JURASSIC WORLD Director Colin Trevorrow Finds INTELLIGENT LIFE

Colin Trevorrow made his mark with the excellent indie feature Safety Not Guaranteed, and immediately after that movie debuted, he and his creative partner Derek Connolly had an idea for a sci-fi movie called The Ambassador. But Steven Spielberg and Jurassic World came calling, so naturally the duo put those plans on hold to go make one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. But now that Jurassic World has wrapped and is nearing the finish line, Trevorrow and Connolly are lining up a revamped take on The Ambassador called Intelligent Life as their next project.

THR has the news, which includes word that Spielberg will executive produce Intelligent Life at DreamWorks while mega-producer Frank Marshall will produce. The Ambassador was about a U.N. delegate tasked with being Earth's representative when making contact with alien life, and when he falls in love with a mysterious woman, it turns out that she is an alien. There's no word yet on how different Intelligent Life will be from that initial concept, but the title sounds as if they're fully embracing the sci-fi element. Sources say it's close in tone to Safety Not Guaranteed, a character piece with a larger than life concept around them.

This sounds great to me because I loved Safety Not Guaranteed, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what Trevorrow and Connolly were able to accomplish with Jurassic World. This sounds like it'll be their next movie, so even if JW is massively successful and the studio wants them to return for another sequel, Intelligent Life should be coming down the pipeline first.

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