The future of the Jurassic World and Jurassic Park series isn't clear, but if Universal continues the current iteration of the franchise and greenlights Jurassic World 4, the studio should hire the filmmaker who almost helmed Jurassic Park in 1993. The original Jurassic Park was directed by Steven Spielberg, and not only is it one of his best films, but it's one of the greatest action-adventure movies ever made with groundbreaking practical effects. However, Spielberg almost didn't direct it, and there was a race between him and James Cameron for the rights to the Michael Crichton novel.
Cameron might be busy with countless Avatar sequels, and he is confirmed to be directing Avatar 3. However, Cameron has hinted at his Avatar retirement after the third entry in the series. It isn't clear whether he's hinting at retiring for good, though it's likely, as the celebrated director will be 70 years old by the time of Avatar 3's release. But that hasn't stopped other seasoned directors like Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg from continuing to make instant classics. It'd be both thrilling and poetic if Cameron's last film is Jurassic World 4, a movie that he essentially almost directed three decades ago.
James Cameron's Jurassic Park Pitch Proves He Should Direct Jurassic World 4
Cameron lost the rights to Spielberg by just a few hours, and if the Terminator director did get there first, it would have totally changed the course of Hollywood given how much of a game-changer the 1993 movie is. The original film, while it has scary elements, is a fun adventure flick full of Spielberg's schmaltz and sentimentality, and it even features children as main characters. However, Cameron's Jurassic Park would have been way different from Spielberg's family-friendly event. Cameron spoke about his vision of the dinosaur movie, explaining, "Mine would have been Aliens with dinosaurs... I’d have gone further, nastier, much nastier." (via The Digital Fix).
There's no denying that Cameron would do a much better job at directing a Jurassic World movie than Colin Trevorrow, who directed Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Dominion, and J.A. Bayona, who directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kindom. Even in his late 60s, Cameron is still improving as a director, at least technically, as the Avatar series is making revolutionary leaps in filmmaking with its visual effects. And if that kind of directing is applied to a terrifying, Aliens-esque dinosaur movie, Jurassic World 4 could be even better than the 1993 classic. The cinema landscape is lacking a proper scary dinosaur flick, though Anne Hathaway's dinosaur movie could change that.
James Cameron’s Pitch Fits Jurassic World Better Than The Original Movies
Cameron's original pitch for Jurassic Park is much closer to the newer iteration of the franchise and proves he should direct Jurassic World 4. Jurassic World still has the schmaltz and sentimentality that can be found in the very first movie, but while that worked for the first film, the newer releases feel like they're being held back by those family-friendly elements. The Jurassic World series has leaned into the humans vs. dinosaurs warfare that would have been prevalent in Cameron's Jurassic Park, as armies fight with velociraptors and other terrifying dinosaurs. The military even weaponizes velociraptors and huge dinosaurs that can camouflage themselves. And nothing screams "James Cameron" more than that.
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