Jurassic Park 4 to Feature Dinosaurs with Guns?

Published: August 13, 2007, 3:36 am

Tags: sci fi fantasy, universal, action adventure, casting, sequels remakes, rumors, jeff goldblum, joe johnston, jurassic park 4, laura dern, sam neill, steven spielberg

BD reports that Universal Pictures has begun casting for Jurassic Park IV. Apparently the new film involves dinosaurs which have been outfitted with weapons by the US government (presumably for battle purposes). If this is true, than Universal should shut down production right now. It’s one thing to expect such stupidity from the recent batch of direct-to-dvd sequels, but a big budget Spielberg produced sequel? Steven, please say it ain’t so! Why is it that most good movie franchises are ruined by ridiculous plot concepts? The studios seem to believe that the higher the number next to the movie title, the more ridiculous the story must become. I would think that Hollywood would look at the successful franchises and study them. There are reasons why the JAWS, Batman and Superman sequels were less successful (people want real, not slapstick). Sequels like Toy Story 2 and Aliens raise the bar. Jurassic Park 4 will shoot in Kauai, Hawaii later this year. I wonder who’s

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