JURASSIC WORLD 3 Wraps Shooting
Mike Sprague
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Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion has wrapped “an unprecedented” shoot. The $165M blockbuster required 40,000 COVID tests, millions spent on protocols, and cast and key crew isolated in a bubble for months.
Trevorrow says: “There are a lot of emotions. I’m not sure I can put it into words. It has been remarkable. Our crew and our cast has been so resilient. All producers have worked around the clock to make it the best it can be. It has been inspiring.”
Donna Langley, Chairman Universal added: “As we continue to contend with the challenges facing our industry during a global pandemic, the collaborative nature of this production allowed us to safely complete nearly 100 days of shooting, and we are so proud of what this team was able to accomplish.”
All in all, the studio spent between $6-8M on protocols alone.
She says: “We designed our return-to-production guidelines with safety being the foremost priority and everyone associated with Jurassic World: Dominion stepped up, held themselves and those around them accountable, and the results have been amazing. Congratulations to our filmmakers and cast for their tireless efforts that paved the way for other productions across the industry to get back to work.”
Those efforts included the cast and crew creating a bubble at a UK hotel.
Trevorrow says: “We lived together, ate together, told stories, shared our fears and hopes, played Frisbee on the lawn… there was a lot of laughter at a time when it has been hard to find things to laugh about. We were all far from those we loved at a time when you want to be closest to them. I missed my family greatly. I was away from them for four months. But the cast in our bubble became another family. I think that close proximity to each other has made the movie better. Everything we were going through emotionally we would share. We would rehearse on Sundays, we crafted the characters, which made the emotion of the film richer. I think the movie will be stronger for it. You won’t be seeing whole worlds created digitally. I’ve never been as immersed in a filmmaking process. Because of the protocols, the actors didn’t go far from set. The distance was stripped away. There were things that happened on this movie that I’d hope to be able to continue on future productions. This movie is about the need to co-exist and survive together. If this pandemic has taught us anything it’s that we need the different generations to protect each other. It was the right movie to be making at this moment. It’s important to us the world is able to experience the film in movie theaters.”
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