The survivors flee, only to encounter a Tyrannosaurus. The Spinosaurus attacks the plane and eats Nash, who has Paul's satellite phone. The aircraft hits the dinosaur and crashes into the trees. During takeoff, a Spinosaurus emerges and devours Cooper.
Grant awakens to find that the group has landed, although they reboard the plane when a large theropod approaches the runway, leaving Cooper behind. Grant learns that the Kirbys intend to land he protests, but Cooper knocks him unconscious. Grant reluctantly agrees, flying there with Billy, two of the Kirbys' mercenary associates (Udesky and Cooper), and their pilot (Nash). Paul and Amanda Kirby, a seemingly wealthy couple, offer to fund Grant's research if he gives them an illegal aerial tour of Isla Sorna. In Montana, his assistant, Billy Brennan, uses a three-dimensional printer to replicate a Velociraptor larynx. Grant discusses his research with longtime colleague Ellie Sattler, hypothesizing that Velociraptors were intellectually and socially advanced beyond even primates. Alan Grant struggles to secure funding for his Velociraptor research, and rebuffs the public's obsession with the events on Isla Nublar. Eric and Ben drift towards the island.Įight weeks later, paleontologist Dr. As the boat enters a thick fog, the crew is killed by an unknown attacker, prompting Ben to detach the line before the vessel crashes into rocks. Twelve-year-old Eric Kirby and his mother's boyfriend, Ben Hildebrand, are parasailing near the restricted Isla Sorna. Sam Neill and Laura Dern would later reprise their roles as Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler in Jurassic World Dominion (2022) In 2015, it was followed by Jurassic World, which started the Jurassic World sequel trilogy. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box-office success, grossing $368.8 million worldwide against a $93 million budget, becoming so the eighth highest-grossing film of 2001 however, it is the lowest-grossing installment in the franchise to date. Jurassic Park III premiered on July 16, 2001, and was theatrically released on July 18. A Spinosaurus replaces the Tyrannosaurus, from the previous two films as the main dinosaur antagonist. Jurassic Park III features a combination of computer-generated and animatronic dinosaurs. A final draft of the script was never completed during production, a circumstance Johnston considered quitting over. Filming lasted five months, beginning in Hawaii in August 2000, before moving to California. Payne and Taylor were hired to rewrite the earlier script by Buchman, who made further revisions to their draft. A draft written by Peter Buchman was rejected five weeks ahead of filming in favor of a simpler story idea suggested by David Koepp, the writer of the previous two films. Universal Pictures announced the third film in June 1998, with a release scheduled for mid-2000. Alan Grant into helping them find their son, who has gone missing on Isla Sorna.Īfter the release of Spielberg's Jurassic Park, Joe Johnston expressed interest in directing a sequel, which Spielberg agreed to. The plot follows a divorced couple who deceive paleontologist Dr. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, and Michael Jeter.
Sam Neill and Laura Dern reprise their roles from the first film.
It is also the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Steven Spielberg, as well as the first not to be based on a novel by Michael Crichton however, the film features characters and ideas by Crichton. It is the third installment in the Jurassic Park franchise and the final film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, following The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction action film directed by Joe Johnston and written by Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor.