Colin Trevorrow to direct Jurassic World 3

http://ew.com/movies/2018/03/30/colin-trevorrow-directing-third-jurassic-world/

Interesting. I would have figured that he would have at least waited until FK was released before anything like this was set in stone.

I'm disappointed in this. I love Jurassic World, but I really wanted a new director for this one. And I know just how bad the rep for the third film will now be. Prepare for another thousand articles bashing the film before it comes out.

It was the safest thing for Trevorrow to do after the Star Wars/Book Of Henry fiasco. Let's face it, the writing was on the wall after he lost Star Wars.

I would have preferred somebody new myself, or would have at least liked to see how Bayona did before making anything official.

Tyrant Lizard wrote:

It was the safest thing for Trevorrow to do after the Star Wars/Book Of Henry fiasco. Let's face it, the writing was on the wall after he lost Star Wars.

I would have preferred somebody new myself, or would have at least liked to see how Bayona did before making anything official.

Yeah. However, if there were a writer on board with lots of experience and good rep, I'd be much happier about it.

[quote="Six-Foot Turkey"]

Tyrant Lizard wrote:

Yeah. However, if there were a writer on board with lots of experience and good rep, I'd be much happier about it.

Agreed. With Trev we have a pretty good idea of what we'll be getting, so some of the intrigue is gone. It's also interesting that Trevorrow, who himself suggested that he wanted to see a new director with a different vision for each film, is now back in the directors chair.

To put it bluntly, this is damage control after the Star Wars/Book Of Henry fiasco.

Tyrant Lizard wrote:

Six-Foot Turkey wrote:

Tyrant Lizard wrote:

Yeah. However, if there were a writer on board with lots of experience and good rep, I'd be much happier about it.

Agreed. With Trev we have a pretty good idea of what we'll be getting, so some of the intrigue is gone. It's also interesting that Trevorrow, who himself suggested that he wanted to see a new director with a different vision for each film, is now back in the directors chair.

To put it bluntly, this is damage control after the Star Wars/Book Of Henry fiasco.

I was just about to mention that. It does seem a little coincidental that after his last film that didn't do too well and after his parting ways with Star Wars that he goes back on what he once said and decides to direct JW3. It doesn't feel like a choice they made for creative sakes, rather something to get Trevorrow back on his feet.

Six-Foot Turkey wrote:

I'm disappointed in this. I love Jurassic World, but I really wanted a new director for this one. And I know just how bad the rep for the third film will now be. Prepare for another thousand articles bashing the film before it comes out.

I’m absolutely crushed.

I feel like this is him making a career move after the Star Wars incident.

Edit: and I see that was already brought up. Yeah he’s right.

Seriously though.... my hype for the series might legit be over.

Six-Foot Turkey wrote:

I was just about to mention that. It does seem a little coincidental that after his last film that didn't do too well and after his parting ways with Star Wars that he goes back on what he once said and decides to direct JW3. It doesn't feel like a choice they made for creative sakes, rather something to get Trevorrow back on his feet.

Indeed, and that's what really bothers me about this decision. I don't like the idea of our little dinosaur franchise being used to prop Trevorrow back up. The director should serve the franchise, not the other way around.

Troyal1 wrote:

Six-Foot Turkey wrote:

I'm disappointed in this. I love Jurassic World, but I really wanted a new director for this one. And I know just how bad the rep for the third film will now be. Prepare for another thousand articles bashing the film before it comes out.

I’m absolutely crushed.

I feel like this is him making a career move after the Star Wars incident.

Edit: and I see that was already brought up. Yeah he’s right.

Seriously though.... my hype for the series might legit be over.

If Fallen Kingdom is really good it shouldn't matter too much. But I really wish we got a new director.

Especially when the new writer hasn't got that much experience, the best thing to do would've been to bring on an experienced Director

I am also disappointed with this move. I like Jurassic world but I was hoping for someone new and I completely agree that this probably would not have happened if Colin were doing star wars 9. They are just asking for new articles to bash this franchise. So many other choices out there! on a positive note, i rather colin than kong's director (which some people speculated would be the director). After watching ready player one, spielberg would of been an awesome to come back. The scene with rexy was so short but it beats everything we got out of her in jw.

This is like a complete reversal of our feelings about Sorna on the DPG website.

Honestly I’m pretty neutral about this. Keep in mind that Trevorrow has been raked over the coals left and right, and The Book of Henry and Jurassic World have problems with writing, not really direction. I’m okay with a finale that plays it straighter and safer.

