The idea of Jurassic Park began with author Michael Crichton. While talking with Steven Spielberg about his latest writings, Crichton told him about Jurassic Park, which was a story about recreating dinosaurs from DNA remains. Spielberg was immediately excited and was interested in bringing Crichton's novel to the big screen. With the increasing technology of the early 90s, the movie required a whole new level of special effects. Spielberg enlisted the help of Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, Dennis Muren, and Michael Lantieri for special effects and music score from John Williams. Together they would change the technology of movie making and usher in the 21'st century. From the start, Spielberg insisted on making the dinosaurs look real. He took scenes from the book that he liked and gave the story boards to Phil Tippett's team of animators to bring them to life. The go-motion technology was some of the best of it's time, but Spielberg still expected more. He was interested in looking at the new technology called, CGI, as an alternative. When ILM showed him their first test, Spielberg was impressed. The final decision to go with CGI over go-motion came after ILM proved the advantages CGI could provide. Phil Tippet's animators joined with ILM and Stan Winston studios to create the dinosaurs featured in the films.

Location shooting, combined with indoor stages at Universal Studios, provided the locales for the Jurassic Park films. Casting for Jurassic Park sought to bring together a crew of good actors, rather than just assembling Hollywood stars. After two years of production, Jurassic Park was released in theaters on June 11, 1993 and became an instant box office hit that would continue with the sequels. The Lost World Jurassic Park was released on Memorial Day 1997 and Jurassic Park 3 was released on July 18, 2001. Spielberg would return to direct The Lost World, but would hand over the director job to Joe Johnson for Jurassic Park 3. Each sequel took the technology used on Jurassic Park and improved upon their own work. This combined effort helped make Jurassic Park the successful franchise that it is today, with the possibility of Jurassic Park 4 in the near future. Rumors abound on the internet, ranging to ideas as absurd as dinosaurs carrying weapons. Though unlikely, anything is a possibilty. Let's hope Universal pulls off a convincing script and a great new movie to add to the franchise.