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Executive producer Steven Spielberg and director Colin Trevorrow were determined to make Jurassic World more than just another walk in the Park. T he possibility of a fourth Jurassic Park film had been gestating since the opening of Jurassic Park III in 2001. Steven Spielberg was keen to revisit the the dream that audiences have always wanted to see."

Trevorrow was also well versed in Jurassic Park lore, being part of the generation who grew up with the Steven Spielberg original. "I have a very specific memory of Jurassic Park coming out on the last day of school, and there's a feeling that goes along with that," he says. "When everything is behind you, everything is ahead

Jurassic World was also a dream come true for indie filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, who was chosen to direct on the strength of his 2012 debut feature Safety Not Guaranteed , which had impressed Spielberg. "I had seen Safety Not

franchise and over the next 14 years a number of directors and screenwriters came and went as the project continued to evolve. During that period, however, fans never let Spielberg forget that they, too, wanted to return to a world of prehistoric predators running amok. "A lot of people that I’d bump into whom I'd never met before would remind me by simply asking, 'When is the next Jurassic Park coming out?' That accumulated after a while, and I started to put some thought into it," Spielberg recalls. Unlike the first three films, which focused on a small group of scientific advisers and civilians being menaced by dinosaurs recreated from fossil DNA, Spielberg felt that the fourth film should feature a fully functioning theme park. " Jurassic World is almost like seeing Jurassic Park come true,” he says. “We wanted to fulfil this dream in

Director Colin Trevorrow

of you, and you have that moment of being alone in a movie theatre and being transported to where Jurassic Park takes you." Trevorrow was also determined to approach Jurassic World from a different perspective, rather than simply repeat the formula that worked for the first three films. "The questions for us were, 'Why would there be another instalment? What's a story that we can tell and characters that we can introduce that make all of this worthwhile?' "We knew we didn't want another film of people just running from dinosaurs and screaming; that's been done before and done very well," he says. "I felt that what the audience wants, and I know what

Jurassic World is almost like seeing Jurassic Park come true

Guaranteed and the very last scene was what convinced me that Colin was the right person to direct Jurassic World ,” Spielberg explains. "I flew out of my seat when I saw the last scene of that movie… if Colin was good in the meeting, he was going to get the job. He was completely enthusiastic, both as a filmmaker and as a fan, but also had a story to tell. He didn't just come in and say, 'I'd like to render my services directing the fourth instalment.'" In addition to being a skilled storyteller,

Jurassic World : to have a truly working theme park that is devoted to this miracle of creating dinosaurs from DNA. This is the realisation of Michael Crichton's dream, which then transferred to John Hammond's dream. This, hopefully, becomes

Steven wants, is to take this brilliant core concept and see where else we can go with it – to expand and open it up, while taking audiences back to a familiar place.”

• Jurassic World is out on October 15

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