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The first Jurassic was a massive hit. What was the challenge of coming back to do a sequel for something that was so universally beloved?

Basically it’s as simple as: we didn’t want to fumble, bumble it. What worked about the first one is that everyone involved was such a huge fan of the original and we were being mentored by Steve Spielberg. He knows the overall story and where we’re going with the third one. That gave us the sense that dad’s watching out for us and we’re not on our own.

Is Jurassic World 3 going to be the last one or are there more films planned in the series?

I don’t know if this is going to be the last one of this trilogy or what’s going to happen beyond the third one. But I think overall what’s exciting is this next movie will be the sixth one in the franchise and that represents over 25 years of storytelling.

Maybe we can get more of Jeff Goldblum’s Ian Malcolm, who had a brief cameo in Fallen Kingdom?

Yes, exactly.

Fallen Kingdom is the third biggest movie of the year. Does it blow your mind that the franchise is bigger now than it was when the first Jurassic Park came out in 1993?

Oh man, it’s awesome. I saw Jurassic Park in theatres when I was 12 years old and my son is going to be turning 12 in five months and, for me, as an individual, to get to be a part of this and reliving my childhood fantasies in a way and then to share this story with my own kids is truly idyllic. This is a beautiful chapter of my life. I just don’t want to fumble, bumble it because this is awesome (laughs).