Kathleen Kennedy: 'Jurassic Park IV has to be great'

Kathleen Kennedy has opened up about what it will take to get a fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park franchise made.

Director Steven Spielberg confirmed in July Jurassic Park IV will hit cinemas in the next few years.

Kennedy, who is one of Spielberg's producing partners, revealed that the forthcoming sequel must have a great storyline.

"A great script is what it's gonna take to get a fourth Jurassic Park," she told Collider. "We have a very high bar for ourselves because we're just like the audience, we don't wanna make the movie if there's not a reason to make the movie."

She continued: So we've kinda created the dilemma ourselves because it was never intended to be a franchise, so there's an argument to be made - 'Why are you doing a fourth Jurassic Park?'

"So we've gotta find a good reason for why we're doing a fourth Jurassic Park and we're in the midst of working on that right now," Kennedy said.

Spielberg recently promised that Jurassic Park IV will feature a strong story, adding that he hopes fans won't be disappointed.