Quick, what’s the first thing you think of when you think of Jurassic Park? Did you say the T-Rex? Of course you did. That’s the iconic image used in all the marketing, its scenes are some of the most exciting in the movie and he’s by far the most famous and popular dinosaur. (Velociraptor probably comes in second simply because no one had heard of them before the movies.)
What’s sometimes forgotten about Jurassic Park, though, are its inhabitants. The people. The cool, calm, collected Dr. Alan Grant. The sexy, smart, super kick ass Dr. Ellie Sattler. The quirky, genius mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm. These are the reasons why Jurassic Park has endured through pop culture for almost two decades and these people, not the dinosaurs, are the subjects of a new art exhibit happening December 3 and 4 at Gallery Nuclues in Alhambra, CA. It’s called The JP Show where “JP” stands for “Just People” instead of “Jurassic Park.” Check out a bunch of images from the show after the jump. Read More »
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In honor of Jurassic Park (and The Lost World and Jurassic Park 3 too I supposed) hitting Blu-ray Tuesday, Mondo has revealed the second poster in their ongoing series based on Steven Spielberg‘s blockbuster. While the first poster by Aaron Horkey was criticized by some for not being “movie poster” enough, that won’t be an issue with JC Richard‘s work. In fact, it looks like something Universal would have killed for in 1993 and unlike anything Mondo has released before.
Richard has created a gorgeous, almost photo realistic glimpse of Lex, Tim and Dr. Grant’s calming moment with the “veggiesaurus” inhabitants of the park, the Brachiosauruses. As a result, fans of the film will be F5′ing like crazy to get their hands on this one. Find out when you’ll have a shot and see the full, high resolution image after the jump. Read More »
This week saw a 30th Anniversary screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark in LA. The screening comes a couple months after the actual anniversary of the film’s release, but Steven Spielberg has been busy; pushing it to this week allowed he and Harrison Ford to take the stage after the screening on Tuesday. Their talk included a few candid bits of trivia that fans of both men might appreciate. One is that Harrison Ford was given a chance to have the lead role in Jurassic Park — a role which eventually went to Sam Neill.
Check out a list of things we learned from the post-screening talk, after the break. Read More »
What’s better than seeing Steven Spielberg‘s classic action adventure film Jurassic Park on the big screen once again? Not knowing about it and getting an amazing, extremely limited edition poster to go along with it. Mondo, the poster boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse, had their second Mondo Mystery Movie Wednesday night and after weeks of speculation and misdirection (the website hinted at a sequel that ran 134 minutes), the film ended up being Jurassic Park. But not only was mystery movie Jurassic Park with a brand new poster, that poster – by Aaron Horkey – is the first in a series Mondo is doing themed around the film.
After the jump get a good look at this first-in-a-series that will only ever be sold (at retail cost at least) to tonight’s sold out audience. Read More »
While American audiences were forced to watch Jurassic Park over and over again on AMC for the past week straight, Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 smash hit is coming back to the big screen across the Atlantic. Empire is reporting the film will be re-released in the United Kingdom on September 23 to help drum up interest in the October Blu-ray box set. Read more, and watch a brand new trailer, after the jump. Read More »
At the Adventures of Tintin panel at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, Steven Spielberg gave an update on the future of the Jurassic Park franchise. Spielberg revealed that they have come up with a story for a fourth film, and they currently have a writer working on a treatment. He enthusiastically added that “and hopefully we’ll make it in the next two or three years”.
America isn’t the only place that can have a massive pop culture inspired art show. While Crazy 4 Cult 5 is going on in Los Angeles, Geek-Art.net has teamed up with Artoyz in Paris, France for Blockbusterz, an exhibit of work based on some of the biggest and best known films of all time: Batman, Ghostbusters, Iron Man, Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Gladiator, you get the idea.
It runs through September 3 but many of the pieces are now available for sale online. Check out a select gallery of images and links to view the full show after the break. Read More »
We knew it was coming and now we know when. On October 25, the Jurassic Park trilogy will finally be released on Blu-ray with all new extras and more. After the jump, read the full press release which includes all the juicy details like gift sets, digital copies, 7.1 audio and brand new documentaries. This set looks sweet…even if it does include The Lost World and Jurassic Park 3.
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