Jurassic World Dominion director Colin Trevorrow has revealed how Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg reacted to his conclusion to the franchise. Trevorrow directed the 2015 sequel Jurassic World, as well as the recently released sixth installment. Jurassic World Dominion sees the cast of Trevorrow's 2015 film join forces with returning cast members from the original film.
Almost three decades since entrepreneur John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) created a park that resurrected prehistoric creatures in the modern-day, humanity reaches a pivotal moment in Jurassic World Dominion. With Jurassic World and Isla Nublar now just a memory after the site was destroyed in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the human race must adjust as dinosaurs repopulate the Earth and nature is thrown into imbalance. As the world faces a potential crisis, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) join forces with the first film's survivors to save the world. Once described as the end of the Jurassic Park franchise by Trevorrow, the director has now shared how the director who started the Jurassic Park series reacted to his conclusion.
In a larger interview with IndieWire, Treverrow revealed that Spielberg had seen the film ahead of release and shared the directors thoughts on Jurassic World Dominion ending the franchise. The director stated that Spielberg was moved by the returns and reunion of Alan Grant (Sam Neil), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) in the third instalment after so much time had passed. Stating that he assumed Spielberg was aware of how much he hoped to justify his films' existence, Treverrow expressed that he hoped he had managed to justify his sequels not only to the audience, but to Spielberg as well. Check out Treverrow's full response below.
“He has seen it, and he’s very moved by the presence of these characters in this moment, not just after all of these years, but at this moment in our history. I think he always knew that I really hoped to justify why these sequels existed in the first place, and I hope that I’ve done that for him and for the audience.”
As audiences finally have the chance to see Treverrow's conclusion, the director has opened up about the future of the Jurassic World franchise beyond Dominion. In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant following the film's release, Treverrow clarified that Dominion is the conclusion of the story he wanted to tell ever since he first joined the franchise in 2015. Despite concluding his own story, the director also stated that he doesn't envision it as a complete conclusion to the franchise as a whole, rather that his film will leave things open for other young filmmakers to craft their own stories, a possibility he's interested to see in the future.
Spielberg's Jurassic Park is an incredibly influential film that instantly solidified its place in pop culture upon release, inspiring box office films for years to follow. While Spielberg maintained his distance during Dominion's production, the legendary director has maintained some involvement in the franchise as an executive producer on Trevorrow's films, providing support for the director. As Jurassic World Dominion concludes Trevorrow's story, Spielberg's support of his conclusion is sure to provide both Trevorrow and fans with reassurance that the conclusion respects the original film's legacy.
Source: IndieWire
