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July 31, 2008
 Several JP Dino Props up for Auction
JP fans with deep, deep pocketbooks will be most interested to learn about this group of 16 Ebay items, all featuring maquettes, props, and actual real life animatronics from the JP films. Ranging in price from the understandable ($400 for Grant's Raptor nasal cavity) to the obscene ($60k for a full size JP3 raptor), these would certainly be fine gifts for a JP fanatic or, hey, a webmaster of a long-running JP website! The auction takes place tomorrow, August 1st. (Thanks Nate and Charlie)
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June 16, 2008
Stan Winston, Dead at 62
 A sad day for all JP fans today, as word comes via AICN that the father of Jurassic Park's dinosaurs, proponent and champion of live-action special effects, and "dino consultant" on all 3 Jurassic films, Stan Winston, has died. He was 62. Winston was always a firebrand in the JP community, with some accusing him of bullying directors to get his robot dinos screentime over the fancier (yet far more expensive) computer generated imagery. In JP3, he worked with director Joe Johnston to pioneer camerawork that seamlessly blended CG with his robotic creations in the same scene, often within the same shot. Winston loved to talk, especially to the press, and could always be counted on for an amusing quote or ancedote, often supplying us with juicy plot tidbits he probably shouldn't have revealed so early. Stan loved his work, and it was obvious he loved JP as much as we all do. He certainly will be missed. (Thanks Ian)
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May 19, 2008
Dern Says JP4 'Not Just Speculation'
Our old friend Laura Dern has been making the interview rounds promoting her upcoming HBO film Recount, prompting an enterprising TV Guide reporter to quiz her on JP4. "It's a while away," she told the magazine, "But my understanding is it's happening and my character is very involved. I know Steven Spielberg is looking forward to [getting it together] over the next year." (Thanks Chuck, Leo, Mark, and Eric!)
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December 6, 2007
Frank Marshall Says JP4 in '09, Maybe
Uh.. this thing still on? In what seems like a rather convenient bit of information, JP producer Frank Marshall told Comingsoon.net that the recent writers strike, of all things, is holding up production on JP4, but as far as he knows they're "still" shooting for Summer 2009. "There's an idea and we just have to see if it shakes out." That sure sounds a lot like "project dead, ask again later" to me. Anyway, wake me up in 18 months! (Thanks Yvonne, 'MS', Eric, and Leo)
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April 6, 2007
Dern: Sattler is Back in JP4, Says Spielberg
Looks like Spielberg, despite being knee-deep in Indy pre-production, has begun to round up the usual JP suspects, according to this story from entertainment website Collider.com, which reports at at press junket yesterday Laura Dern claimed JP4 "is happening" and that she received a call from a "certain fellow" saying Sattler is involved. Asked about when filming might commence, Dern replied, "I think within the year. I think they want to release it in 2008." (Thanks Yvonne, Chris, Sam, Esteban, and ohh, lots others)
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January 31, 2007
JP on HD-DVD in 2007?
You bought it on VHS, Laser-disc, DVD, and again on DVD (25th Anniversary Edition), who's ready to buy Jurassic Park one last time?! According to High-Def Digest, JP has been newly listed as "Coming Soon" in a document provided by the promotions group behind the next-gen DVD format, along with other Spieley classics Jaws and E.T.. (Update: Oops! The PR group responsible for the above list says they made a boo-boo and the Spielberg films are not in the pipeline afterall.) (Thanks Kyle)
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October 12, 2006
'Production Weekly' Lists JP4, Says Johnston Directs
Costing me $25 of my hard-earned money, today's issue of Proudction Weekly, an industry trade-publication that tracks Hollywood projects, now lists Jurassic Park 4 as "in development", with Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy producting, and Joe Johnston directing. The one-line plot summary still sounds like the movie we've been hearing about, for, oh, almost 2 years now -- "The government has trained dinosaurs to carry weapons and use them for battle purposes". Also of interest: The project is listed as in "Development", even though there are other films that have a tag of "Active Development" -- could this mean JP4 is, as we've suspected for awhile now, stalled in development hell? (Thanks Greg)
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October 6, 2006
Johnston to Direct JP4?
