Jurassic World is a 2015 American adventure science fiction film and the fourth
installment of the Jurassic Park series. It was directed and
co-written by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley,
and stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. The production
companies were Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, also responsible
for the rest of the franchise, and Thomas Tull's Legendary Pictures. Set 22 years after
the events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World takes place on the same fictional
island of Isla Nublar, off the Pacific coast of Central America, where a theme park populated with cloned
dinosaurs has operated for ten years. The park plunges into chaos when a genetically modified dinosaur, Indominus rex, breaks loose and
goes on a rampage across the island.
Universal Pictures intended to begin
production on a fourth Jurassic
Park film in 2004 for a
summer 2005 release, but the film entered over a decade of development hell while the script went
through revisions. Following a suggestion from Spielberg, writersRick Jaffa and Amanda
Silver explored the idea of a functional
dinosaur park. Once Trevorrow was hired as director in 2013, he followed the
same idea while developing a whole new script with Derek Connolly. Principal photography rolled from April to
August 2014, primarily in Louisiana while also using the original Jurassic Park filming locations in Hawaii. Again the
dinosaurs were created through computer-generated
imagery by Industrial Light &
Magic and life-sized animatronics by Legacy Effects, a company created
by the alumni of Jurassic Park veteran Stan Winston.
Jurassic World was released on June
10, 2015 in over 60 countries. The film received positive reviews from film
critics, who praised it for its visuals, action scenes and musical score, but
drew some criticism for its tone and writing. After a record-breaking opening weekend that had the film
grossing more than $500 million worldwide, Jurassic
World has generated over $1.6
billion in box office revenue, standing as the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time without inflation
adjustment, as well as the second-highest-grossing
film of 2015 and the highest in
the franchise. A sequel is scheduled for June
22, 2018.
Plot[edit]
Twenty-two years after Jurassic Park was overrun by
cloned dinosaurs on the Central American island of Isla Nublar, a new park,
Jurassic World, has become a successful resort. The Masrani Global Corporation
– owner of the genetics company InGen that creates the dinosaurs – has been
operating the park on the same island for the past ten years. Brothers Zach and
Gray Mitchell visit Jurassic World to see their aunt Claire, the park's
operations manager. Claire, a busy workaholic, assigns her assistant to be the
boys' guide.
Owen Grady, a Navy veteran, has been specializing in
the training of the park's Velociraptors. InGen security chief Vic
Hoskins believes the raptors should be trained for military use despite Owen's
objections. Park owner Simon Masrani has Owen evaluate the park's new hybrid
dinosaur, "Indominus rex", before the attraction opens. Owen
warns Claire about the danger of raising Indominus in isolation, pointing out its
lack of socialization with other animals. When staff learns that the Indominus appears to have escaped its
paddock, Owen and two others enter the enclosure. Able to camouflage itself and
mask its heat signature, the Indominus suddenly appears and devours
Owen's companions before escaping into the island's interior. Owen orders the Indominus to be killed, but Masrani instead
sends a specialized unit to capture it. When most of the unit is killed, Claire
orders the evacuation of the island's northern sector.
Zach and Gray, busy exploring in a gyrosphere ride,
enter a restricted area. The nearby Indominus attacks and destroys their
sphere, but both manage to escape to the ruins of the original Jurassic Park
visitor center. They repair an old Jeep and drive back to the park
resort. While Claire and Owen are searching for the boys, they encounter theIndominus and barely escape themselves.
Masrani and two troopers hunt the Indominus by helicopter, but when the Indominus smashes into the park's aviary to
escape gunfire, it releases a flock of pterosaurs that collide with the helicopter,
causing it to crash. Gray and Zach eventually find Owen and Claire at the
resort as armed personnel shoot down the pterosaurs with tranquilizers.
Assuming command, Hoskins orders that the raptors
be used to track the Indominus; Owen is forced to accept Hoskins' plan and lead
the raptors. Upon reaching the Indominus, the dinosaurs begin communicating with one
another. Owen realizes that the Indominus was created with raptor DNA, and
it becomes the raptor pack's new alpha, taking command away from Owen. Hoskins
arranges for chief geneticist Dr. Henry Wu to flee the island by helicopter
with dinosaur embryos, in order to protect his research. Owen, Claire, and the
boys find Hoskins at the lab packing up more embryos, but a raptor breaks in
and kills him.
Owen reestablishes his bond with the raptors before
the Indominus reappears. The raptors attack,
but are all apparently killed. Claire releases the Tyrannosaurus
rex from its
paddock and lures it into a battle with the Indominus. The T. rex is overpowered, but before the Indominus can kill it, a surviving raptor
joins the attack. The raptor and T. rex force the overwhelmed Indominus toward a lagoon, where it is
dragged underwater by a Mosasaurus. Isla Nublar is abandoned, and
the survivors are evacuated to the mainland. Zach and Gray are reunited with
their parents.
Cast[edit]
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(L&C) Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard play the film's two leads, while B.
D. Wong (R)
reprises his role as Dr. Henry Wu from the first film.
Main
article: List of Jurassic Park characters
·
Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, a Navy veteran and a Velociraptor expert and trainer at Jurassic
World.[5]
·
Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing, the Jurassic
World operations manager. Aunt to Zach and Gray Mitchell.[5]
·
Vincent D'Onofrio as Vic Hoskins, head of InGen
security operations, who wants to use the raptors and the Indominus rex as military weapons.[6]
·
Ty Simpkins as Gray Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the
younger brother of Zach.[5]
·
Nick Robinson as Zach Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the
older brother of Gray.[5]
·
Omar Sy as Barry,[7] Owen's assistant who helps care
for the raptors.[8]
·
B. D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, a geneticist who heads the team that created
the dinosaurs for Jurassic World. Wong is the only actor in the film to reprise
his role from any of the previous movies.
