Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has passed away. He was 66. Perhaps best known for being the author of Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, which were turned into a hugely successful movie franchise, his numerous books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide. read more | digg story Read Full Story
Jurassic Park IV ? Don't count it out yet, I guess.
Director Joe Johnston , brought in by Universal to take over The Wolfman from Mark Romanek, helmed the third and least appealing Jurassic Park about a decade ago, and he tells Ain't It Cool News he would consider answering the bell again. Unless I missed something this year, the producers of the trilogy have not warmed to the idea yet, so this could be hypothetical.
"There is a great story for the fourth one that I would be interested... Read Full Story
Prolific author Michael Crichton died this week. He practically invented the techno-thriller genre — scientifically complex stories tempered with strongly human characters (his last novel will be posthumously published next year). Our sister site SCI FI Wire has a good summary of his best and worst works here , and it reminded us of the prominent role that technology played in Crichton's stories. From Jurassic Park to Disclosure to The Andromeda Strain , Crichton always laced his stories... Read Full Story
If you like dinosaurs, then Utah is an amazing state to be in. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but in my own search of museums in the state that are in whole, or in part, dedicated to dinosaurs, I have found twelve. TWELVE! That is more dinosaur museums than I've found in any other state. Most people are familiar with Dinosaur National Monument that is located in Utah and Colorado, out near Vernal, Utah. But, are you familiar with any of the other dinosaur museums ? There may be one... Read Full Story
"No hold on, this is not some species that was obliterated by deforestation, or the building of a dam. Dinosaurs, uh, had their shot, and nature selected them for extinction." -- Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Jurassic Park (1993) , screenplay by Michael Crichton and David Koepp, based on the novel by Michael Crichton Read Full Story
Some 48 new prehistoric species have been unearthed by a British expert from
Britain's own Jurassic Park, including dinosaurs similar to the deadly
velociraptor and giant flying pterosaurs. Palaeontologists have long
flocked to this country which is thought to be one of the top five in the world
for concentrations of dinosaurs remains. The high number is thought to
be as a result of Britain's position as a land bridge between various continents
more than 130 million years ago. But even... Read Full Story
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A massive hoard of fossilised eggs found in India, being hailed as a “Jurassic treasure trove” could help explain the mystery of how the dinosaurs became extinct, scientists believe.
Geologists uncovered hundreds of clusters of the football-sized eggs by chance while investigating the site of an ancient riverbed in the state of Tamil Nadu.
The eggs, estimated to be 65 million years old, were found in layers suggesting that it was a major nesting site for leaf-eating sauropod... Read Full Story
This is one of those stories that just pops up every once in awhile because the prospect of continuing the Jurassic Park franchise is just that damn intriguing. We even posted about it a few months ago when Hasbro announced the revival of the toyline.
Now AICN is reporting that Jurassic Park III director Joe Johnston, who’s next project is Marvel’s Captain America film, chatted with them about the film while on the set of the Wolfman ( his most recent film).
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Did you know that Hawaii has hosted hundreds of feature films since 1913?
Major Motion Pictures Filmed in Hawaii Eight motion pictures filmed in Hawaii have entered the coveted category of the "Top Grossing Movies of All Time at the Worldwide Box Office": Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Godzilla, Pearl Harbor, Dinosaur, Jurassic Park III , and Waterworld . Together, their theatrical runs have produced more than $4 billion in gross revenues, 15... Read Full Story
Hasbro just announced today that they were set on developing a new line for their Jurassic Park toyline. Plans to re-unleash the legendary dinosaurs from Universal Pictures’ Jurassic Park . This fall, under a licensing agreement with Universal Partnerships & Licensing, Hasbro plans to launch a new action figure line based on the film’s prehistoric predators exclusively at Toys”R”Us stores across the country.
“Jurassic Park is one of the most successful film franchises of all time and has... Read Full Story