There's a little confusion with this one, but I'm posting anyway to stem the tide of emails I've been getting: If Comingsoon.net is to be believed, JP3 director Joe Johnston has once again been signed on to direct JP4. Only problem is, this news apparently comes from Variety, but it's nowhere to be found on their site. I've emailed Comingsoon.net for details, and will post confirmation if/when I get it. (Thanks Greg and 'Powerhouse', among others) [Update: This is the Variety story where Johnston is mentioned, but it's less of an official announcement from the studio and more of an article about one of JP4's scribes, William Monahan. Interesting... Thanks 'Chase' and 'Oviraptor'.]
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July 17, 2006
Spielberg: Johnston Gets 'First Dibs' on JP4
Word from the proverbial horses mouth today: JP3 director Joe Johnston is "standing by" to direct JP4, according to Steven Spielberg himself in an exclusive interview with Spielbergfilms.com (celebrating its 5 year birthday!). Calling Joe his "go-to 'Jurassic' guy now," he shoots down any talk that he didn't like JP3. "I think the film is witty and clever, and I think Joe did an amazing job putting together those battles," he says. "I’m a huge fan of Joe’s, and he’s the right guy to do the fourth one." And what about this Breck Eisner guy? No way, says Steven. Great interview, Spielbergfilms.com!
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July 8, 2006
'Sahara' Helmer to Direct JP4?
 Seems like the squeaky wheels on JP4 might be turning, at least, if the ever-unreliable IMDB is to be believed. 'Raptoralpha' noticed the page on JP4 has been updated, not only saying "script has been finalized" but adding a new name to the JP universe -- Breck Eisner is listed as "in negotiations", a small-time director (who happens to be the son of past Disney president Michael Eisner) best known for last year's action flick Sahara (It was the one with Matthew McConaughey looking for a battleship in the desert, remember?). You may now resume your waiting...
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JP Game on the PS3?
Something Jurassic Park-ey is happening with Sony's upcoming Playstation 3 console, at least, according to Game Informer magazine. In the latest issue (or so says PS3Land.com), the magazine "mentions something about 'a giant Jurassic Park logo on a monitor in a meeting room behind closed doors at Sony's E3 Booth.'" A new game? The movie on BluRay? Could be anything... (Thanks Terry). Oh, and btw, if you're into games be sure to check out my new venture at Ain't It Cool News -- I'm writing a weekly column on new game releases.
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June 26, 2006
News From Hawaii: JP4 Script 'Approved'?
Bob from Hawaii Movie Tours points us to this story in today's issue of The Garden Island newspaper, about recent movie happenings in Hawaii. Of interest to JP fans is a quote from the official sounding "county film commissioner", who says that the script for the fourth movie "[has] been recently approved". The author of the story adds that "since Kaua‘i was home to all or most of the previous three shoots, it was [sic] only logical that producer Steven Spielberg would scout here." I'll believe it when I see it... (Also thanks Terry + JPLegacy)
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April 19, 2006
Marshall: JP4 still an Idea?, Will Have 'Quirky Characters'
More propaganda from Frank Marshall, this time from UK based Empireonline.com. Most interestingly, when asked "Have they started writing the script yet?" Marshall replies, "No. They have an idea," possibly suggesting the script is yet again undergoing rewrites. He goes on to shoot down Spielberg or Crichton being involved, but assures that the film "will [have] some quicky characters... it's always attractive, people love to be in those movies." Attractive to people, or attractive people? (Thanks Malcolm)
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April 12, 2006
JP4 Director Named "by Next Year"
Ugh -- More waiting. In the latest Frank Marshall interview at Yourmovies.com.au, the JP4 producer says that while the script is currently being written, "we hope to have a director by next year." Since the phrase "by next year" could concievably span the timeframe of now until December 31, 2007... is anyone getting a little tired of this? (Thanks Clinton)
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April 1, 2006
JP4 Action Figures Announced!
 No director, no finalized script, no release date.. But we'll have toys! Or so says Hasbro in their annual financial report out today. The PR section of the Hasbro site has the details that it will release a 45 item series of JP toys based on the "concept" of JP4, starting in June. "Actually, we've been involved in the script process for JP4 from the beginning", says Hasbro VP Richard Holt. "We were the first to suggest the idea of trained dinosaurs in the script to [JP4 writer] John Sayles. This opened up tons of action figure possibilities, so we were happy when Sayles loved it, and asked us to even write a few pages ourselves." Amazingly, Holt goes on: "If you look carefully when the film comes out one day, you'll notice a little 'Hasbro' logo on each dinosaur." An Amblin rep is quoted as saying, "The synergy between our industries has never been so strong." Look for the new toys on store shelves starting June 15th.
