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Steven Spielberg: 'I won't direct Jurassic Park 4'
Published Friday, Jan 13 2012, 15:33 GMT | By Mayer Nissim | 16 comments
Steven Spielberg has said that he will not direct dinosaur sequel Jurassic Park 4.
The filmmaker, who helmed 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park and its 1997 follow-up The Lost World: Jurassic Park, told Collider that he would not direct the fourth instalment.
"I don't want to talk about Jurassic Park 4 yet - it's too early - but I can tell you that I'm not directing it," Spielberg said. "I'm producing it though."
Asked if the film would be a reboot or sequel and be released to coincide with the first film's 20th anniversary, he added: "I can't say. I will when the time is right, but for now I can't talk about it."
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Spielberg produced 2001's Jurassic Park III, which was helmed by Joe Johnston, who went on to direct Captain America: The First Avenger.
It was the only film in the trilogy not based on a novel by Michael Crichton, who died in November 2008.
Star Sam Neill said last May that he did not think that Jurassic Park 4 would be made.
Spielberg confirmed the movie two months later at Comic-Con and later claimed that the film has a better story than Jurassic Park III.
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The filmmaker, who helmed 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park and its 1997 follow-up The Lost World: Jurassic Park, told Collider that he would not direct the fourth instalment.
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"I don't want to talk about Jurassic Park 4 yet - it's too early - but I can tell you that I'm not directing it," Spielberg said. "I'm producing it though."
Asked if the film would be a reboot or sequel and be released to coincide with the first film's 20th anniversary, he added: "I can't say. I will when the time is right, but for now I can't talk about it."
> Kathleen Kennedy: 'Jurassic Park IV has to be great'
> Jurassic Park voted greatest Steven Spielberg film by Digital Spy readers
Spielberg produced 2001's Jurassic Park III, which was helmed by Joe Johnston, who went on to direct Captain America: The First Avenger.
It was the only film in the trilogy not based on a novel by Michael Crichton, who died in November 2008.
Star Sam Neill said last May that he did not think that Jurassic Park 4 would be made.
Spielberg confirmed the movie two months later at Comic-Con and later claimed that the film has a better story than Jurassic Park III.
> Stars pick their favourite Steven Spielberg movie - video
Watch the trailer for Jurassic Park below:
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