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Extinct No More! DreamWorks Animation puts the giant dinos back to work in Jurassic Park: Camp Cretaceous. By Tom McLean
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urassic Park and its digital dinosaurs first gether at Nickelodeon on projects such as the features, Kreamer says. ”We knew what we were trying to do and wowed audiences in 1993, establishing Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness beitself as a generational milestone — just fore moving over to DreamWorks — Kreamer how difficult it would be to achieve,” says as Star Wars had done 16 years earlier — for to work on Cleopatra in Space and Hammers- Kreamer. “But the first thing was to nail down millions of young moviegoers. The franchise ley reporting for Camp after a stint on Disney’s these kids as far as who these characters were since has had its ups and downs, with the Star vs. The Forces of Evil. Coming on in mid- and to get a pilot into shape.” That’s where 2015 smash hit feature Jurassic World reviving 2018, Kreamer took over a premise and pilot Hammersley came in, starting work on the piinterest in the series and leading to its first script developed by X-Men: First Class and Thor lot script around the start of 2019 with an eye toward developing the TV iteration in Jurassic characters. World: Camp Cretaceous, ‘The big challenge for any franchise like this is, you just can’t The series follows an eight-episode aniplease everyone. We’re really doing our best to try to six teens who are the mated series produced inaugural group atby DreamWorks Telehonor the franchise and retain so much of what we love.’ tending the titular vision Animation and — Exec producer/showrunner Aaron Hammersley camp on Isla Nubdebuting September 18 lar, home to Jurassic worldwide on Netflix. World: Darius Bowman, voiced by Paul-Mikél screenwriter Zack Stentz, and some early deShowrunning the new series are executive Williams, a Black teen who shared an obsesproducers Scott Kreamer and Aaron Hammer- sign artwork. sive love of dinosaurs with his recently desley, both proud members of the Jurassic genceased father; Brooklynn (Jenna Ortega), a eration. ”I watched it in the movie theater and Not a ‘Kiddie’ Version then immediately snuck into another screening Expectations were high and there were no social media influencer who broadcasts her of it,” says Kreamer. ”It had such a big impact on guarantees since previous attempts at Jurassic life to a large following; Kenji Kon (Ryan Potme as a kid — I think I watched it six or seven TV series had failed to make it into production. ter), who projects a self-centered and cool imtimes in the movie theater,” adds Hammersley. And no less an authority than original feature age via vast family wealth and access to park The producers had experience with both director Steven Spielberg said the show had secrets; Sammy Gutierrez (Raini Rodriguez), a DreamWorks and Netflix, having worked to- to avoid being a sanitized, “kiddie” version of cowgirl at heart whose ranching family prowww.animationmagazine.net
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