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Hawaii Dam Break Kills 7, Ruins JP Filming Locations
In far more serious (and true) news, word comes from Bob of Hawaii Movie Tours that a dam break March 14th on the island of Kauai has not only devastated the area and killed 7, but the 400 million gallons of water held back by the dam was the Ka Loko reservoir, which Bob reminds us was used for filming JP and JP3: "In JP1, it is where the crew first sees all the dino's walking thru the reservoir and when they were eating the tops of the trees. In three, some of the boating scenes (telephone in dino poop, etc) were filmed there."
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Dinosaurs 3D Site Opens
The people behind the upcoming IMAX film, "Dinosaurs 3D" announced their website is now open, although many sections are still blank. It does have news the film will open in IMAX theaters on December 1st.
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March 9, 2006
Marshall: "Johnston Could be Back"
Joe Johnston, director of JP4? While the JP3 helmer never actually swore off doing another JP movie, at the end of the last one, he seemed, well -- a bit tired (cranky actors and sfx seem to do that to a director). But according to Spielberg producer Frank Marshall on MTV, "Joe Johnston could be back. We want to get the script right before we go forward." He added, "JP4 is coming to life." Joe, I just know you're reading this, so how about another go, huh?! (Thanks 'Malcolm' and 'Velociraptor101')
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March 6, 2006
Spielberg: JP4 "Going to Happen"
E! Online's Giuliana DePandi must be a film geek, since after cornering Steven Spielberg on the red carpet at last night's Oscar's, she asked the JP director only two questions: What's the deal with Indy 4 (Spielberg interestingly enough refused to comment) and what's the status on JP4, to which Spieley immediately replied, "That's going to happen." Could we see JP4 before Indy 4? [Update: 'JPFan14' helpfully uploaded the video, click here. Note this version is extended from the one I saw.. here Speilberg adds "someday" on the end of his "Going to happen" comment.]
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New Spinosaur Skull Found
News for dino fans: Nick points us to this story at NewScientist.com which relates a find by an Italian palentolgist, who measured the snout of a Spinosaur procured from a collector. It suggests a skull 1.75m long indicating the spino was 17m long.
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February 18, 2006
Marshall: JP4 in 2008
More JP4 tidbits from Spielberg producer Frank Marshall, this time from the London Free Press, where yesterday a quick article asked him about JP4. Marshall responds: "[JP4] has a good script now, so we should have that one up and running next year for release in 2008." I'll believe it when they announce a director! (Thanks 'Malcolm') [Update: Sources are now saying that "Lexie" will star, but that bit traces back to this story, which says that the Richards character had been "rumored" to be in it.]
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An Attenborough Explores Amber
I really meant to mention this earlier this week, say, when this show was on, but, alas things got in the way. Anyway, everyone's favorite science show on public-television, NOVA, ran a great show this week titled Jewel of the Earth, by famed nature documentarian David Attenborough (aka Richard's brother). The special details how amber is used as a sort of "time machine" to learn about the ancient past. Of course, clips and discussion about JP also abound. Check your local listings.
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Crichton Gets Journalism Award for JP
You might have seen Jon Stewart making fun of this story earlier this week, but yes, Michael Crichton recevied a journalism award for two novels last week, "State of Fear" and "Jurassic Park". Much of the attention circled around how "State of Fear" was on the list -- Crichton's anti-environmentalist crusade published last year -- and the award was presented by the National Ass'n of Petroleum Geologists. But since the Petroleum Geologists put JP on there too, they're OK by me! [Update: Russel points out it was Stephen Colbert, not Stewart that poked fun. Truthiness!]
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January 25, 2006
JP4 "Kind of off the Radar"
Insider site IFMagazine.com has published a interview with producer extrodinarre Frank Marshall where he once again mentions JP4, but indicates we JP fans may be in for quite a wait. Here's the interesting bit:
"[JP4 is] kind of off the radar. We’ve got BOURNE here [he indicates at the top of the table he’s sitting behind], we’ve got INDY here, [indicates a little further back] and we have JURASSIC back here [far back - almost at the edge of table]. Steven’s obviously been pretty busy the last year, so we haven’t focused on that yet. But we will."