BoulderFaceplant wrote:

This is like a complete reversal of our feelings about Sorna on the DPG website.

Honestly I’m pretty neutral about this. Keep in mind that Trevorrow has been raked over the coals left and right, and The Book of Henry and Jurassic World have problems with writing, not really direction. I’m okay with a finale that plays it straighter and safer.

True, however, I don't know what to expect with Emily Carmichael's writing and Trevorrow wrote Jurassic World.

It just irks me that they would go with someone like Colin Trevorrow for the finale. this may be the last film we get in the franchise for a while, I wanted someone with more flare

Herrerasaurus wrote:

It just irks me that they would go with someone like Colin Trevorrow for the finale. this may be the last film we get in the franchise for a while, I wanted someone with more flare

Exactly. It’s such a bland choice.

I'm of two minds about this:

On one hand, I'm one of the relatively few people who thinks Trevorrow gets too much of a bad rep from everyone, and I would really like to see him make a resurgence. And from a directing standpoint, having the man in charge take the reigns to make sure the trilogy has a solid ending makes some degree of sense. Before Jurassic World broke all those box office records, I felt that the film offered some much-needed closure for the JP series that I sincerely felt Jurassic Park 3 failed to deliver. Plus, if they're using the Original Star Wars template, then the third chapter is somewhat lighter than the second film. I think Trevorrow could deliver on that, especially if his treatment for Star Wars Episode IX involved the kinds of story beats that it did.

On the other hand, it does go against his words about having someone fresh direct each film in the saga, something that Star Wars was also originally going to do before Trevorrow was booted by Kennedy and The Last Jedi basically demanded that Abrams come back to attempt to fix things. The patterns are starting to look a bit too similar for comfort. If Bayona did a good job with Fallen Kingdom, why wasn't he courted to direct the follow-up? I also agree that giving the final film to a filmmaker of experience would ensure more positive word of mouth and stronger direction. I haven't seen The Book of Henry, but it's negative reception will be a black mark on the third film even before its release. And lastly, the word of mouth around Fallen Kingdom hasn't been all that supportive, and even if the film is good and benefits from Bayona's style and direction people will instead openly question why Trevorrow is directing the third one rather than the more experience Bayona.

I know its still early days, this could be the very thing this trilogy needs or it could be a real miscalculation. We're three years out at the moment, and we still need to see and judge the second in this sequel trilogy properly before deciding if its the right call.

Here’s me just thinking out loud.

He says the trilogy is set up for the end of the end. And our best guess Is that the next movie ends up with animals loose on the mainland. And I personally think the animals are going extinct or it has them taking over.

I guess I’m worried that he wouldn’t be able to show it off in a dark and emotional way that is serious. And that it’s going to feel like too much of a popcorn flick. Like the thought of having more Blue and Owen on the mainland makes me cringe in fear personally.

Since it’s the only JP movie that won’t take place on a island at all that we know of it sounds extremely ambitious and hard to pull off for anyone.

Edit: also at Bary ... yeah it’s weird the more I think about it. Why would they make this decision public so early before seeing how people even respond to Fallen Kingdom? It lends credence to the idea that nobody but Colin is getting a chance at it I suppose.

Ewwwww.

I hated this. Yeah Uni, you don't change. So many potential for JW3 now lost. I'll enjoy the time with Bayona as director.

BarrytheOnyx wrote:

I'm of two minds about this:

On one hand, I'm one of the relatively few people who thinks Trevorrow gets too much of a bad rep from everyone, and I would really like to see him make a resurgence. And from a directing standpoint, having the man in charge take the reigns to make sure the trilogy has a solid ending makes some degree of sense. Before Jurassic World broke all those box office records, I felt that the film offered some much-needed closure for the JP series that I sincerely felt Jurassic Park 3 failed to deliver. Plus, if they're using the Original Star Wars template, then the third chapter is somewhat lighter than the second film. I think Trevorrow could deliver on that, especially if his treatment for Star Wars Episode IX involved the kinds of story beats that it did.

On the other hand, it does go against his words about having someone fresh direct each film in the saga, something that Star Wars was also originally going to do before Trevorrow was booted by Kennedy and The Last Jedi basically demanded that Abrams come back to attempt to fix things. The patterns are starting to look a bit too similar for comfort. If Bayona did a good job with Fallen Kingdom, why wasn't he courted to direct the follow-up? I also agree that giving the final film to a filmmaker of experience would ensure more positive word of mouth and stronger direction. I haven't seen The Book of Henry, but it's negative reception will be a black mark on the third film even before its release. And lastly, the word of mouth around Fallen Kingdom hasn't been all that supportive, and even if the film is good and benefits from Bayona's style and direction people will instead openly question why Trevorrow is directing the third one rather than the more experience Bayona.

