And it’s a concerted effort to move back to the tone of the original Jurassic Park.
Even more excitingly, Koepp dipped back into Crichton’s book to cherry-pick one of the most famous scenes that never made it into that first movie: the river raft sequence.
Terrifyingly, a T-rex chases the trio as they sail down a river, leading to one of the most exciting moments in Crichton’s book.
The sequence was considered for Jurassic Park, and even storyboarded, but ultimately was dropped on account of being too expensive and, at a time when visual effects were in their infancy, impractical.
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"I had no idea, is the honest truth. I just read the script," he tells RadioTimes.com. "I was 17 when I read the book, and that sequence is in there.
"And so when I read the script and this little raft section came up, I thought, 'Oh, this is great. This is worth making the movie, just for this scene.'"
Joining her is Dr Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), boat captain Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali) and pharmaceutical rep Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend).
Curiously, Edwards only discovered about the river raft sequence after he came across a book I wrote, Jurassic Park: The Official Script Book – which delves into various drafts written as the original production evolved.
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"I think I’m glad I didn’t know, because I think I’d have been too intimidated by that, and I probably would have looked at the storyboards too much."
Added to which, he calls Koepp’s script for Rebirth "a gift on a plate" for any director. "To me, it was like this pizza full of slices, and each slice was like a little nod to an early Spielberg film in some way… it was like playing in the World Cup final and getting to play in each position on the team."
So did Spielberg give him any advice? "He joked about filming on water because of Jaws," Edwards replies, alluding to the trouble Spielberg faced when shooting his movie in Martha’s Vineyard.
Jurassic World Rebirth is in cinemas from 2nd July.
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