How do you progress from an indie like “Safety Not Guaranteed” to a gigantic blockbuster like “Jurassic World”? You get Steven Spielberg as a champion without even seeking his endorsement. In an interview with the Playlist to be posted soon, “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow said that the last thing that was on his mind was following up his celebrated Sundance indie with a big VFX-heavy blockbuster, but Spielberg came calling.
What did Spielberg see in Trevorrow that he knew he’d be the right person for the job? Trevorrow’s clear-cut storytelling abilities, namely. “[Steven told me,] in [‘Safety Not Guaranteed’], I posed a question, which was: is this man crazy or is he capable of something that is impossible? And he really liked the answer.”
After Trevorrow, Spielberg, and producer Frank Marshall met, all three were committed, but there were some reservations elsewhere. “The studio, I think, was appropriately horrified at first,” Trevorrow laughed.
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