So is the possibility that a film like “Safety” could break out on such a large scale. But while it’s the kind of meteoric rise that used to play out often, those days are waning. The success of the film propelled Trevorrow and writing partner Derek Connolly into Hollywood, and their followup to the festival gem was a giant one: 2015’s “Jurassic World,” which Trevorrow directed and the pair wrote together.
“Safety Not Guaranteed” - Credit: FilmDistrict/courtesy Everett Collection At the fest, FilmDistrict picked up the film for an estimated seven-figure deal (the film was made for under $1 million) and released it later that summer, making over $4.4 million in box office returns.
Trevorrow first rose to acclaim with the 2012 sci-fi dramedy “Safety Not Guaranteed,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Scott Screenwriting Award. For us to change that, to suddenly only watching drama alone, feels like it’s dismantling something that’s been part of who we are as human beings for a very long time.” It’s something we’ve been doing for at least 2,000 years. I think it’s an important part of our civilization to go watch drama as a group. He continued, “To me, there’s something uniquely moving about being able to provide friends and families with the opportunity to return to the movies together. “Even though I remember at the time I was disappointed to hear that we were pushing it for a year, now in retrospect, it was definitely the right decision.”
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“Universal really wanted to make sure that we held the movie for the moment that theaters came back, and we did,” Trevorrow said in a recent interview with IndieWire. How Andrew Bujalski Shot a Pandemic Movie with One Performer at a Time Over Course of Six Months 'Jurassic World Dominion': Colin Trevorrow Knew Sequel Had to Honor Laura Dern with 'Ellie Sattler's Story' For a guy who got his start with a popular indie feature that debuted at Sundance and rocketed him to stardom, those concerns seem both well-founded and very personal indeed. One of the biggies: Colin Trevorrow’s “ Jurassic World: Dominion,” which endured both production delays and rejiggered release dates, and now finally arrives in theaters more than a year after its original release date.Īs Trevorrow’s trilogy-capper readies for a massive theatrical release, the filmmaker admits to being both pleased for this film, and a little worried about the theatrical landscape in general. While the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many parts of Hollywood’s movie-making apparatus, from closed theaters to delayed (or even outright canceled) productions, a number of much-hyped blockbusters forged right ahead.
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