·
Irrfan Khan as Simon Masrani, CEO of the Masrani Corporation and
the owner of Jurassic World.[5]
·
Jake Johnson as Lowery Cruthers, an employee in the park's
control room.[5]
·
Lauren Lapkus as Vivian, an employee in the park's control room.[9]
·
Brian Tee as Hamada, the leader of the ACU (Asset Containment
Unit), a group of security guards installed on Isla Nublar.[5]
·
Katie McGrath as Zara, Claire's personal assistant.[10]
·
Judy Greer as Karen Mitchell, Claire's sister and mother of
Zach and Gray.[11]
·
Andy Buckley as Scott Mitchell, Karen's husband and father of
Zach and Gray.
·
Eric Edelstein as the supervisor of the Indominus rex control room.
·
Colby Boothman as a new handler working in the raptor research
paddock.[12]
·
Jimmy Fallon[13] as himself, portrayed as the
safety instructor of the gyrosphere attraction.
·
James
DuMont as Hal Osterly, an investor.
·
Jimmy Buffett as himself, portrayed as an escaping tourist during
the pterosaur attack.[14][15]
·
Colin Trevorrow as the voice of Mr. DNA, an animated DNA helix who
explains the park's technology to visitors. The character was previously voiced
by Greg Burson inJurassic Park.
·
Brad Bird makes a cameo appearance as the voice of the park's
monorail announcer.[16]
·
Jack Horner, the film's technical advisor, has a cameo in the
film.[17]
Themes and analysis[edit]
Director Colin Trevorrow stated that the Indominus rex, the synthetic hybrid dinosaur
at the center of the film's story, is symbolic of consumer and corporate
excess. The dinosaur was "meant to embody [humanity's] worst tendencies.
We're surrounded by wonder and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster,
louder, better. And in the world of the movie, the animal is designed based on
a series of corporate focus groups."[18] He also stated: "There's
something in the film about our greed and our desire for profit. TheIndominus
rex, to me, is very much that desire, that need to be satisfied."[19] Film journalists have noted the
parallels between the workings of the park in Jurassic World and the film and entertainment
industry.[20] Actor James DuMont stated that
"the person [and] the environment are one" is one of the obvious
themes. Another theme is that "those who do not stop evil are supporting
and encouraging it".[21]
The film also explores the concept of raising an
animal in a particular way. The Indominus rex was said to have been raised in
captivity without the presence of any siblings, thus making the creature
somewhat "not fully functional".[22]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In March 2001, Jurassic Park III director Joe
Johnston denied
rumors of a fourth film being made.[23] Late into Jurassic Park III's production, executive producer Steven
Spielbergdevised a
story idea for a fourth film, which he believed should have been used for the
third film instead.[24] In June 2001, Johnston announced
he would not direct the film, and that Spielberg had a story idea that would
take the series' mythology to a new level.[25] Johnston later said the film
would feel like a departure from the previous films, implying it would not be
set on an island.[26]
In July 2001, actor Sam Neill, who portrayed Dr.
Alan Grant in
previous films, said he could not imagine a way for his character to be
involved in another film.[27] Neill was contracted for a total
of three films.[28] Other actors from Jurassic Park III were also signed on for a
potential fourth film.[29] That same month, Johnston denied,
then later hinted, that the film would involve the Pteranodons from the ending of Jurassic Park III.[30][31]
In April 2002, it was reported that the fourth Jurassic Park would be the last one in the
series, and would ignore its predecessor's events.[32] In a June 2002 interview with Starlogmagazine, Spielberg officially
confirmed the fourth film, which he hoped to have Johnston direct. Spielberg
confirmed there was also a story, which he considered to be the best one since
the first film.[24] On November 4, 2002, Neill said
there was a chance he would be in the film.[33] On November 7, 2002, William
Monahan was
announced as the screenwriter, with Spielberg serving as executive producer and Kathleen
Kennedy as
producer.[34] A month later, the film was
announced for a summer 2005 release.[35]
In January 2003, Jeff Goldblum said he had been asked to stay
available for a possible return of his character Ian Malcolm.[36] On January 30, 2003, it was
reported that the story would involve dinosaurs migrating to the Costa Rican
mainland. A team of experts, including Alan Grant and Ian Malcolm, chart an
expedition to one of InGen's offshore islands and discover the dinosaurs
breeding uncontrollably. The plot would involve the characters devising a
solution to restrict the spread of the dinosaurs and prevent an ecological
disaster. It was
also reported that the plot contained a "top-secret aspect".[37][38] In April 2003, Stan
Winston confirmed
his special effects studio was in the design phase for the film. Winston also
said that Spielberg wanted to adapt several previously unfilmed scenes from Michael
Crichton's Jurassic Park novels.[39] In July 2003, Keira
Knightley said she
was in consideration for two separate roles, including a small role as a
granddaughter.[40] Monahan's first draft of the
script was finished later that month, with a story no longer set in the jungle
as in the previous films. A director had yet to be discussed at that time.[41] Neill confirmed he would reprise
his character, with filming set to begin in 2004 in California and Hawaii.[42]
In September 2003, Richard Attenborough said he would reprise his role as John
Hammond.[43] In October 2003, paleontologist Jack
Horner said he
would return as technical adviser for the fourth film as he had done for
previous Jurassic Park films. Horner hinted that Velociraptor would be an integral part of the
film.[44] Later that month, Horner was
asked about a hypothetical idea of humans evolving from dinosaurs rather than
mammals. Horner responded, "[K]eep thinking about that, and in a couple of
years go see Jurassic Park 4."[45] Keira Knightley's character was
written out in late 2003.[46] In March 2004, Johnston said he
had not been asked to direct the film, and hoped that Spielberg would direct
it. Johnston said a story was being written that would take the series in a
completely different direction "away from the island and away from the
T-Rex and all this."[47] In May 2004, it was reported that
screenwriter John Sayles was writing the script.[48] Sayles was hired to finish
earlier work done by Monahan, who had left the project to work on Kingdom
of Heaven.[49] By June 2004, Frank
Marshall had
joined the project as a producer.[50]
In June 2004, it was reported that Alex
Proyas was in
discussions to direct, with filming expected to begin in March 2005 for a
