorite, but also to be able to take the franchise in new directions while building on the substantial creative framework already established.

Jurassic World opens in 3D on June 12th 2015.

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No 'Star Wars: Episode 7' for Colin Trevorrow, but what about 8 & 9?

Ok, I'm sold. For weeks I've been holding out hope that Safety Not Guaranteed's Colin Trevorrow would be taking on Star Wars: Episode 7. It seemed like a smart choice, and he certainly made statements that seemed to indicate he would be a part of it. But last week he took a boot to all of those rumors by saying he was out of the running for the job. I didn't totally believe him then, but Trevorrow has come out yet again and reiterated his position to THR, and now I'm convinced he won't be the guy. Not yet, anyway.

While attending the Gotham Awards, Trevorrow had this to say....

Trevorrow: "It’s not going to be me for Episode VII, and I can’t believe I’ve actually had to come out and say that. That was the most shocking thing, like around the dinner table when I was eight, I had to assure everyone that it wasn’t me, but now actually for real. But there are a lot of things that have come up that are a lot of exciting opportunities that have come up because of this."

Episodes 8 and 9 are still on the table, right? He didn't say anything about those. We already know LucasFilm and Disney have lined up Michael Arndt, Simon Kinsberg, and Lawrence Kasdan to start script work on the entire trilogy, so it stands to reason they'd already be looking at future directors. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part?

He does go on to talk vaguely about all of the opportunities that have arisen of late, one of which must be this mystery project that could send fans into an uproar if he screws it up. Still sounds like Star Wars to me, but we'll see.

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Colin Trevorrow squashes those 'Star Wars' rumors

For the record, I still think that Safety Not Guaranteed's Colin Trevorrow will ultimately be the guy who ends up directing Star Wars: Episode VII, but he's sure making it tough to hold on to that opinion. After being named as one of the contenders for the job after George Lucas reached out to him personally, a statement Trevorrow made last summer where he talks about his upcoming project as a much-loved film with a mythology that fans would crucify him for screwing up, the speculation was obviously that he was talking Star Wars. Well, maybe not.

Trevorrow took to Twitter to address the issue directly, and here's what he had to say....

To clarify, there is another film we all love that I'm currently trying not to mess up. Odds I will direct Episode VII: 3720 to 1.
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) November 19, 2012

A follower asked him to clarify whether he's officially out of the running for the job and his response was....

@maerj2000 That is what I am saying.
— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) November 19, 2012

So let's assume he's telling the truth here, ok? What other film could he be talking about? If we factor George Lucas into the equation there's really only one option, right? Indiana Jones.  Producer Frank Marshall has said Indy 5 isn't a top priority right now, and last we heard the rights are in a bit of limbo, but that doesn't mean it's not being talked about. Then again it could be something entirely different not Lucas related at all.

Trevorrow's still new enough to this sort of media scrutiny that it's hard to tell if he's one of those filmmakers who likes to jerk us around, so for now I'm going to stick to my original position and hope he's just having a bit of fun.

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Does Colin Trevorrow already have the 'Star Wars' directing job?

Many who have been hoping for a big name to take on the Star Wars: Episode VII directing gig have been underplaying the chance that Colin Trevorrow(Safety Not Guaranteed) may be an actual frontrunner. Since his name first cropped up I've had him pegged as the logical choice, due to the sci-fi/romance nature of his debut and the reports he had already met with George Lucas at some point. But beyond that, his most recent comments were forward-thinking enough that it was clear he had spent a lot of mental energy considering what direction the trilogy should go in.

This latest story will add more fuel to the fire, as a quote from last summer has emerged where Trevorrow talks about a future project with a much-loved "mythology" that fans may get up in arms about. That sounds like Star Wars to me, but here's the quote so you can judge for yourself....

Trevorrow: "I can’t speak with any specificity as to what the next thing will be. There are amazing opportunities that have arisen as a result of this. One of them, I will say, will probably create a good deal of ire against me on the Internet when people find out what it is. So, I just want to say in advance that I promise you, for all those who love the mythology that I will be tackling, trust that I love it as much as you do. And I will respect it, and hopefully make it not suck."

Assuming he is talking about Star Wars, this would mean he's been attached for a long time and this thing is further along than we thought. It also contradicts producer Frank Marshall(LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy's husband) who said that the shortlist was down to a couple of candidates.

I'm expecting an announcement will come probably within a few days. Maybe around Thanksgiving when folks are too full and sleepy to complain.  [FilmSchoolRejects]

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Colin Trevorrow, Jon Favreau, J.J. Abrams, and Guillermo Del Toro weigh in on directing 'Star Wars'

Oh, you thought that whole Darth Vader returning thing was the last of the Star Wars: Episode VII stuff for today? Hardly, and the day has barely begun. So far we've heard from Steven Spielberg, Zack Snyder, and Quentin Tarantino on the prospect of directing the film, and now others who have emerged on a lot of wishlists have begun to weigh in with their thoughts.

The first is Guillermo Del Toro, who is rumored for pretty much everything under the sun. While he's already talking up a possible Justice League Dark film, he sounds like he'd be a little interested if Disney were to give his phone a ring....