I know its still early days, this could be the very thing this trilogy needs or it could be a real miscalculation. We're three years out at the moment, and we still need to see and judge the second in this sequel trilogy properly before deciding if its the right call.

word of mouth? are people that have seen the film say its bad or did you mean the usual hate articles from people that haven't seen the film

Not the news I was hoping for but not totally unexpected after he left SW, let's just sit back & reserve judgement till 2021. JW was good but not great but since we don't even know the last film's story yet we cannot comment too much.

Herrerasaurus wrote:

BarrytheOnyx wrote:

I'm of two minds about this:

On one hand, I'm one of the relatively few people who thinks Trevorrow gets too much of a bad rep from everyone, and I would really like to see him make a resurgence. And from a directing standpoint, having the man in charge take the reigns to make sure the trilogy has a solid ending makes some degree of sense. Before Jurassic World broke all those box office records, I felt that the film offered some much-needed closure for the JP series that I sincerely felt Jurassic Park 3 failed to deliver. Plus, if they're using the Original Star Wars template, then the third chapter is somewhat lighter than the second film. I think Trevorrow could deliver on that, especially if his treatment for Star Wars Episode IX involved the kinds of story beats that it did.

On the other hand, it does go against his words about having someone fresh direct each film in the saga, something that Star Wars was also originally going to do before Trevorrow was booted by Kennedy and The Last Jedi basically demanded that Abrams come back to attempt to fix things. The patterns are starting to look a bit too similar for comfort. If Bayona did a good job with Fallen Kingdom, why wasn't he courted to direct the follow-up? I also agree that giving the final film to a filmmaker of experience would ensure more positive word of mouth and stronger direction. I haven't seen The Book of Henry, but it's negative reception will be a black mark on the third film even before its release. And lastly, the word of mouth around Fallen Kingdom hasn't been all that supportive, and even if the film is good and benefits from Bayona's style and direction people will instead openly question why Trevorrow is directing the third one rather than the more experience Bayona.

I know its still early days, this could be the very thing this trilogy needs or it could be a real miscalculation. We're three years out at the moment, and we still need to see and judge the second in this sequel trilogy properly before deciding if its the right call.

word of mouth? are people that have seen the film say its bad or did you mean the usual hate articles from people that haven't seen the film

I think he meant that the way people are talking about Fallen Kingdom from the trailers and footage we've seen has been slightly negative.

This is Star Wars all over again. I hope Fallen Kingdom will be more positively received than TLJ, though. We don't have enough information to judge JW3 when JW2 hasn't even come out yet. That being said, I do trust him as a director (not as a writer), and Connolly isn't writing, so that's nice. I'm not sure about Carmichael, though.

V.a.nublarensis wrote:

This is Star Wars all over again. I hope Fallen Kingdom will be more positively received than TLJ, though. We don't have enough information to judge JW3 when JW2 hasn't even come out yet. That being said, I do trust him as a director (not as a writer), and Connolly isn't writing, so that's nice. I'm not sure about Carmichael, though.

on that note, some guy (peter something) from slashfilm says he heard the studio is very happy JWFK

I actually like Colin Trevorrow (despite me not being a fan of Jurassic World) and I agree that he does not deserve the hate he sometimes gets. He seems like a nice, humble person with good intentions given how much and how often he interacts with fans on Twitter.

Now compare that to Rian Johnson for example who despite knowing The Last Jedi has a huge backlash is always trying to downplay it by more or less implying that what the fans are pointing out is invalid and straight up saying he would not change a thing about his movies.

It could be worse. Colin is a great choice in that sense. I just do not want to see yet another Jurassic World sequel that centers around hybrids and acts like The Lost World or Jurassic Park 3 have never existed.

If the studio IS very happy with Fallen Kingdom, you'd think they'd try all they can to get Bayona back to direct.

I'm pretty sure that's not how it generally works.

V.a.nublarensis wrote:

I'm pretty sure that's not how it generally works.

I'm pretty sure it is in some capacity...

As a fan of JW and hopefully JW:FK too I wanted a new director for each of the new films.

The JW trilogy are "popcorn flicks" and that is completely fine but they could be more.

Maybe Bayona didn't want to come back? he may have only wanted to do one film & then go back to something more intimate & personal to him which is totally understandable.