Jurassic World Pitch Meeting

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**Jurassic World Pitch Meeting** is the sixth episode of the Pitch Meeting series on Screen Rant. It is the first Jurassic Park movie to have a Pitch Meeting episode made about it.

## Description

SPOILERS AHEAD! How did Jurassic World come to be? How is Claire not a villain? Take a look inside the pitch meeting for the movie! Subscribe to our channel: http://goo.gl/ho3Hg6

## Cast

* Producer Guy - Ryan George
* Screenwriter Guy - Ryan George

## Notices

* Screenwriter Guy is wearing a T-Rex shirt

**Producer Guy:** So you have that new *Jurassic* script?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah so let's start with the title. I know you wanted to go big on this movie so, what's a big step up from a park?

**Producer Guy:** I don't know, the world?

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[taken aback]* …Yes. Exactly.

**Producer Guy:** That's your title? "Jurassic World"?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yep nope you guessed it. *[looks at script where his actual title was "Jurassic Circus"]* That's- That's- That's the title. Ya figured it out.

**Producer Guy:** So the whole world is filled with dinosaurs? That might be a little *too* big.

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, it's not the whole world, it's a fully operational theme park.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, so the park is up and running!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Exactly, and since it *is* a theme park I thought maybe that could be a natural way to incorporate some product placement if you want?

**Producer Guy:** Perfect, 'cause I already have a couple of those lined up.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, like what?

**Producer Guy:** Oh just a couple, like Beats by Dre, Starbucks, Converse, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Pandora, Margaritaville, Hilton, Triumph, Verizon Wireless, Columbia, Nissan, Nike, Oakley, IWC, Ben & Jerry's, Brookstone, IMAX, Mike & Ike, and like a crapload of Mercedes. Like if we could get a solid minute or two of Mercedes logos up on the screen that would be awesome.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[confused]* Oh. O-Okay.

**Producer Guy:** Too much?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Tell you what, I'll just have a character crack a joke about product placement.

**Producer Guy:** That way people can't complain!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Exactly, so now it's like a self-aware joke.

**Producer Guy:** I love it. So what's the story about?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well the park's been open a while, so people are bored of dinosaurs.

**Producer Guy:** People are bored? Of dinosaurs?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, that's the angle we're going with. So one of the main characters, Money Lady-

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* Wait wait, "Money Lady"?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh yeah, a lot of these characters just have like one defining characteristic so I didn't really bother with names.

**Producer Guy:** They should have names.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Okay, um… "Claire"?

**Producer Guy:** That works.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So Claire and her team develop a genetically modified dinosaur to attract new people.

**Producer Guy:** Genetically modified?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh yeah, this thing is nuts. It has t-rex genes-

**Producer Guy:** Wow.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And raptor genes.

**Producer Guy:** Scary.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And snake genes.

**Producer Guy:** *[less excited]* Um-

**Screenwriter Guy:** And tree frog genes.

**Producer Guy:** What?

**Screenwriter Guy:** And cuttlefish genes.

**Producer Guy:** Okay, this sounds like too many genes.

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, see, having a lot of genes meant I can make the dinosaur do whatever I needed it to do for the plot.

**Producer Guy:** *[understanding]* Oh. Smart. What can it do?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well, it's able to set up distractions, it can control its body temperature to hide from thermal detection which it knows about and understands. It can also detect thermal radiation which it uses to hunt. It can also camouflage itself and also it kills for sport and it knows that there's a tracker inside of it and it's able to remove it.

**Producer Guy:** Wait, how does it know what a tracker is?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I don't know, maybe it has genes from like a tactical system specialist from… the FBI or something.

**Producer Guy:** What?

**Screenwriter Guy:** SEAL Team Six genes- I don't know, what I'm trying to say is that it's a very smart, borderline magical monster.

**Producer Guy:** 'Kay, so if this thing has all those abilities it must be impossible for people to hide from it.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Actually super easy, barely an inconvenience.

**Producer Guy:** Really?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah well it can't really see, so…

**Producer Guy:** It can do all those things but it can't see?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Exactly, so if they just kinda stay still it has a hard time finding them.

**Producer Guy:** That's very convenient.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Super convenient; it works several times.

**Producer Guy:** So I'm guessing this thing gets out of its cage?

**Screenwriter Guy:** It does.

**Producer Guy:** And so Claire evacuates the park?

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[uncertain]* Um, kind of. Eventually.

**Producer Guy:** Eventually? Not- Not right away?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, because evacuating the park would be bad for business.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, so she's the villain! She's like the bad guy of the movie!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Nope! She's one of the two leads.

**Producer Guy:** And people are supposed to empathize… with her?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I was thinking maybe you could cast someone really pretty so people won't notice she's a terrible person.

**Producer Guy:** Oh, yeah, true! I can totally do that!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Awesome.

**Producer Guy:** So how close do people get to danger before she realizes she has to do something?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, a lot of people die.

**Producer Guy:** They do?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh well the dinosaur kills a couple of people when it escapes right off the bat.

**Producer Guy:** And she doesn't evacuate the park?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No. She sends more people after it.

