'Jurassic Park 4' hires 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' screenwriters
Published Jun 21 2012, 09:24 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Jurassic Park 4 is moving forward with a new writing team.Rise of the Planet of the Apes screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver have been hired to pen the fourth instalment in the blockbuster dinosaur franchise, reports Deadline.
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Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy will return to produce Jurassic Park 4. Spielberg, who helmed the 1993 original and sequel The Lost World, will not return to the director's chair.
Mark Protosevich, William Monahan and John Sayles have all previously worked on scripts for the sequel.
Jurassic Park was voted Steven Spielberg's greatest movie by Digital Spy readers in a poll in January. The film will return to the big screen in 3D on July 13, 2013 to mark the film's 20th anniversary.
The Jurassic Park series have grossed more than $1.9 billion at the worldwide box office.
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They should return to the park from the 1st film , not sure why but would be well cool, look forward to it if they dont pull out again,
June 21st 2012 at 2:23pm
Let's hope they can agree on the script now, cast it and film it.
June 21st 2012 at 12:07pm
After a decade of various screenwriters having a go and other rumours about it moving forward, I'll believe it's happening when they're actually filming it.
June 21st 2012 at 10:19am(+1 like)
Hiring Apes too write dinosaur story. NOW THAT'S EVOLUTION!
June 21st 2012 at 9:50am(+1 like)