Gareth Edwards Dropped Everything to Direct the New Jurassic World Movie [Exclusive]
182Things are ramping up once again for one of the biggest franchises in movie history. It was just announced that Rogue One and The Creator director Gareth Edwards would be taking the reins to direct the recently announced next film in the Jurassic World franchise, and it seems like he’s thrilled about the position, something that pulled him away from working on his own original projects in order to take on such an opportunity.
At Collider’s FYC event for The Creator, moderated by Steve Weintraub, Edwards was able to talk a little about landing the job, which puts him next to industry greats like Colin Trevorrow, J.A. Bayona, and Steven Spielberg. With the news coming out so fast, he says he attempted to warn his family before it hit the Internet, though that’s a tough task in today’s day and age. “I tried my damnedest to contact my mum and tell her before it got on the internet,” he says, “and I did the same with my sister. I woke my sister up to tell her. I've left a message for my dad, but because of the time difference he's asleep. So hopefully he won't look on the internet when he wakes up.”
As every director usually does, Edwards also had great praise for original Jurassic Park director Spielberg, who he cites as “the reason [he] ever wanted to be a film director.” The chance to work on the franchise was one he jumped on immediately, even though he was set to step away from filmmaking for a while after the Oscars run for The Creator:
“I was about to take a break and I started writing my next idea for a film and this is the only movie that would make me drop everything like a stone and dive right in. I love Jurassic Park. I think the first movie is a cinematic masterpiece…so this opportunity is like a dream to me. And to work with Frank Marshall and Universal and David Koepp, who's writing the script, I think they're all legends. So I'm just very excited.”
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