By:Dominic La-Viola
James Cameron opens up about how he lost the opportunity to not only direct “Jurassic Park” but own the rights to the franchise.
Cameron revealed that he almost bought the rights to Michael Crichton’s novel, which was the source material for “Jurassic Park”, but Steven Spielberg bet him on it, but only for a few hours.
Since then, Cameron has made the statement that Spielberg was the right man for the job. Saying in a recent interview:
“He was the right guy to make it,” Cameron said in a new interview with Empire magazine. “Not me, because I would have made it too terrifying and R-rated. It would have been Aliens with dinosaurs.”
Now, as much as I love the “Jurassic Park” movies, I can’t help but wonder how astonishing it would have been to see Cameron’s Jurassic Park.
The film definitely wouldn’t have been as successful as it was. Given its family-oriented vibes and pg-13 rating.
Instead of making “Jurassic Park”, Cameron went on to make “True Lies”, and we ended up getting a classic, with what feels like unlimited sequels.
Source – Total Film