Gareth Edwards
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Dinosaurs are ready to roam again.
Gareth Edwards is in talks to direct Universal’s latest film. Jurassic World Joining a franchise and stepping into the shoes you were previously wearing, even if only for a short time. bullet train Film director David Leitch.
Universal and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are moving forward with the project at the speed of a hungry velociraptor, setting the creature feature’s release date for July 2, 2025, and making it a highly anticipated release date. It has become a project.
Mr. Leach directed the studio’s future productions. fall guy The action-adventure film was in talks for control of the project in early February, but the two parties parted ways just days later. It became clear that Mr. Leitch’s creative contribution would be kept to a minimum due to the fast pace of the project and the producers’ desire to exercise more control after past experience. Jurassic World: Dominion. That would have minimized the involvement of his producing partner and wife, Kelly McCormick.new Jurassic There are already several drafts and the script is written by David Koepp.
After Leitch’s fall, studios and producers donned safari hats and ventured into the Hollywood jungle to find someone with experience working in major studio productions who could accept that the role was more of a marksman than a writer. I looked for a filmmaker. The studio intends to begin production in June, so it needed to be available immediately. Universal was woefully short on that list, but Edwards quickly rose to the top.
Edwards knows how to get around creature features thanks to his blockbuster indie monster And then the studio debut, Godzilla, started Legendary’s Monsterverse 10 years ago. He has already survived one eventful production of his, thanks to his previous experience. Star Wars movie rogue one. And he’s a master of budget special effects, most recently proven in last year’s original sci-fi thriller. creatorThe film, starring John David Washington, cost $80 million to make, but looked like it would have cost much more.
The new installment of the 30-year-old series will be executive produced by Spielberg through Amblin Entertainment and produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley through Kennedy Marshall.
Edwards is repped by WME, Range Media and Curtis Brown in the UK.
