The first director's cut / version of Jurassic World Rebirth had way too many easter eggs and nods to Jurassic Park and Steven Spielberg actually told Gareth Edwards to remove them! During a recent interview with ComicBook, Edwards explained how that first phone call went with Steven and David Koepp and how the conversation ended with Spielberg telling Gareth to basically scrap all the familiar scenes inspired by his Jurassic Park. Gareth chuckles and explains how initially he was disappointed but trusted Spielberg's direction and after they did so, Steven let them put a few of the references back in the film:
To be honest, the first director's cut, or the first version of the movie had a lot of Jurassic nods, cause I'm a massive fan, I think the world's a massive fan of that first film. And then what happened was we showed it to Steven Spielberg and David Koepp and it was "naughty Gareth" and they find out, I was doing all the notes, you know, when you sort of sit there and you go, Oh God what we're going to get out and its Steven, and you go, can you do everything he says because he's a master and you're going through it all... and then it was like "oh these are really good, these are really good, these are good." And it was like an hour and a half phone call and it got sent and then the very last one was like "oh yeah, by the way, take out all the easter eggs in the Jurassic references" and it was like "Oh..." and then, it was one of those things where you go, okay, let's do that and see how everyone feels about it. And thankfully we did it. And then they were, they obviously were like, okay fair enough. You can put some of that back in. – Gareth Edwards w/ ComicBook
Evidently, Jurassic World Rebirth ended up featuring quite a few easter eggs and nods to Spielberg's original masterpiece. Was it a good move? Were there too many nods or just the right amount? Let us know in the comments!
Jurassic World Rebirth is now available to own on digital download!
Now that Jurassic World Rebirth has been released, check out interesting concept artwork from the film! You can also find behind-the-scenes production photos in our image gallery, here!
Jurassic World Rebirth sequel
The sequel to Rebirth is in development with filming expected to commence by the Fall of 2026. With Gareth Edwards expected to return to helm the sequel and lead star Scarlett Johansson reprising her role as well, the next Jurassic entry will continue the story from where Rebirth left off.
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