rescheduled winter 2005 release. Filming would have started at Pinewood
Studios, where a
massive tank was to be constructed for scenes involving marine reptiles.[51][52] In July 2004, the script was
being rewritten, withJeremy Piven and Emmy Rossum being considered for two of the
lead roles and Richard Attenborough reprising his character.[46] Later that month, Proyas said he
was not interested in directing the film.[53]
In August 2004, Ain't It Cool News published a review of a leaked
draft of the film's script. The story would have involved a new character, a
mercenary named Nick Harris, who is hired by a Swiss corporation and put in
charge of training a team of five genetically modified Deinonychus for use in rescue missions. John
Hammond would be the only returning character in this draft.[54][55] In 2005, Sayles confirmed this to
be an early draft of the script, intercepted through Spielberg's email by a
hacker.[56]
In late August 2004, David Boreanaz was rumored and later reported to
have the lead role.[57][58] Boreanaz was actually in
consideration for Fantastic Four.[59] Sayles was still rewriting the
script in September 2004, with the film on track for a winter 2005 release.[60] Sayles' next draft, which
involved genetically engineered human-dinosaur mercenaries, was scrapped.[61]
In April 2005, Winston confirmed the film was on
hold because of repeated revisions of the film's script, none of which
satisfied Spielberg. According to Winston, "He felt neither of [the
drafts] balanced the science and adventure elements effectively. It's a tough
compromise to reach, as too much science will make the movie too talky, but too
much adventure will make it seem hollow."[62] In November 2005, Spielberg said
he planned to include a scene in the film (taken from the novel The
Lost World) that
would involve characters on motorcycles outrunning raptors.[63]
In January 2006, Johnston and Horner were working
on a new screenplay,[64] and more work on it was expected
to begin immediately after the 2008 release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull.[65] In February 2006, Frank Marshall
said the film now had a good script, with filming expected to begin in 2007 for
a 2008 release.[66] In March 2006, Marshall said the
film had a script and was getting a director, with Johnston as a possible
candidate.[67] In April 2006, Marshall said
there was an idea for the film, but not a script. Marshall went on to deny that
Michael Crichton would write the script, or that Spielberg would direct it.[68] The script was still being worked
on in June 2006.[69]
In July 2006, Spielberg denied an Internet rumor
that Breck Eisner would direct, saying Johnston was standing by for the job.[70] In December 2006, Laura
Dern said she
was open to the possibility of reprising her role as Ellie Sattler, but had not
been contacted about appearing in the film.[71] In March 2007, Neill said he knew
nothing about the project.[72]
In April 2007, Dern said she had been contacted
about appearing in the film, with filming expected to begin within the year for
release in 2008.[73] It was also reported that Joe
Johnston would not be directing the film.[74] In December 2007, Frank Marshall
said further work on the script would not commence until the end of the 2007–08
Writers Guild of America strike, with filming potentially starting in 2008 for a release in the summer
of 2009.[75] Jack Horner's 2009 book, How to Build a Dinosaur, was originally meant to come
out at the same time as the film as a scientific companion volume.[76]
Before his death, Attenborough was contacted about
reprising the role of John Hammond.[77] Jeff
Goldblum had
expressed some interest in reprising his role of Ian Malcolm for the fourth
film.[78]
In December 2008, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy were asked
if there was any development on the sequel. Kennedy responded, "No... I
don't know. You know, whenMichael Crichton passed away, I sorta felt maybe
that's it. Maybe that's a sign that we don't mess with it."[79] While Marshall and Kennedy were
no longer signed with Universal Pictures in a production capacity, it was said
that the two would remain involved with the studio and its plans for Jurassic Park 4.[80] In June 2009, Marshall said the
film did not have a story.[81] In November 2009, Joe Johnston
discussed the possibility of Jurassic Park 4, stating that the story for the film is completely
different from that of its predecessors and would take the franchise into a
whole other trilogy.[82] In a January 2010 interview,
Johnston reiterated that Jurassic Park 4 was set to be the beginning of a
second Jurassic Park trilogy.[83][84][85]
On June 15, 2011, it was reported that Spielberg
had met twice with writer Mark Protosevich to work on a story for a
potential fourth Jurassic Park film.[86] About a month later, at the 2011 San
Diego Comic-Con International, Spielberg said a writer was working on a treatment for the film, which
he said would be possibly released "within the next two or three
years."[87] A representative from Universal
said 2013 would be the preferred deadline for completion.[88] Over the next three months, Mark
Protosevich wrote two story treatments for the film.[89] Spielberg had hoped to have a
writer working on a full screenplay for Jurassic Park IV by the time he started filming
his other project, Lincoln, in October 2011, with the hope that the script
would be finished by the time Lincoln was finished. However, he and
Kennedy felt that neither of Protosevich's treatments consisted of the right
story for a fourth film.[90]
Despite this, Spielberg said in October 2011 that
the script was being written by Protosevich, and that he felt the story they
were working on was stronger than that of Jurassic Park III.[91] In December 2011, Kennedy said a
script had not been written yet, as story ideas were still being discussed.[92] In January 2012, Kennedy said a
story had been chosen and that work on the script would begin.[90] That month, Spielberg said he
would not direct the film, opting instead to be a producer.[93] On June 21, it was confirmed thatRise of
the Planet of the Apes writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda
Silver would be
scripting Jurassic Park 4.[94]
Pre-production[edit]
On January 11, 2013, Universal said the film would
be shot in 3D and released on June 13, 2014.[95] In February, it was reported that
Kathleen Kennedy would not be producing the film in favor of focusing on Star
Wars: The Force Awakens for 2015.[96] Her husband and production
partner Frank Marshall took over as the primary
producer.[97] Shortly thereafter, the director
of studio operations at Raleigh Studios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, confirmed that
Universal Pictures had reserved space there from April to November 2013,
without specifying the project for which it was reserved.[98]
