STACK #214 August 2022

MOVIE FEATURE

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thriving and a new player in the genetics industry, BioSyn, attracts the attention of Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). Elsewhere, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) embark on a globetrotting mission to rescue the progeny of raptor Blue, and Fallen Kingdom ’s Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon), from the

• Jurassic World Dominion is out on August 31

JurassicWorld Dominion is the thrilling final chapter in the hit franchise that spans two trilogies, uniting storylines and characters from both along with a menagerie of new and familiar dinosaur species. Words Scott Hocking J urassic World (2015) brought John Hammond’s original theme park vision to terrifying life, while its sequel, Fallen Kingdom , saw the dinosaurs moved to the mainland following the JURASSIC LEGACY

clutches of BioSyn. “We have two stories that draw closer and closer together until they collide in the third act,” says Trevorrow. “It’s an epic, sweeping narrative that I think honours all our characters in a fulfilling way. When they finally come together, it's explosive.” As well as some familiar faces among the human cast, franchise fans and dinosaur boffins will be pleased to see several popular species making a return in Dominion , including the frilled, venom-spitting Dilophosaurus that was last seen sliming Wayne Knight’s Nedry in Jurassic Park . A fearsome new apex predator is a staple of any new Jurassic film, and Giganotosaurus – the largest known terrestrial carnivore, standing 43 feet tall and weighing 30,000 pounds – makes its debut in Dominion . Coincidentally, the first fossil remains of the species were discovered in Patagonia in 1993, the same year that Jurassic Park hit cinemas. The Jurassic franchise has been thrilling audiences for almost 30 years now, as well as inspiring a whole new generation of filmmakers. Indeed, for many of Dominion ’s cast and crew, working on the film represented a full circle moment in their lives. “People who want to get into film generally do so because of a key film that they saw when they were a kid,” says producer Patrick Crowley, who joined the franchise with Jurassic World . “You ask around on any set, and a lot of people have answers about what motivated them.

A meeting ofWorlds

destruction of their island habitat. Now, the final chapter in the saga, Dominion , poses the question of whether humans and dinosaurs can coexist. “Up until now, humans and dinosaurs have been separated. Now they are an integral part of our world. And to bring these two generations together in such an organic and seamless way is an incredible and powerful achievement,” says producer Frank Marshall. As well as uniting humans and dinosaurs for the grand finale, Jurassic World Dominion merges the storylines and cast members of both trilogies, with Jurassic World co-writer and director Colin Trevorrow returning to the helm. “Colin has a depth of knowledge and a rich understanding about these characters and this

On our set, you would hear more people say that Jurassic Park was

world,” notes Marshall, “and it shows in every page of the screenplay and every frame of film. We can’t wait for audiences around the world to experience it.” Juggling new and legacy characters, Dominion relocates the action from its traditional island setting to the big wide world, where a lucrative black market in dinosaurs is now

the inspiration for them to be in the movie business. It’s wonderful that it’s finally come around for them. Thirty years later, they got a chance

to do exactly what they dreamed of as a child.”

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DIGGING DINOSAURS The release of Jurassic Park in 1993 not

brought dinosaurs back to life for a new generation, and it showed dinosaurs in a way they had never been shown before,” says Stephen Brusatte, Professor of Palaeontology and Evolution at University of Edinburgh, who served as a consultant on Jurassic World Dominion .

“It led to a public reawakening of dinosaurs, and that led to so many more young people going into palaeontology. It led to more money going into the field, it led to more universities putting on dinosaur courses, it caused museums to put on dinosaur exhibits, and we're still reaping

the benefits of that. We are in the golden age of palaeontology where somebody somewhere around the world is finding a new species of dinosaur once a week on average, and that’s been going on for over a decade now because this is the Jurassic Park generation of palaeontologists.”

only changed the art of movie visual effects, it also impacted the science of palaeontology. “ Jurassic Park was the most important thing that's happened to palaeontology in the last several decades, because that film

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