Initial wonder gives way to widespread terror when the film’s antagonist, the Tyrannosaurus rex, escapes its paddock. Hammond has found a way to clone dinosaurs from DNA in fossilised mosquitoes, and then had the savvy to create a theme park for these creations. And cynical chaotician – though, really, could a chaotician really be anything else? – Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). Around them are humans: John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), palaeontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and pableobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). Ones that eat humans, ones that eat leaves. Jurassic Park, based on American author Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel of the same name, goes big on dinosaurs. Five years later, one of its executive producers, Steven Spielberg, released another dinosaur picture (this time, as a director) which would take our hunger for the prehistoric to new heights. Perhaps the animated feature, about dinosaurs just trying to stay alive, whet cinema-goers’ appetites. Ostensibly for children but with enough charm to win over adults, the film would spawn decade-spanning sequels, of wildly different quality, as is usually the way with such things. Mercedes, who has more than 20 years of experience in communications roles, most recently served as Univision’s executive VP and chief communications officer.A few decades ago, a film about dinosaurs, which muses on courage and family and the virtues of sticking together, opened to critical praise ( The Washington Post commented that the “emotionally rich” film contained “touches of beauty”) and box office success. APPOINTMENTīBC Studios has appointed Rosemary Mercedes to the New York-based position of senior VP, communications, Americas, reporting into senior VP global communications Gavin Dawson. “Love Me,” adapted from the Swedish series, “Älska mig,” is directed by Emma Freeman (“Stateless”) and written by Alison Bell, Leon Ford, Adele Vuko and Blake Ayshford. It stars Hugo Weaving (“The Lord of the Rings”), Bojana Novakovic (“Birds of Prey”), William Lodder (“Wakefield”), Sarah Peirse (“Sweet Tooth”) and Shalom Brune-Franklin (“The Tourist”). International Television Australia production for the Foxtel Group, with production investment from Screen Australia and financed with support from Film Victoria. for romantic drama “Love Me,” which will premiere on Apr. Meanwhile, U.K.-based distributor DCD Rights has secured a deal with streaming service Hulu in the U.S. International co-production opportunities and sales of the finished series are being handled by Los Angeles-based consulting and distribution firm Marenzi and Associates. The pilot episode of “Escape Attempt” has completed post-production and will be available to screen for potential co-production and pre-acquisition partners at MipTV. Their work has inspired films from James Cameron’s “Avatar” to Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Stalker.” “Escape Attempt” is the first in an anthology of several limited series based on sci-fi novels from the same period. The Strugatsky Brothers’ story was written during the Cold War era, when working under authoritarian pressure. Based on the renowned 1962 novel by the acclaimed Soviet science fiction authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and set in the Noon Universe created by them, the series follows the fates of Saul, Ana and Vadim and the mystery of the world they have discovered in the 22nd century. Six-part sci-fi adventure series “Escape Attempt” will mark the long-form MipTV debut of Aggressive TV, the New York-based creative agency behind advertising campaigns AMEX Unstaged and Acura By Design.
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