A butterfly must have flapped its wings. There can’t be any other reason why Dr. Ian Malcolm would go back to Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, or Jurassic just-about-anything. But that’s exactly what’s going to happen in J.A. Bayona’s upcoming sequel Jurassic World 2.
Jeff Goldblum will be reprising his role as the chaos mathematician who accurately predicted the multiple drawbacks of genetic experimentation, and who escaped man-eating dinosaurs in both the original Jurassic Park and its first sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Jeff Goldblum will appear alongside Jurassic World co-stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in the new Jurassic World film, which doesn’t currently have an official title.
Hollywood Reporter broke the story, but was unclear as to whether Dr. Ian Malcolm would be an important character in the film, or if he would only appear in a supporting or even cameo role.
Jeff Goldblum was a respected character actor in Hollywood for many years before he co-starred in Jurassic Park, appearing in the classic films Nashville, The Big Chill and David Cronenberg’s remake of The Fly. But his iconic turn in Jurassic Park made Jeff Goldblum a household name, inspiring generations of comic impersonations of his trademarked “ah, um” line delivery. He starred in three of the biggest motion pictures of the 1990s – the first two Jurassic Park movies as well as Independence Day – and will soon be a part of the Marvel Studios sci-fi/fantasy superhero flick Thor: Ragnarok.
Jurassic World 2 (or whatever it’s going to be called) will arrive in theaters on June 22, 2018.
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Ten Movies That Make Math Look Badass
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The tragic life of Nobel Laureate John Nash, played by Russell Crowe, is the subject of an Oscar-winning drama that overlooks the man's most notable flaws in favor of a more romanticized narrative, highlighted by sequences in which director Ron Howard illustrates Nash's mathematical genius via amusing fantasy sequences and glowing equations.
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Cube (1997)
Vincenzo Natali's high-concept sci-fi thriller imagines a group of strangers trapped inside of a giant cube, comprised of smaller cubes. Many of the smaller cubes are filled with death traps. The only way to tell which cubes are safe and which ones are dangerous is by ridiculously complicated mathematical equations on the sides of the doors.
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Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
This iconic Disney educational short stars Donald Duck as he learns the importance of math throughout history from a disembodied voice, which cleverly and humorously reveals how to use math to win at billiards, how math is responsible for music, and many more applications besides. An entertained animated classic that explains why math is legitimately cool, even to the littlest of kids.
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's breakout film stars Damon as an underachieving genius whose mathematical brilliance is revealed while he's working as a janitor as a prestigious university. Good Will Hunting focuses on the psychology behind why we sabotage ourselves, and is anchored by powerful performances from Damon and an Oscar-winning supporting turn from the late Robin Williams, playing Will Hunting's therapist.
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I.Q. (1994)
Albert Einstein changed the face of modern science but he also helped two kooky kids fall in love in this odd, but charming romantic comedy from director Fred Schepisi. Tim Robbins and Meg Ryan play the romantic leads, but of course Walter Matthau steals the show as the eccentric genius, who loans a car mechanic one of his unproven formulas so he can pass himself off as a great mind, worthy of the heart of Einstein's niece.
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Jurassic Park (1993)
The blockbuster sensation Jurassic Park didn't just introduce the world to CGI dinosaurs, it also introduced laypersons to chaos theory, a complex mathematical study of - essentially - 'the butterfly effect,' which comes horrifyingly into play over the course of Steven Spielberg's classic thriller. And of course, our lessons in chaos theory come courtesy of a suave Jeff Goldblum, clad in black leather and dark sunglasses, a rock star mathematician the likes of which audiences had never seen before.
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Lambada (1990)
Math teacher by day, sexy dance man by night. The strange Joel Silberg film Lambada is just like many other 1980s dance movies, equal parts sincere and ridiculous, until the big climax, which has nothing to do with dance and everything to do with a high school math contest. Hurray...?
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Moneyball (2011)
The real-life story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, is one about an industry torn between art and science. When old school methods fail, Beane turns to sabermetrics to help assemble a winning baseball team, changing the way we view the sport but only after an uphill battle, convincing the old dogs to try new tricks.
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Pi (1998)
Is there a mathematical equation that can predict the stock market? Is there a single mathematical formula that guides the universe? Darren Aronofsky's creepy low-budget sci-fi thriller tells the story of a math genius who finds a 216-digit number that may hold all the answers, and may cause his brain to burst. Math is so important it's scary.
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Sneakers (1992)
Phil Alden Robinson's endlessly entertaining heist thriller, about an all-star cast of computer experts (Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, David Strathairn), is set in motion when super-cool mathematician Gunter Janek develops a "black box" that can instantly hack any computer system in the world. It's a MacGuffin of the highest order, and Sneakers makes the convincing case - before most other movies were talking about this - that such a device could change the fabric of society.
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