Scans of rarely before seen Jurassic Park storyboards have leaked online, revealing a thrilling alternate ending for the film! Originally, the ending of Jurassic Park would not involve a climactic battle between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and pack of Velociraptors, but instead would involve an exciting Helicopter reacue scene! This was a very early concept and would later be aggressively altered for Malia Scotch Marmo's screenplay.
The storyboards come from Phil Tippett's Jurassic Park Early Sequence Storyboard Binder. Below are scans of an early look of the sequence's first version (Version A):
Big thanks to the Facebook page Jurassic Time for sharing these up!
What do you think of this alternate ending? Do you prefer the ending they eventually chose? Do you hope Jurassic World 2 incorporates a similar scene? Sound off in the comments!
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