Producers Say 'Jurassic Park IV' Not Likely

I remember a time when you would go to a junket for a movie and find out little stories about that movie. These days, though, it seems that they just serve to springboard a mostly unrelated project to the forefront. Producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy recently talked to Coming Soon about their brand new film in theaters this month called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but the headline seems to be another Jurassic Park movie, as in, there won't be another Jurassic Park movie.Said Kennedy of plans to make Jurassic Park IV, which has been slowly brewing for about four or five years, "No... I don't know. You know, when Crichton passed away, I sorta felt maybe that's it. Maybe that's a sign that we don't mess with it."I understand the sentiment, since Michael Crichton came up with the story, wrote the first wildly successful novel and all that. However, he wasn't going to be involved in the script for the fourth movie; Universal had farmed that out years ago. Why that screenplay never saw the light of day is a big question mark, and I wouldn't be surprised if having trouble finding a good concept for a fourth movie had as much to do with Kennedy's current position as anything else, not to make light of the death of Michael Crichton in any way.Of course, there's also the school of thought that says we didn't even want or need the third Jurassic Park movie, so this may be a blessing of sorts.

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[d0od]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

[Wilson Lost]

Too bad.

I always wanted a Jurassic Park movie that had pure Dinosaur mayhem. Screw the science. Rage in the friggin' Dinosaur Cage!!!!

[Will]

How many Pop-Tarts have you had today Wilson?