Director David Leitch has seen a lot of success with his fun and action-packed films Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and most recently, The Fall Guy, so he seems like a good match for the Jurassic World franchise. He was tied to helm the fourth film, which is due out next summer, but ultimately walked away from the project, and he’s opening up a bit about why.
In a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Leitch talked about his time on the film and his departure, saying:
“We have the privilege of choice and that’s daunting. And it’s true though, and we’ve kind of earned it, in terms of the movies that we’ve made and the successes they’ve had, and hopefully continued success, but to be asked to be in those worlds, you want to take those conversations seriously, and we are creative to find our ways in to a lot of things. So it was a really great conversation to have, to be in talks with Steven and Frank, about that franchise that is so dear to us, it was a really beautiful time.”
Leitch continued:
“Ultimately, you have to do what’s best for the movie at hand and do what’s best for you as an artist. And make sure that you’re making the same movie, and you could do it within the parameters, and at some point we just said—we wanted to give that answer quickly because they have to go make this movie quickly that everyone is excited to see and I think that they’ve landed on, obviously, a brilliant director, who we love and respect and… it’s gonna be amazing.”
The film is now being directed by Gareth Edwards, who has directed films like Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and most recently The Creator. So it’s in good hands. It’s too bad that Leitch didn’t get to see his vision take form, but it sounds like the studio had a vision in mind, and weren’t looking for someone to come in and shake it up.
Jurassic World 4 is set to hit theatres on July 2nd, 2025.
via: CBM