Jurassic World, the world after: why filming had to be urgently interrupted

Jurassic World, the world after, one of the two films to have crossed the billion-dollar box office milestone in 2022, confirms its success with audiences by streaming on Netflix. But even the most monstrous of franchises is not immune to hiccups, as evidenced by this interruption which could have cost the production dearly.

If you regularly scan the Top 10 films on Netflix, you will not have missed the fact that one of the most profitable franchises in American cinema is currently occupying first place. Released in theaters in 2022, Jurassic World, the world after is the final opus of the second trilogy of films in the saga launched in 1993 by Steven Spielberg. The feature film, which marks the return of veterans Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Satller (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), plunges humanity into deep chaos after the ecological disaster caused by the destruction of a second animal park in 2005, in the first Jurassic World. If the film, now number 1 on Netflix, offers a pure moment of adrenaline and entertainment, behind the scenes, the filming came close to disaster.

Jurassic World, the world after : a film disrupted by the pandemic

The filming of the film directed by Colin Trevorrow with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard had to be interrupted due to coronavirus pandemic. While the crew was filming in British Columbia, Canada, in February 2020, and then in the United Kingdom, producers were ordered by Universal to halt filming. A particularly complicated period for the teams, recalls executive producer Alexandra Drebyshire: “It was so surreal. We were in the middle of filming, at the controls of such a well-oiled machine, going at full speed and the rug was pulled out from under us.” “It was very demoralizing for many, but of course, safety and security health of the team had to come first”, she continues, explaining that the team had to be repatriated to the United States for security reasons.

“We achieved what seemed almost impossible.”welcomes director Colin Trevorrow

For his part, the director of the film Colin Trevorrow also returned to the circumstances of this shooting on his Twitter account. “There were days when we thought we might not make it. But we did it… We achieved what seemed almost impossible. A wonderful team. A great cast. Phew“, he confided at the time. As for whether the saga will one day return to our screens, the producer and co-founder of Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, is rather optimistic: “I think The World After will close this trilogy, but we are not resting on our laurels. We will see what the future is,” he explained.years an interview given to SlashFilm.

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