Jurassic World: Dominion rampaged into theaters last year, though it was met with mixed reviews. Fortunately, those did little to decrease interest in the threequel and it still grossed just over $1 billion at the global box office by the end of its run. With the trilogy now over, there are a lot of questions surrounding where the series goes next.
It doesn't appear as if the core Jurassic Park or Jurassic World actors will be back for another sequel, anyway, and filmmaker Colin Trevorrow has even expressed interest in potentially taking the franchise down a lower-budgeted, R-Rated horror route.
Talking to Deadline (via SFFGazette.com), Saltburn helmer Emerald Fennell has revealed that she dreams of making a Jurassic movie...just not one we'd ever anticipate seeing play in theaters!
"I honestly feel that I’ve been so lucky," the Killing Eve showrunner said of her career. "I’ve been able to make my dream projects already. But my favorite film of all time is Jurassic Park, so I would love to get in on the dinosaurs."
"Well, first and foremost, it’s very erotic. I think humans and dinosaurs have gotten to that stage in their time together where things are starting to get quite thrilling. So, there’s a marriage between a man and a velociraptor and it’s basically a domestic drama."
Well, that would definitely be something new for the long-running dino franchise.
Doing the rounds to promote the movie's home entertainment release last October, Trevorrow commented on Jurassic World: Dominion being marketed as the franchise's final chapter, making it clear he hopes to continue telling stories in this world for years to come.
"I never knew that this was the ending of the franchise until I saw the marketing," he said. "Those guys are brilliant at what they do, but for me I think it might have been clearer if they’d said, ‘The end of an era’, as opposed to all of it."
"Because regardless of the cynical approach – of course they’re gonna want to make more money, which is what Jurassic World was about – a new dinosaur fan is born every day," Trevorrow concluded. "Kids deserve these movies, and young filmmakers grow up on these stories."
Regardless of whether it's a horror movie, a post-apocalyptic adventure in a world overrun by dinosaurs, or even Fennell's bonkers idea, we expect more Jurassic movies to eventually be released. It's a little surprising a TV series hasn't happened, though we're sure Universal would rather focus on those all-important box office receipts for now.
How would you feel about watching an "erotic" Jurassic World movie?