On March 2013, as Kennedy prepared Star
Wars: The Force Awakens, Brad Bird — who wanted to work on the film but was too busy
with Tomorrowland — suggested to Kennedy that she employ director Colin
Trevorrow to work
as a stand-in during the pre-production of Star Wars. This instigated Kennedy and
Marshall to watch Trevorrow's first film, Safety Not Guaranteed. Impressed by it, Marshall
subsequently arranged a meeting between himself, Trevorrow and Spielberg regarding
the Jurassic
Park job.[99] Trevorrow flew from his home in
Vermont to Amblin's offices in Los Angeles, where he was subsequently hired,
without reading Jaffa and Silver's script.[100][101] Universal announced Trevorrow as
director on March 14,[102][103] while adding that Patrick Crowley
was a co-producer.[104]
Jaffa and Silver wrote a draft that revolved around
a functioning dinosaur theme park, an idea that came from Spielberg.[105] The idea of trained
velociraptors, from Sayles' earlier draft, was also present in Jaffa and Silver's
draft;[106] Spielberg chose to have the idea
included in the script.[97] Trevorrow and Connolly maintained
the basic storyline of a functioning dinosaur theme park,[105] while also keeping the ideas of a
homicidal dinosaur that has to be stopped, and a human who has a relationship
with velociraptors.[100][105]However, Trevorrow felt those ideas in their
original form were too extreme and had to be "pulled way, way, way
back."[100][105]
Jaffa and Silver's draft included an opening scene
set in China,[97] where a non-existent dinosaur
would have been discovered: within the story of this script, the Indominus rexwould be depicted as a real
dinosaur, rather than the final draft which featured it as a genetically
modified hybrid. Trevorrow chose to make the animal a hybrid to maintain
consistency with previous films in the series, which had incorporated the
latest paleontological findings and discoveries: "I didn't wanna make up a
new dinosaur and tell kids it was real."[107] In April 2013, Jack Horner said
in an interview that a new, previously extinct creature would rise to stardom
in the film, saying, "I can't actually tell you who that will be... But
you'll want to keep the lights on after you see this movie."[108]
Trevorrow and Connolly wrote their draft of the
script over a couple of weeks.[100] The studio received the draft on
May 6, 2013, and found the script changes more large-scale than anticipated.[109] On May 8, 2013, the studio
announced it was pushing the release from June 13, 2014, to an unspecified
future date.[110][111] Prior to the delay, actors Bryce
Dallas Howard, David
Oyelowo, and Garrett
Hedlund had been
considered for roles in the film.[112] Filming had been set to begin
June 24, 2013.[109] Delaying the film allowed
Trevorrow and Connolly more time to work on the script,[113] as Spielberg felt that it needed
improvement.[14] Another reason for the delay was
to allow time for the construction of practical sets for the fictional theme
park; it was previously intended to add in these buildings using computer
effects.[100] Eventually a teaser banner for Jurassic Park 4 was revealed at Licensing Expo
2013 in June, giving a 2015 release.[114]
On May 2, 2013, Trevorrow tweeted a picture of Kauai taken during location scouting
with the caption "Nublar", the name of the island in the original
film.[115] That same month, Sam Neill said
it was unlikely he would be a part of the film, stating, "I'm told it's a
big reboot, a total re-jig."[116] Trevorrow eventually tweeted that
"Reboot is a strong word. This is a new sci-fi terror adventure set 22
years after the horrific events of Jurassic Park."[117] Trevorrow and Connolly rewrote
the script during the summer of 2013,[113] and Universal approved it that
September.[118] In addition to the film's Indominus rex, an earlier draft by Trevorrow
also included a second hybrid dinosaur named 'Stegoceratops', consisting of DNA
from Stegosaurus and Triceratops. However, Trevorrow chose to
remove the animal from the final script after his son made him realize that
multiple hybrids would fail to make the Indominus unique.[100][119] By August 15, 2013, John
Krasinski was in
talks for a role as a dinosaur tamer.[120]
On September 10, 2013, Universal Pictures confirmed
the film would be titled Jurassic World and would be released on June 12,
2015.[112] Trevorrow chose to rename the
film from its previous title, Jurassic Park IV, to differentiate it from previous films in the
series.[121] That same month, Bryce Dallas
Howard was in early negotiations to play a role,[122]and was cast in early November.[123] By mid-October, Ty
Simpkins had been
cast as the child lead and Jake Johnson was being considered for a role.[124] Nick
Robinson was cast
as Simpkins' character's older brother,[125] while Josh
Brolin was in
talks to play the adult lead.[126] By the middle of November, Brolin
was no longer in talks for the film, and Chris Pratt was in early negotiations for the
lead role,[127] a "rugged, ex-military man
named Owen."[128] Ron Howard, Bryce's father, confirmed
through his Twitter in January 2014 that Pratt had been cast in a lead role.[129]
In contrast to the prevalence of digital
cinematography in the
2010s, cinematographer John Schwartzman used Panavision cameras shooting on a combination
of Kodak 35mmand 65mm film.[130] One of the 65mm cameras used on
the production had been used in the past to shoot Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.[118] The reason the filmmakers chose
to shoot Jurassic World on film stock, in addition to Spielberg's and
Schwartzman's own personal preference for the format, was in an effort to match
the visual aesthetic of the previous three film-shot Jurassic Park pictures, as well as the fact
that the film's exterior jungle scenes required a greater dynamic
range of light than
digital cameras could provide. 65mm film was used for visual effect sequences
as well as location shots where the filmmakers wanted extra
visual impact.[131] The film is presented in a 2.00:1 aspect
ratio, an
intermediate ratio that falls between the two industry standard widescreen
aspect ratios of 1.85:1 and 2.35:1. This was chosen because it allowed enough
height for humans and dinosaurs to fit into the same frame without giving up a
sense of scope, and closely matches the ratio of a digital
IMAX screen.[132]
By February 7, Legendary Pictures had agreed to co-finance the
film,[133] and provided about 20% of the
budget.[134] China Film Group has been reported as also having
financed the film.[135] By February 28, Vincent
D'Onofrio had
joined the cast to play the film's antagonist. Irrfan Khan was also cast as head of the
Masrani Corporation, now in ownership of Isla Nublar and the park.[136][137] That same month, Trevorrow
confirmed that B. D. Wong would reprise his role as Dr.