(Thanks Malcolm)
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January 10, 2006
Marshall: JP4 After Indy 4
Happy New Year! Will this be the year something actually happens with JP4? It doesn't look that way if a story talking to longtime Spielberg producer Frank Marshall on the oddly named IESB.net is to believed. According to the site, Marshall's producing schedule is all booked up for several years, including the Matt Damon vehicle "The Bourne Ultimatum", starting August 1st of this year, followed immediately by Indy 4, and then JP4. So that puts us where? End of next year? Time will tell.. (Thanks Ryan and Andrew, among others)
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Horner to "Cut Down Errors" in JP4
Forgot to mention this tiny tidbit from a few weeks ago: According to Greg, this month's issue of Popular Science magazine features a article called "The Stories to Watch in the Year Ahead" with the news that Jack Horner will once again be working on the next JP movie (which we already knew). It adds "[They hope] to cut down on scientific error (not that it always works: Brachiosaurus couldn't really stand on its hind legs, as the
original Jurassic Park would have you believe)."
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November 17, 2005
Spielberg: Some of JP4 Rewritten
An eagle-eyed reader points out a casual mention of JP4 in a story today at Ain't it Cool News. In a interview talking to Harold Ramis, AICN's Quint makes an offhand mention to Steven Speilberg, saying that the director "[doesn't] like early script reviews [posted online]", and was forced to "apparently... rewrite some of JURASSIC PARK 4 to keep some of the twists and turns fresh because of a review on the site." (Thanks Doug)
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November 12, 2005
Amblin: JP4 Still Alive
Following up on yesterdays news, Spielbergfilms.com talked to a representitve of Stevie's Amblin Entertainment, who confirmed that after such a long wait, JP4 is indeed still in pre-production, but that no release date has been set. This won't happen "until they get the script and greenlight it", possibly suggesting that the script is still undergoing rewrites (or am I just reading too much into that quote?). Thanks 'JPFan14'.
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November 11, 2005
Spielberg Talks JP4
Hello?? This thing on?? Just when it seems everyone is giving up hope for JP4 (incidentially, see the new poll to the right which I just put up today), we get a glimmer of hope. This time it comes via AICN, who reports on a talk Spielberg gave recently at USC. Among the questions about his upcoming Munich and a possible remake of The Sugarland Epress, the informant says a JP4 question was also raised: "Spielberg commented on a scene in The Lost World novel that was not included in the movie involving characters on motorcycles outrunning raptors and regretted it not being in The Lost World movie. However, he also said that "that scene IS in Jurassic Park 4." Could the wheels still be turning on the next JP movie? Time will tell...
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September 9, 2005
JP4 Script Pages Surface?
Not sure what to make of this one, but Moviehole.net has linked to an odd set of images that purportedly show three pages of the JP4 script, the cover, and the title page, which credits William Monahan and John Sayles (apparently the same one Moriarty reviewed). Oddly enough, the image of the JP4 logo had showed up on the internets a few weeks back, but if you ask me, the whole thing is a little fishy, especially the MS Paint style logo. Either way, I think I speak for everyone when I say: Someone please for the love of jebus tell us when this movie will be made! (Thanks Jim and Nathan) [Update: Apparently the whole thing was just a big ol' joke.]
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Buy JP, See Kong
Know someone who still doesn't have the JP trilogy on DVD? Coming this holiday season, you'll have yet another chance to introduce them to the wonders of the series with the new Jurassic Park Adventure Pack, due for release November 29th for the low low price of $26.98 [Update: Amazon is selling it for $18.89]. As KongIsKing.net notes, it will also come with a free ticket to see Peter Jackson's upcoming "King Kong". Unlike the new European box set, however, this one does not include the fourth bonus disc, and, as DVDAnswers.com observes, the JP DVD will not contain a DTS sound track. (Thanks Brett, Jon and James)
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Dan Taylor Leaves ILM
ILMFan.com reports Dan Taylor, who some will remember as the JP3 animation supervisor, has left ILM and joined Digital Domain, who some will remember as the SFX house responsible for Titanic, among many other movies. Dan Taylor once emailed us here at DJP3P. (Thanks Josh)
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