In just a few short months production will get underway on Universal’s Jurassic World sequel, and both producer Frank Marshall and incoming director J.A. Bayona have been chatting about the hotly-anticipated fifth instalment of the Jurassic Park franchise this week. First up is Marshall, who revealed to Moviefone that filming is scheduled to begin in […]
Movie Review – A Monster Calls (2016)
A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A Bayona. Starring Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell and Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: A boy seeks the help of a Tree monster to help his mother with her terminal illness. A Monster Calls is a truly tragic coming of age story, a 12-year-old boy Conor (Lewis MacDougall) dealing […]
J.A. Bayona says Jurassic World 2 is both a Jurassic World sequel and Jurassic Park 5
Last year Universal Pictures relaunched the Jurassic Park franchise with Colin Trevorrow’s box office smash Jurassic World, the first chapter of a new trilogy of movies. It was marketed as a fresh start, as opposed to Jurassic Park 4,. However, with J.A. Bayona gearing up to go into production on the sequel, the director has […]
Director J.A. Bayona says Jurassic World sequel will be “darker and scarier”
As he gears up to go into production early next year, director J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) has been talking about his upcoming Jurassic World sequel, stating that it will be “darker and scarier” than last year’s blockbuster, and will “takes the story where it has never been before.” “It will be darker and scarier […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Monster Calls (2016)
A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin and the voice talents of Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: Life is miserable for young Conor (Lewis MacDougall). At school, he’s bullied and at home he’s trying to cope with his mother’s treatment for cancer – and the overwhelming […]
J.A. Bayona confirms Jurassic World trilogy
With Jurassic World proving to be a mega-hit at the box office, grossing a whopping $1.67 billion worldwide, Universal Pictures wasted little time in announcing a sequel, set for release in 2018. However, with director Colin Trevorrow signing on for Star Wars: Episode XI, J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) is taking over the reins for the […]
J.A. Bayona to direct Jurassic World 2
After conquering the box office last summer with over $1.6 million around the globe, Universal has found its new director for the 2018 sequel to Jurassic World 2. Acclaimed filmmaker J.A. Bayona has signed on to direct, with World’s Colin Trevorrow stepping aside to helm Star Wars: Episode IX. Bayona had been attached to another sequel, World […]
World War Z sequel receiving a rewrite, director was courted for Jurassic World 2
Paramount Pictures is pressing ahead with its plans for a sequel to World War Z, after almost losing director J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) to Universal for the upcoming Jurassic World 2. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal wanted Bayona to succeed Colin Trevorrow on the blockbuster dinosaur franchise, although the filmmaker is tied to a […]