**Producer Guy:** And they report back to her how dangerous it is and she calls for the evacuation.

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, they all die too.

**Producer Guy:** *[disbelieving]* And then she calls for the evacuation.

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, because money and business, remember?

**Producer Guy:** *[confused]* Right. Wow. She- She really likes business.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yes, very much, but Animal Loving Navy Guy gets mad at her.

**Producer Guy:** "Animal Loving Navy Guy".

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, let's call him… "Owen".

**Producer Guy:** Cool.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah he's a badass that lives on the island and his whole thing is that dinosaurs are animals.

**Producer Guy:** *[pleased]* Oh, he cares about them!

**Screenwriter Guy:** A lot. He gets super sad when they die, he raises raptors himself, he feeds them, he just treats them like animals and he really really loves animals.

**Producer Guy:** What does he feed the raptors?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, animals. Pigs, rats, goats, that kind of stuff.

**Producer Guy:** Gotcha.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Anyway, so he tells Claire that they have to evacuate because a bunch of people have died and she's like "Leave. Get out.".

**Producer Guy:** *[understanding]* Because business?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Because business, exactly. But then Claire suddenly remembers that her two nephews are on the island.

**Producer Guy:** And she loves them a lot?

**Screenwriter Guy:** She spends no time with them and doesn't know how old they are.

**Producer Guy:** Oh.

**Screenwriter Guy:** And the last time she even referenced them in the movie she was getting guilted into hanging out with them by their mother.

**Producer Guy:** It almost sounds like she just doesn't wanna get in trouble if they die.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Kinda seems like that, yeah. So she tracks down Owen to help her.

**Producer Guy:** She kicks him out for trying to save all the guests and then she's like "Come help me save *two* guests"?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Exactly. Then a bunch of pterodactyls get out and start killing people.

**Producer Guy:** *[losing patience]* Please tell me they call for an evacuation now.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, they start, but it's like way too late at this point.

**Producer Guy:** *[flabbergasted]* Too late? So people die?

**Screenwriter Guy:** A lot of people die, yeah, the park is packed!

**Producer Guy:** But I thought the whole thing was that business wasn't going so hot, like that's why they made the dinosaur.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[bargaining]* Yeah, but I think the image of dinosaurs going on a murder spree in a crowd of twenty thousand people is pretty cool.

**Producer Guy:** *[conceding]* That does sound cool.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Yeah, and Claire's assistant, this British lady named Zara gets tossed around by pterodactyls like she was a ragdoll and shoved into the water and then eaten by a giant dinosaur shark and it's super scary and she dies!

**Producer Guy:** Jesus! What does she do to deserve that?!

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[feigning confusion]* Um… nothing, I guess.

**Producer Guy:** Wasn't your ex-girlfriend a British woman named Zara?

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[still feigning confusion]* I mean… I don't see what that has to do with anything.

**Producer Guy:** Okay.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Anyway, so then Claire and Owen kiss in the middle of this big attack.

**Producer Guy:** *[caught off guard]* What? Why?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Oh, well they're both attractive, so… they're in love now.

**Producer Guy:** *[fed up]* Right. Makes sense. So what happens next?

**Screenwriter Guy:** Well there was this dude the whole movie that wanted to use dinosaurs in the military.

**Producer Guy:** *[incredulous]* What?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I dunno.

**Producer Guy:** That's a little far-fetched, isn't it?

**Screenwriter Guy:** I know but I had a dream where a guy was on a motorcycle next to some raptors.

**Producer Guy:** Ooh!

**Screenwriter Guy:** Right? And this is the only story thread I could think of to get us there.

**Producer Guy:** Fair enough, okay. Go on.

**Screenwriter Guy:** So because everything's going crazy, this guy takes control and he's like "Let's weaponize the raptors".

**Producer Guy:** *[snickers]*

**Screenwriter Guy:** I know, I know. So then they do that but it doesn't work because they imprint on the dinosaur, and then there's a big fight between raptors and the new dinosaur and the old t-rex from the first movie, and then the bad dinosaur gets eaten by the same shark thing as my ex-girlfriend.

**Producer Guy:** But what about the dinosaurs left standing?

**Screenwriter Guy:** They kinda give each other knowing nods, and go their separate ways.

**Producer Guy:** They don't try to kill each other?

**Screenwriter Guy:** No, they have an understanding now. Maybe… dinosaurs did that, I don't know. I did… no research.

**Producer Guy:** Wow.

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[doubtful]* So what do you think?

**Producer Guy:** It's… It's something.

**Screenwriter Guy:** You don't like it?

**Producer Guy:** I think there's a lot of wacky stuff in there…

**Screenwriter Guy:** Right.

**Producer Guy:** …and characters that people won't really connect with…

**Screenwriter Guy:** *[unsure]* Okay…

**Producer Guy:** …but it does have two very important things.

**Screenwriter Guy:** What's that?

**Producer Guy:** Hot people, and dinosaur attacks.

**Screenwriter Guy:** Do you think that'll be enough to get people to buy tickets?

**Producer Guy:** Well, we'll just have to try and see.

*[cut to headline: **'Jurassic World' Has Highest Global Box Office Opening Ever**]*