“I think we’ve told the story. I think it’s done, [Legendary effects expert] Stan Winston who made those beautiful dinosaurs died. So, no Stan, no ‘Jurassic Park’ really … [and author Michael] Crichton died too.”
If memory serves, there was some development on Park 4 with a lame brained idea (Raptors with guns, if I’m not mistaken) before the passing of Crichton. But I also don’t think Crichton was that hands on with that proposed project- he wasn’t exactly around for Jurassic Park III (although I liked the film myself) and there’s also nothing that says someone could take one of his books and make another movie. Think Robert Ludlum- the author passed on in 2001; it does not stop anyone from making Bourne films. Ian Fleming died in 1964; how many Bond films were there since then?
Some folks I know will despise me for saying that. Even more will want to throw my carcass under a bus when I make this announcement: as much as I admired Stan Winston’s FX work as much as the next film buff; there could be other FX wizards that could take over the mantle. Stan Winston only created the animatronics of the dinosaurs.
Elements of the sequels had been taken from the original novel that wasn’t filmed in the original movie. There’s probably other ideas out there too on where to go. So on this part I disagree with the actor’s assessment of why it’s tough to make a fourth film.
That all said, it *isn’t* a stretch to consider that they have pretty much covered everything, even though there’s many, possibly intentional plot holes from the first film (not in a bad way- just questions were opening the door for follow up answers in possible sequels although the questions were never addressed in the sequels) because even though there is room for theory, debate and wonder, what it eventually boils down to is the Velocoraptor’s kill count and how many hapless fools the T Rex can stomp on.
Nobody would mind if there was a Jurassic 4, of course. But do you agree or not agree that the franchise is pretty much a fossil?
