14 DAY TRIAL // With all the sequels and reboots going on in Hollywood at the moment, it's easy for the slightly older generations of film-goers to get lost in pleasant memories about their favorite flicks when they were growing up.
One of the biggest sequels of the 90`s era is “Jurrasic World,” that aims to take further the story directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993 and which starred Sam Neill, Jeff Goldbrum and Laura Dern. Sadly for fans of the movie, director Colin Trevorrow has confirmed that none of them will be making a return for the sequel.
Speaking with IGN, Trevorrow explained, “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.”
He points out that “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.”
That being said, there is one character from the original that somehow managed to sneak back in the continuation of the story. That man is BD Wong, who played Dr. Henry Wu in the first film and who is going to return in the fourth film.
Again, Trevorrow offers some information as to how that came to be, “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, under-appreciated. We think there's more to his story.”
Apart from the casting rumors, the director also took some time to address the issue of the overall look for the movie, something that's been debated for some time by specialists and fans, most because of the special effects needed for this type of film.
“We’re shooting 35mm and 65mm film. We’re also using an aspect ratio that hasn’t been seen theatrically in a very long time. The movie will be presented in 2 to 1. It’s basically a middle ground between 2.35 and 1.85. It allows us enough height to fit humans and dinosaurs into a single frame, without giving up that sense of scope,” Trevorrow reveals.
Finally, the interviewer wanted to know how this sequel was going to be different from its predecessors. To this, the movie maker oddly replied that he didn't necessarily aim for a different product because he admitted he grew up watching Amblin films and ended up picking a lot of common traits in his own filmography.