Henry Wu, and said the character would have a more significant role than in the
original film.[113] On March 21, 2014, French actor Omar
Sy announced
he had joined the cast.[138] On March 26, 2014, actor Jake
Johnson confirmed his role in Jurassic World as a tech-savvy operations
overseer named Lowery.[139][140] By April 3, Judy
Greer, Katie
McGrath, and Lauren
Lapkus had
joined the cast.[141] Andy Buckley was cast on May 7.[142] By June 27, James DuMont had also
joined the cast.[143]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography and production began on April 10,
2014,[144] at the Honolulu
Zoo in Hawaii.[145] Filming continued for four weeks
on Oahu.[146] At the end of April, filming took
place at the Hawaii Convention Center.[147] Filming moved to Kauai on May 15,
2014, and concluded there on June 6, 2014.[146] Filming resumed that day at the
abandonedSix Flags theme park in New Orleans,[148][149] where Jurassic World's Main
Street was constructed. One of Main Street's restaurants is named Winston's,
after Stan Winston.[14] A statue of Attenborough's
character, John Hammond, is also featured in the film.[17][100]
Filming was scheduled to remain in Louisiana for
eleven weeks.[149] On June 30, 2014, filming took
place at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans; actors Nick
Robinson, Ty Simpkins, and Judy Greer were reported to be present.[150] An evacuation scene was filmed at
the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.[148] Swamp scenes were filmed inSlidell,
Louisiana.[151] A majority of the filming in New
Orleans took place at Big Easy Studios inside the NASA complex in East New
Orleans.[152] On August 5, 2014, director Colin
Trevorrow announced on Twitter that filming had wrapped[153] after a 78-day shoot.[14] A more comedic scene featuring
Howard's character and dinosaur feces, similar to Laura Dern's scene in the original Jurassic
Park, was cut
and not included in the cinematic release.[154]
Schwartzman made extensive use of the Technocrane telescopic crane, which Patrick
Crowley described as fitting for a thriller, "being able to march into
people, to get in closer and closer, as they realize that there's something out
there." Tracking shots, particularly those that would serve as reference
to the visual effects team, employed theSpydercam.[155]
Effects[edit]
Jurassic World is the first film in the series
without the involvement of Stan Winston, who died in 2008. Instead the animatronic dinosaurs were handled by
Winston's former alumni at Legacy Effects, many of whom had worked in the previous three
films.[156] Ultimately, Legacy Effects
contributed lighting reference models as well as a practically built
animatronic Apatosaurus that was used for a sequence filmed in Hawaii.[157][158] Visual effects supervisor Phil
Tippett and Industrial
Light and Magic also
returned to create CGI dinosaurs.[159] While Tim Alexander served as
visual effects supervisor, Jurassic Park supervisor Dennis
Muren provided
various advice to the ILM crew, such as how to light the dinosaurs.[160] The computer generated dinosaurs
were created using performance capture, using human actors to perform
the dinosaurs' movements.[158] Developing the raptors had the
collaboration of Image Engine, which finished the scenes using the motion
capture information and ILM's dinosaur models. Legacy Effects also provided one
of the full-sized raptor models built for Jurassic Park to the ILM crew as reference.[160] Scroggins Aviation Mockup &
Effects was called in to fabricate and build the Blue Eurocopter
EC130 T2
airframe body, known as "JW001" in the film,[161] while 32TEN Studios created the
automatic Jurassic World gates and various practical effects such as explosions.[162]
Music[edit]
Main
article: Jurassic World: Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack
The musical score was composed by Michael
Giacchino, who had
previously scored the video games Warpath: Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic
Park.[163] Themes from John
Williams'
previous Jurassic Park scores were also incorporated by
Giacchino. "It was a really targeted approach, as to where to [include
Williams' themes] and where would make the most sense and where would we most
appreciate it, as fans ourselves," said Giacchino.[164] A soundtrack album was released
on June 9, 2015, by Back Lot Music.[165]
Release[edit]
Jurassic World held its first premiere on May
29, 2015, in Paris, France at The Grand Rex cinema.[166] The film's theatrical release
happened in 66 territories from June 10 to 12,[167] with North America having advance
screenings at Majestic 10 Cinemas in Williston, Vermont on the 10th,[168] before opening on 4,273 venues,
the largest ever screen count for Universal, two days later.[169][170] Japan was the last market where
the movie was released, on August 5.[171]
Worldwide, Jurassic World was released across 809 IMAX theaters (364 of which were in
North America), making it the third-largest worldwide rollout for any movie in
IMAX's history and the largest day-and-date IMAX release ever.[172][173][174] Universal relaunched the film in IMAX
3D in
theaters on August 28, 2015, for one week in the United States and Canada.[175]
Universal spent a total of $34.9 million on TV
advertisements for the film.[176] Various companies served as
promotional partners, such as Kellogg's, Dairy Queen, andBarbasol.[177] A video game based on the film, Lego
Jurassic World, and an
iOS/Android application produced by Ludia, Jurassic World: The Game, were released in 2015.[178]
Home media[edit]
Jurassic World was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray
3D on
October 20, 2015.[179] Upon release, it sold nearly $3
million Blu-ray and DVD units in its first week, making it the highest-selling
home entertainment live-action film both for Universal and of 2015. Across all
digital and physical formats, Jurassic World has generated $82.6 million in
its first week.[180][181] At the end of 2015, it was named
the second-highest selling video of the year in the UK, selling 1.05 million
copies since its release. It was the third highest-selling DVD and the second
highest-selling Blu-ray in the country.[182]
Charts[edit]
The DVD debuted at number-one on the UK
DVD Charts.
