Despite boasting an A-list cast and celebrated director, Universal’s latest entry in the iconic dinosaur saga stumbles by ...

Screenwriter David Koepp, who penned the original Jurassic Park script 32 years ago, still has a way with an unexpected line — as when Bailey's nerdy scientist says he wants to "die in a shallow ...

David Koepp on Why It Took Him Almost 30 Years to Return to the ‘Jurassic Park’ Franchise He Helped Create ...

An eyeball, big, yellowish, distinctly inhuman, stares raptly between wooden slats, part of a large crate. The eye darts from side to side quickly, alert as hell. So begins David Koepp’s script to ...

He gave a 50-page treatment to Koepp to turn into a script. “It’s even more focused than I’ve ever seen him on a movie,” says Koepp.

Back then, Brian De Palma, whom Koepp worked with on “Carlito’s Way” and “Mission: Impossible,” took to calling him “dinosaur boy.” Koepp soon after moved onto other challenges.

Koepp is the master of the “bottle” movie — films hemmed in by a single location or condensed timed frame. From David Fincher’s “Panic Room” (2002) to Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” (2025), he excels ...