The Lost World Jurassic Park Pitch Meeting

The Lost World: Jurassic Park Pitch Meeting

Screen Rant’s Ryan George reveals what (probably) happened in the 1997 dinosaur adventure sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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In the latest entry of our ongoing series, Screen Rant’s Ryan George reveals what (probably) happened in the pitch meeting for Steven Spielberg’s 1997 sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park. After Jurassic Park made $914 million at the worldwide box office and became the highest grossing movie of all time (until Titanic came along to steal the title a few years later) Universal Pictures had only one demand: more dinosaurs.

It was a demand felt by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, who was under pressure from fans to deliver a sequel novel. The Lost World was published in 1995 and focused on the reveal of a second dinosaur breeding site on Isla Nublar’s neighboring island, Isla Sorna. Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp took this idea and ran off in their own direction with it, and in 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released. Jeff Goldblum returned as Dr. Ian Malcolm, Richard Attenborough made a couple of appearances as John Hammond, and the dinosaurs gathered for another chance at snacking on tasty humans.

In The Lost World, Hammond’s already unwise decision to create an island theme park full of dinosaurs has been one-upped by his nephew, Peter Ludlow, who has decided to build a dinosaur theme park in the middle of San Diego. Ludlow heads to Isla Sorna with some big game hunters to capture some attractions for the theme park, while Ian also travels to the island to try and prevent his girlfriend, Sarah, from being eaten by dinosaurs.

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Shockingly, this trip to an island full of freely roaming dinosaurs goes about as badly as the last one did – even worse, arguably, since the movie’s final act sees a fully grown Tyrannosaurus rex set loose in San Diego. Ludlow ends up getting eaten by a baby T-rex, and that puts an end to InGen’s ill-thought-out plans for a San Diego Jurassic Park location. Isla Sorna is declared a nature reserve and the dinosaurs are left in peace… briefly. The Lost World: Jurassic Park was another box office success for Universal, so it was only a matter of time before more humans ended up on the island for Jurassic Park 3.

The last time we saw Isla Sorna on screen there were still dinosaurs running wild, but as of the events of Jurassic World the island has supposedly been left a dinosaur-free zone after the survivors were shipped to Isla Nublar (and subsequently burned to a crisp by a volcanic eruption). However, life… finds a way, especially when there’s an opportunity to make money. If the Jurassic World franchise continues its run of success with Jurassic World: Dominion, we’ll probably see dinosaurs on Isla Sorna again before too long.

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