The dinos need more buzz...

Any news connected to this should probably be a news flash. I mean literally flashing boldly as a news item of extreme importance. But I still do not feel the buzz. Maybe it is the trepidation that crept in with the third movie of the franchise. Oh my apologies for I forgot to mention... I am talking of the Jurassic Park series and its latest venture, Jurassic Park IV. The first movie helmed by God's angel, Steven Spielberg, truly introduced dinosaurs to the modern civilization. It was an encyclopedia of sorts, maybe an abridged version. The sequel again directed by Spielberg continued educating the audience but it was the third movie, which did not have Spielberg in the director's seat, that really got panned by many. That was slightly more than a decade back but people do have strong memories. So while Jurassic Park IV has been talked about for a a couple of years or maybe more now, with a strong sense that the angel would take on his directing duties again and take off from where he left the franchise in 1997, that is not to be.  

In those boots steps Colin Trevorrow. Not heard of him? Well, J.J. Abrams cannot be everywhere rebooting all the forgotten classic sci-fi movies, can he? So Colin Trevorrow has been given this task with Spielberg continuing in the Executive Producer role. This name would be googled quite a lot in coming days and what you are largely going to find is that Trevorrow has a limited body of work as of now. In fact when it comes to directing full-length feature films, his work includes just one movie! This is the 2012 flick Safety Not Guaranteed which has a touch of sci-fi to it. The movie has a 7.1 rating on Imdb and had received largely positive reviews from critics. So is this resume good enough? Only time will tell. Trevorrow would be tested now, for when it comes to Jurassic Park IV, the challenge would be to revitalize the movie series, bring back the old magic and mix science with action so smoothly without any troughs and crests, that one is transported back to the Spielberg days. I hope they make this a huge budget film, not holding back on the CGI. And I hope Trevorrow remembers the importance of building human characters instead of staying focused on the CGI-generated dinosaurs. 

June 13, 2014. Mark your calendars! Maybe soon the buzz too would start building up. Eventually turning into one loud growl... Rawwwwrrr....