Charts (2015)
|
Peak
position |
UK DVD Chart[183]
|
1
|
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Box Office Records set by Jurassic World[note
1][note 2]
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Domestic
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Global
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Record
|
Achievement
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Record
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Achievement
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Opening weekend[note
3]
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$208.8[184]
|
Worldwide opening weekend
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$524.4[167]
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Second weekend
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$106.7[185]
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Overseas opening weekend[note
3]
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$315.6[167]
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IMAX gross during opening
weekend
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$20.6[186]
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IMAX worldwide opening weekend
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$44.1[167]
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Cinemark XD gross during
opening weekend
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$4.3[186][187]
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IMAX overseas opening weekend
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$23.5[167]
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June opening day & weekend
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$81.9 & $208.8[188][189][190]
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IMAX worldwide single-day gross
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$13[191]
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Premium large formats gross
during opening weekend
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$16.2[186]
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Fastest to $80 million in IMAX
ticket sales
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12 days[186]
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Fastest
grossing (days)[192][193]
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$100 (2)
$200 (3) $300 (8) $400 (10) $500 (17) |
Fastest grossing (days)[194]
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$1,000 (13)
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Weekend theater average
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$0.048855[195]
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Non-opening day gross[196][197]
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Monday ($25.3)
Tuesday ($24.3) |
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Notes
1.
Jump up^ Records set by the movie
during its theatrical run.
2.
Jump up^ Revenue presented in million dollars.
3.
^ Jump up to:a b Records
for Universal Pictures, its distributor, as well.
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Jurassic World grossed $652.3 million in North
America and $1.017 billion overseas for a worldwide total of $1.669 billion,
against a budget of $150 million.[4] It set a box office record during
its opening weekend, becoming the first film in cinematic history which had generated over
$500 million in a single weekend, and was the third-highest-grossing film of
all time in both North America and the world during its theatrical run.[167] It is the
second-highest-grossing among all films released in 2015and the highest in Jurassic
Park franchise.[198][199][200][201][202][203] It is the second film following Furious
7 to pass
$1 million in 4DX admissions worldwide.[204][205]Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the
film to be $474.63 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues
for the film.[206]
North America[edit]
Predictions for the opening of Jurassic World in the U.S.A. and Canada were
continuously revised upwards, starting from $125 million to $200 million.[207][208][209][210] It opened on Friday, June 12,
2015 in 4,274 theaters and earned $81.9 million on its opening day, marking the fifth-biggest
opening day and fifth-biggest single-day gross.[189][211][212] The film's Friday gross included
an $18.5 million from 3,229 theaters in its early Thursday showings, a record
for Universal.[213]Without Thursday night grosses, the film earned the
largest opening-day gross ($63.5 million).[211][214] It also set a single-day IMAX record ($8.6 million) and a
Saturday and Sunday gross record ($69.6 million and $57.2 million
respectively).[186][215][216] In total, it earned $208,807,270
for its debut weekend, setting an opening-weekend record,[186][217] and an IMAX opening record of
$20.6 million (10.2% of the total opening gross) from 363 IMAX theaters.[186] 3D accounted for 48% of the total
opening gross.[186] RealD 3D comprised $70 million of the
opening gross.[167] It is also the biggest opening
for Chris Pratt.[218] The opening-weekend audience was
evenly split among those under and over the age of 25, with 52% of the audience
male, 48% female, 39% under age 25, 61% age 25 years and above.[186]
It set a record for the largest second-weekend gross, dropping by 49% to $106.6
million[219][220] and it topped the North American
box office for three consecutive weekends.[221]Other records set by the film at
the time included the biggest weekend per-theater average for a wide release
($48,855 per theater),[222] the fastest film to reach $100 million and each
additional $50 million through $600 million,[223] and the largest cumulative gross
through every day of release until, and including, its fifty-third day (with
the exception of its first day).[224][225] As of June 21, 2015, RealD, IMAX
and premium large format had grossed a total of $132 million, $42 million and
$23.1 million respectively.[226] On Friday, July 17, 2015, the movie
hit the $600 million mark, becoming the fourth and fastest to do so in 36 days.[227] On Friday, August 28, 2015 the
film was re-launched in 350 IMAX theaters earning $3.1 million through the
weekend.[228] Through September 5, 2015 IMAX
contributed 9% or $56 million of its total revenue.[229] It ended its theatrical run on
November 19, 2015, playing for a total of 161 days in theaters and earning a
total of $652,270,625, which is 39% of its total worldwide gross.[4] It became the fourth
highest-grossing film of all time,[230] the second highest-grossing film
of 2015,[231] the highest-grossing Universal
Pictures film,[232] the highest grossing Legendary
Pictures film,[233] and the highest-grossing film in
the Jurassic
Park franchise.[234]
Outside North America[edit]
Jurassic World was released in approximately 63
countries.[235] Outside the United States and
Canada, the film opened on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in 8 countries, earning
$24 million. On Thursday, June 11, it grossed another $46 million from 37
