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Unearthed Storyboard Shows Cruel Fate for John Hammond That Never Made It Into ‘Jurassic Park’
Played by the late Richard Attenborough, John Hammond is perhaps the single most important character in the entire Jurassic Park/World franchise, as he was of course the creator of the original park. In Michael Crichton’s original novel, Hammond does not survive the events of the story, but Steven Spielberg’s film kept him alive to later appear in its sequel.
But the original plan for the film, like the novel, was for Hammond to be killed off; in the novel, he’s attacked and killed by a pack of Compys, and the film almost went that same route. Several other ideas were brought up, and at one point, the plan was for Hammond to be killed by a Velociraptor in the final act. This week, Jurassic Time has unearthed a storyboard depicting that cruel fate, part of a collection of storyboards the page’s owner had recently acquired.
Jurassic Time explains, “Hammond is in [the Visitor’s Center control room] alone, raptor breaks in and slams him on the model of his park, while also breaking an incubator of eggs that was part of an earlier version of the script. An earlier version that will someday be explored on this page, but not today. There is still a lot more to come on Jurassic Time.”
You can check out the storyboard below and be sure to follow Jurassic Time for more.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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