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**Koepp Roars Back to Jurassic Park: “Rebirth” Aims for Fresh Start**

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**LOS ANGELES (AP)** – Thirty-two years after his groundbreaking adaptation of Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park,” screenwriter David Koepp is revisiting the dinosaur franchise with “Jurassic World Rebirth,” hitting theaters July 2nd. The film promises a clean slate for the multi-billion-dollar series, boasting a new cast including Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey, a new director in Gareth Edwards, and a revamped storyline.

Koepp, known for his tightly-plotted “bottle movies” like “Panic Room” and his recent collaborations with Steven Soderbergh on “Presence” and “Black Bag,” sought to reign in the sprawling scale of previous “Jurassic World” installments. “Can we start over?” Koepp had asked Spielberg when he approached him, expressing the need for the film’s dinosaurs to be geographically confined, much like the original “Jurassic Park.”

Edwards, was forewarned about the screenwriter’s convictions. “At the end of my meeting with Spielberg, he just smiled and said, ‘That’s great. If you think we were difficult, wait until you meet David Koepp,'”

Koepp’s focus on tightly structured narratives and clear storytelling, inspired by filmmakers like Soderbergh and Spielberg, is evident in “Rebirth.” He even developed nine governing principles for the franchise, emphasizing humor and treating the dinosaurs as animals rather than monsters. He claims, “humor is oxygen” and that the dinosaurs are animals, not monsters.

While Koepp prefers solo screenwriting, he recalls “Spider-Man” being the only time a large screenwriting team was successful in a project.

The release of “Jurassic World Rebirth” marks Koepp’s third major film this year. Despite the demanding workload, Koepp remains driven by the pursuit of the perfect script.

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