markets for a two-day total of $70 million from 45 countries. It added 21 more
countries on June 12, earning $60 million, which is Universal's
highest-grossing international Friday of all time, for a three-day total of
$130 million from 66 countries.[236][237][238][239] Through Sunday, June 14, it had a
five-day opening weekend total of $316.1 million from 66 countries from 19,612
screens, representing 31% of its total overseas gross and setting an
opening-weekend record.[167][240] This included an IMAX opening
record of $23.5 million from 443 IMAX theaters in 56 countries.[167] 65% of its grosses came from 3D[167] (equivalent to $205 million).[241][242] Additional record includes the
highest single-day IMAX gross with $6.5 million on Saturday, June 12, 2015.[167] Revenues in its second weekend
dropped by 47.4% to $166.7 million, according to Box Office Mojo[243] (Deadline, on the other hand,
reported a 48.3% drop to $163.4 million).[244] It topped the box office outside
of North America for three consecutive weekends.[245][246]
It had the biggest opening day of all time for
Universal in Hong Kong; the second-biggest in Australia, France, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Russia, and South Korea;[247][248] and the biggest opening day of
all time in Panama.[239] It also scored the biggest
opening for Universal in nine countries, including Australia, China, Ecuador,
France, Hong Kong, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, the UK, Ireland,
and Malta.[167] In China, it grossed $17.77
million on its opening day (including $1.39 million from midnight runs), which
is the tenth-biggest of all time and went on to earn $100.1 million in its
opening weekend, which is the third-biggest of all time.[167][249][250][251] It also scored the second-biggest
IMAX opening there with $11.8 million.[167] Following China, its largest
openings outside of the U.S. and Canada, occurred in the UK, Ireland and Malta
($30.1 million),[252] France and the Maghreb region
($14.7 million),[253] Mexico ($14.6 million),[254] South Korea ($14.2 million)[255] and Japan ($13 million).[167][171][256][257] In South Korea, the film was
released during the 2015 MERS outbreak, which resulted in a plunge in
film attendance beginning from late May 2015. This led to various local film
distributors changing or postponing local films' release dates. However, since
U.S. film studios are debarred from altering their scheduled dates, the film
had to be released on its intended date.[258]
It became the highest-grossing film in the Jurassic Park film series in 25 countries.[167] IMAX tickets sales has grossed a
total of $42.1 million as of June 21, 2015.[244] In total earnings, its largest
markets outside of the U.S. are China with $228 million followed by the UK,
Ireland and Malta ($97.8 million), Japan ($69.2 million), South Korea ($41.79
million), Mexico ($41.73 million), India($16.10 million) and Germany ($41.6
million).[259][260][261][262][263][264]
Critical response[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 72%,
based on 278 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The site's critical
consensus reads: "Jurassic World can't match the original for
sheer inventiveness and impact, but it works in its own right as an
entertaining – and visually dazzling – popcorn thriller."[265] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 59 out
of 100 based on 49 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[266] In CinemaScore polls, audiences gave the film an
"A" grade from an A+ to F scale.[267]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four stars out of
five and felt that it was "terrifically enjoyable and exciting summer
spectacular" and "savvy, funny, ridiculous in just the right
way".[268] Robbie Collin of The Telegraph also awarded it four stars,
deeming it a worthy sequel to the original Jurassic Park, and called it
"methodically paced and shot with an awestruck visual sense that's pure
Spielberg".[269] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave it three out of four stars
and wrote: "It's not the cynical, cash-in cheesefest you feared. OK, Jurassic World is a little of that. But this
state-of-the-art dino epic is also more than a blast of rumbling, roaring, 'did
you effing see that!' fun." He praised Trevorrow's direction, Pratt's and
Howard's performances and the effects.[270] Writing for The
Hollywood Reporter, Todd
McCarthy criticized the romance between Owen and Claire and felt that the film
was not terribly scary, but praised the CGI and score, and wrote that the film
nevertheless would be appealing to audiences everywhere.[271]
The Associated Press rated the film two stars out of
four and called it "an ugly, over-saturated movie" which lacks the
"deft sense of wonderment, wit and suspense that guided the
original". However, the review praised the film's score and Pratt's and
Howard's performances.[272]
Accolades[edit]
In December 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences placed Jurassic World on its shortlist of potential
nominees for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 88th
Academy Awards.[273] While it ultimately was not
nominated, the film received the following nominations and awards from various
organizations:
Year
|
Award / Film Festival
|
Category
|
Recipient(s)
|
Result
|
Ref(s)
|
2015
|
Teen Choice Awards
|
Choice Movie: Villain
|
Vincent D'Onofrio
|
Nominated
|
[274]
|
Choice Summer Movie
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
|||
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
|
Chris Pratt
|
Nominated
|
|||
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
|
Bryce Dallas Howard
|
Nominated
|
|||
Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
|
Nominated
|
||||
Hollywood Film Awards
|
Hollywood Visual Effects Award
|
Tim Alexander
|
Won
|
[275]
|
|
World Soundtrack Academy
|
Film Composer of the Year
|
Michael Giacchino (also for Dawn
of the Planet of the Apes, Inside Out,Jupiter
Ascending, Tomorrowland)
|
Won
|
[276]
|
|
2016
|
People's Choice Awards
|
Favorite Movie
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
[277]
|
Favorite Movie Actor
|
Chris Pratt
|
Nominated
|
|||
Favorite Action Movie
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
|||
Favorite Action Movie Actor
|
Chris Pratt
|
Nominated
|
|||
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
|
Best Action Movie
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
||
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
|||
Best Actor in an Action Movie
|
Chris Pratt
|
Nominated
|
|||
Best Actress in an Action Movie
|
Bryce Dallas Howard
|
Nominated
|
|||
Best Visual Effects
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
|||
Screen Actors Guild Awards
|
Outstanding Action Performance By Stunt Ensemble
Motion Picture
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
||
Art Directors Guild
|
Excellence in Production Design for a Feature
Film - Fantasy Film
|
Edward Verreaux
|
Nominated
|
||
Visual Effects Society