Del Toro: "You know, I saw it on the Internet, but I haven’t approached them, they haven’t formally approached me. I mean, I heard some rumblings, but to me it’s really — I have so many projects to discuss or think about. [For] something that is not a possibility yet, I don’t do that. You know, because I have so many things that I need to catch up with. If this becomes ever a reality, and there’s an approach to do it, I would then think about it, but — it’s like thinking if I want to date a supermodel. I don’t think about these things."

He's got so much on his plate right now that it could never happen unless he dropped everything else. So you can pretty much count him out. Next up is Colin Trevorrow, the Safety Not Guaranteed director who I think surprised many by his inclusion on the shortlist. To me he's the perfect choice, and judging by his comments he sounds like someone who has given it a lot of thought. Actually, he kind of sounds like he's knows more than he's letting on....

Trevorrow: "It is not something that I can comment too much on. But I can definitely say, I am as much of a fan of 'Star Wars' as everyone else for whom 'Star Wars' was the most important thing in their life, when they were a kid. I'm deeply aware of how profoundly important it is, to billions of people. It really is a mythology and possibly even a belief system for a lot of people. I certainly can't comment on what my involvement may ever be, I can definitely say that I would absolutely love to direct a 'Star Wars' film at some point in my life. That would be incredible, I'm not daunted by it. Even if I understand that any thinking director who cares about it as I do, as much as a lot of directors do, would be afraid of screwing it up. But I also think that it's a risk that a lot of directors would be willing to take, because they care about it so much."

He then went on to hypothesize about Disney's future plans for the franchise, and his thoughts match what I think most of us are expecting, that the Mouse House won't be content with just one new trilogy....

Trevorrow: "You know, they're gonna be making 'Star Wars' films for the rest of our lives. Disney saw what Marvel has done, to be able to take an universe that seemed unlimited and really prove that it's unlimited… I think there is a difference between what we're gonna see in the next three movies, that have an enormous responsibility and are iconic and are completing a story that has existed in the pop culture fabric for decades… But after that, they are gonna be some really cool and exciting 'Star Wars' universe movies. You're gonna see really bold, exciting directors, they'll do a crazy, underworld 'Star Wars' movie and all kinds of stuff. And I'm excited to watch all those movies."

J.J. Abrams, revealed to be one of the handful of directors who received Arndt's story treatment, realizes that directing Star Wars comes at a heavy price. Besides, he's already busy with Star Trek Into Darkness, and crossing the Star Wars/Star Trek streams would lead to untold chaos....


Abrams: “Look, Star Wars is one of my favorite movies of all time,” J.J. told Hollywood Life. He added, “I frankly feel that – I almost feel that, in a weird way, the opportunity for whomever it is to direct that movie, it comes with the burden of being that kind of iconic movie and series. I was never a big ‘Star Trek’ fan growing up, so for me, working on ‘Star Trek’ didn’t have any of that, you know, almost fatal sacrilege, and so, I am looking forward more then anyone to the next iterations of ‘Star Wars,’ but I believe I will be going as a paying moviegoer!”

And lastly, there's Jon Favreau, who I think would probably be the most open to the job. He doesn't exactly take his name out of contention, not that he's in as far as we know, but he does seem very interested. Plus he's already got a ton of franchise experience as the director of two Iron Man flicks.

Favreau: “I am just giddy, first and foremost as a fan, to see what happens with [“Star Wars VII”]. I think there [are] a lot of question marks of how they are going to do it, and who they are going to do it with, and what the story is going to be about; but to say that I am not excited about it is definitely an understatement. We’ll see.”

So, this leaves us pretty much where we were at the beginning. Matthew Vaughn and Colin Trevorrow are definitely still in. Of the three who received Arndt's treatment, Spielberg and Abrams have dropped out, leaving only Brad Bird. 2015 is a long way off, so expect plenty more denials, maybe's, and rumors before then.  [Filmmixern/Hollywoodlife/Moviezine]

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'Safety Not Guaranteed' director Colin Trevorrow reportedly eyed for 'Star Wars: Episode VII'

When you've got a gig as huge as directing Star Wars: Episode VII, obviously people are going to look at big names for it. Yesterday's rumor putting Matthew Vaughn as the frontrunner would seem to support that, but it's still just a rumor. Disney and George Lucas, who is definitely going to have some input on the decision, may go in a different direction altogether. Like choosing the director of a well-regarded indie flick for the job.

The latest scuttlebutt has Safety Not Guaranteed director Colin Trevorrow in the mix to lead the next Star Wars trilogy. If you didn't see the film, it was one of my favorites of the year, and deftly combines elements of romance, comedy, and science fiction. All things any good Star Wars movie(sorry Phantom Menace fans) must have. Lucas was reportedly impressed with the film enough to meet with Trevorrow months ago about the Star Wars job. Safety Not Guaranteed just hit DVD and Blu-Ray today, so why not rent it and see what all the fuss is about?

This would obviously be a big break for Trevorrow, and an inspired choice for Disney. But would they be willing to put their faith in a relative unknown with only one feature film to his credit? It would certainly be exciting if this is the avenue they take.[Celebuzz]

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