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New Jurassic Park IV Gossip!
By Cmaster2, (DT)
January 30, 2003 2:57 PM PT

Here%5C%27s+an+interesting+scoop+from+our+friends+at+%3CA+href%3D%5C%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darkhorizons.com%2Fnews.htm%5C%22+target%3D%5C%22dh%5C%22%3EDark+Horions%3C%2Fa%3E+%28If+you%5C%27re+not+familiar+with+DH+you+should+become%21%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cblockquote%3E%0D%0A%5C%22I+just+wanted+to+pass+along+to+you+some+interesting+tid-bits+I+learned+about+the+fourth+Jurassic+Park+movie+%28I%5C%27m+a+big+fan%29+whilst+visiting+the+Amblin+offices.+They+were+tight-lipped+about+the+big+details%2C+but+I+managed+to+get+some+VERY+cool+goodies+for+you+all%3A%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0A12+years+after+the+first+movie%2C+John+Hammond%5C%27s+dinosaurs+have+apparently+become+urban+legend.+Most+of+the+public+has+become+skeptical+they+ever+existed.+Part+of+the+plot+involves+the+discovery+of+previously+unidentified+lizard-like+animals+showing+up+on+mainland+Costa+Rica+and+conflicting+with+the+locals+%28killing+them%3F%29.+To+find+out+what+the+heck+is+going+on%2C+a+team+of+experts+chart+an+expedition+to+one+of+the+off-shore+islands.+They+find+out+the+dinosaurs+are+thriving+and+breeding+at+an+uncontrollable+rate%2C+so+much+so+that+it+poses+a+threat+to+the+nearby+continent.+They+must+find+a+way+to+curb+the+spread+of+the+dinos+or+face+an+ecological+disaster.%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0AI+want+to+make+clear+that+is+not+the+WHOLE+story.+There+is+apparently+some+top-secret+aspect+of+the+plot+that+they+refused+to+even+hint+to+me.+They+only+said+that+Spielberg+was+%5C%22delighted%5C%22+with+it.+In+Michael+Crichton%5C%27s+novel+The+Lost+World+it+was+discovered+that+the+dinosaurs+have+been+accidentally+infected+by+a+disease+code-named+DX+by+InGen.+Expect+this+concept+to+be+carried+over+to+JPIV.+They+don%5C%27t+end+up+sending+in+the+military+to+bomb+the+place%2C+because+in+time%2C+DX+will+prevent+the+dino%5C%27s+continued+existence.+This+leads+me+to+believe+JPIV+will+probably+be+the+last+one.%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%0D%0ASpielberg+is+indeed+looking+to+get+Sam+Neill+and+Jeff+Goldblum+back+on+board+as+part+of+the+%5C%22team+of+experts.%5C%22+I+asked+eveyone+I+could+if+they+knew+of+Richard+Attenborough%5C%27s+involvement%2C+but+nobody+knew+%5C%22at+this+stage.%5C%22+I+got+the+impression+that+everyone+is+feeling+JPIV+will+turn+out+to+be+something+quite+special%2C+more+an+intelligent+thriller+in+the+vein+of+the+original+%28which+would+REALLY+be+cool%21%0D%0A%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%0D%0AThere+now%2C+doesn%5C%27t+that+sound+like+good+wholesome+fun+for+the+whole+family%3F