How do you top Jurassic World? With an estimated $511 million banked over an open weekend of Mosasaurus proportions, that's the question Universal execs will be posing as they plan the next instalment. Director Colin Trevorrow has already distanced himself from a return to the director's chair for the likely Jurassic World 2, as he revealed on the Empire spoiler podcast (listen to that below), but he hinted at a movie in which InGen is no longer the only dino-game in town.
"The power to make a dinosaur has always been localised to InGen and Jurassic Park, but what if that goes open source?" he pondered. "Many, many different types of interests can make a dinosaur."
While he was wary of bandying about the world 'universe' in relation to the newly reinvigorated Jurassic Park - "these movies are very singular experiences," he cautioned - Trevorrow drew an interesting parallel between dinosaur and nuclear proliferation. "It started very small," he said, "and then was used for a weapon and then power itself, and it spread to the point where there's 22 different countries that have that capability.
Pointing out that Jurassic Park, by definition, lacks the scope and breadth of Marvel superheroes or the Star Wars universe, the writer/director suggested refreshing the premise with a world in which dinosaurs and humans co-exist in (presumably temporary) harmony, akin to Monsters' Infected Zone? "There's room in exploring a world where we have the same relationship with dinosaurs as we have with the other animals on this planet," said Trevorrow. "Imagine there are lions in that jungle, "Don't go in there, you'll get eaten," but we recognise that they're in there."
As for his possible replacement as director, he had a equally interesting idea. "There are some pretty cool Spanish horror directors whose Jurassic Park movie I'd love to see as a fan." Stand by your phones, Juan Antonio Bayona and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
Listen to the full podcast below or head here for Trevorrow's 10 Secrets Of Jurassic World.