|
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal
Feature
|
Martyn Culpitt, Jao Sita, Yuta Shimizu, Michael
Billette (for Jungle Chase)
|
Nominated
|
||
Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated
Project
|
Steve Jubinville, Martin Murphy, Aaron Gret,
Kevin Reuter (for Indominus Rex)
|
Nominated
|
|||
Annie Awards
|
Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
[278]
|
|
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
|
Indominus Rex
|
Nominated
|
|||
Satellite Awards
|
Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)
|
Christopher Boyes, Pete Horner, Kirk
Francis, Al
Nelson and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
|
Nominated
|
||
Best Visual Effects
|
Tim Alexander, Glen McIntosh, Tony Plett and
Michael Meinardus
|
Nominated
|
|||
Kids' Choice Awards
|
Favorite Movie
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
||
Favorite Movie Actor
|
Chris Pratt
|
Nominated
|
|||
MTV Movie Awards
|
Movie of the Year
|
Jurassic World
|
Pending
|
[279]
|
|
Best Male Performance
|
Chris Pratt
|
Pending
|
|||
Best Action Performance
|
Chris Pratt
|
Pending
|
|||
Empire Awards
|
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
||
Best Visual Effects
|
Jurassic World
|
Nominated
|
|||
Saturn Award
|
Best Science Fiction
|
Jurassic World
|
Pending
|
||
Best Director
|
Colin Trevorrow
|
Pending
|
|||
Best Writing
|
Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Derek Connolly, and Colin Trevorrow
|
Pending
|
|||
Best Performance by a Younger
Actor
|
Ty Simpkins
|
Pending
|
|||
Best Editing
|
Kevin Stitt
|
Pending
|
|||
Best Production Design
|
Ed Verreaux
|
Pending
|
|||
Best Special Effects
|
John Rosengrant, Michael Lantieri, and Tim Alexander
|
Pending
|
Controversies[edit]
Scientific accuracy[edit]
A Twitter post attributed to Trevorrow stated there
would be no feathered dinosaurs in the film.[280] While the first Jurassic
Park film was
lauded by paleontologists for depicting dinosaurs accurately
and in line with the science of the time, based on current knowledge,
changing the public view of dinosaurs as slow and giant lizard-like reptiles, Jurassic World has been criticized for purposely
ignoring new discoveries and knowledge. Several dinosaur experts are calling
the film a "dumb monster movie" for failing to include new
discoveries about the creatures, such as some dinosaurs being covered with
feathers or proto-feathers, and the way velociraptors held their front limbs.[281][282][283] Since the film's teaser trailer
release, many paleontologists expressed their disappointment on Twitter, Facebook and their own blogs, calling the dinosaurs that were
featured a retrograde step from the original Jurassic Park.[284]
In response to these criticisms, Trevorrow said
that "the film is scientifically 'inaccurate' because it is a
science-fiction movie and not a documentary."[282] A faux review on the film's
website speculates that the use of amphibian DNA to fill the gaps in the dinosaur
DNA (a plot point in the original novel and film) prevented the dinosaurs from
growing feathers.[285] In the film, there is a scene in
which character Dr. Henry Wu (portrayed by B. D. Wong) informs Simon Masrani
(portrayed by Irrfan Khan) that had the scientists not included DNA from
various other animals, the dinosaurs "would look very different". Wu
then reminds Masrani that he had asked for "cooler" dinosaurs, rather
than ones that would be scientifically accurate.
Writing credits dispute[edit]
At the end of March 2015, a Writers
Guild of America (WGA)
arbitration panel ruled that Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver would receive credit for writing the screenplay with
Trevorrow and Connolly. However, Trevorrow and Connolly strongly disagreed with
the decision to give Jaffa and Silver co-credit,[286][287] although they decided that under
WGA rules, they did not have grounds to appeal the decision. They accepted the
ruling on March 31, 2015.[287] On April 2, 2015, it was reported
that Universal Pictures originally wanted Trevorrow and Connolly to be credited
for the screenplay. In the film's Super Bowl trailer, Trevorrow and Connolly
were credited for writing the film. It was then reported that they appealed the
WGA's decision, that they wrote an entirely new screenplay that was not based
on Jaffa and Silver's draft, and that they wanted full writing credit for the
script.[286]
On April 7, 2015, it was reported that the arbiters
had unanimously denied Trevorrow and Connolly's appeal in a second hearing held
on April 3, and that they gave Jaffa and Silver an additional credit for
writing the original story, with the decision being appealed by Trevorrow and
Connolly.[288] Later that day, Trevorrow
clarified the situation and denied that he and Connolly appealed the WGA's
original decision of giving Jaffa and Silver co-credit for the screenplay,
despite disagreeing with it. He also stated that he and Connolly were not
informed of the second hearing until it was already over. Although they
strongly disagreed with the latest decision, they decided not to appeal it.[287] The credits of the screenplay
ultimately went to both writing teams, with Jaffa and Silver also being
credited for writing the original story.[287]
Unintentional racist lines[edit]
Jurassic World contained unintentional racist
lines.[289][290] The lead character[291] Vivian, played by Lauren
Lapkus.[292] shouted "the Pachys are out
of containment", (an abbreviation of[291] the North American
pachycephalosaurus),[293] pronounced pak-ee-sef-a-low-sor
-us).[289] Lapkus says: 'Another pachy
roaming outside his zone, but he's ready for relocation.' She later says: 'The
pachy shawed off their implants when they butt heads.' Jake
Johnson, who
plays Lowery, then responded saying: 'He's very stoned. So why don't we show
them a little sympathy. 'You do understand these are actually animals.'[292] In six days, the video was
watched over 340,000 times on YouTube and has received over 700,000 views on
Facebook.[294] Khan's hashtag on Twitter, #BoycottJurassicWorld has
gained attention[295] and viewers also took to Twitter
to voice their shock at the use of the derogatory term.[292][296][297]
In June 2015, comedian Guz
Khan whilst
performing under the character of Mobeen from Small Heath made a video expressing mock
outrage at the apparent use of Paki, a racial slur for people of Pakistani descent,[294] and called for boycott of the
film.[291][298]
Sequels[edit]
Main
article: Jurassic Park § Fifth film (2018)
On the possibility of potential sequels, director Colin Trevorrow said,
"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."[156] In May 2015, Trevorrow confirmed
that he would not be returning to direct a sequel.[299] In June 2015, Pratt and Simpkins
confirmed that they had signed on for an unspecified number of sequels.[300][301] In July 2015, Universal Pictures
announced that a sequel would be released on June 22, 2018, with Connolly and
Trevorrow returning to write the script, and Pratt and Howard reprising their
roles.