Production of the upcoming third sequel to Jurassic Park has been put on hold in order to give director Colin Trevorrow, who took over after Steven Spielberg backed out of the project, more time to prepare for the shoot.

Jurassic Park IV was scheduled to start filming later this month and was expected to hit theaters next June, but now it looks as though the film itself will be delayed -- possibly for good.

Todd Smoyer, the film's digital asset manager, posted on his twitter page Tuesday that the project was shelved entirely.

"Hollywood makes and crushes dreams. Goodbye JP4," he wrote.

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Welcome back to Weekend Movie Preview. Things have been pretty busy for me over the last month or so, which is why you haven’t seen as many of my movie reviews coming out. However I’m trying to get back into the swing of things and hope to deliver you guys with more regular columns. I had such fun at the theater this week, I felt like I just needed to share my thoughts on the new “Evil Dead” and “Jurassic Park 3D.”

EVIL DEAD

Five twenty-something friends spend a weekend at a remote cabin, where they discover a Book of the Dead and accidentally summon demons residing in the nearby woods....

Hollywood newcomer Colin Trevorrow has been unveiled as the director of the new Jurassic Park movie.

Rumors have been widespread about who would oversee the fourth installment in the sci-fi adventure franchise since Steven Spielberg announced it was in the works in 2011.

Spielberg, who directed the first two films in the series, has already signed up as an executive producer for the 3D project, and on Thursday it was announced Trevorrow will take charge of the long-awaited follow-up to 2001's Jurassic Park III.

Trevorrow is best known for directing 2012 independent movie Safety Not Gu...

With so many unrated, extended and uncut director’s special editions out there how could one navigate the overfilled world of Blu-ray’s to pick the best of 2011? We’re here to help! There was no shortage this year on home viewed flicks that rocked, both in the rehashing of old school stuff and new titles that guaranteed to tingle even the most ardent movie geek palate! Lynch, Kubrick, Raimi and even a little Hitler on Frankenstein action, welcome to our...

TOP TEN BLU-RAYS FOR 2011!

1. "Chillerama: Unrated" (Image Entertainment)

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It’s beginning to look at lot like...Santa’s Coming!!! Actually, that’s just an inane Christmas rant from Will Ferrell via "Elf." (Sorry – it had to be done!) But seeing as it is getting towards the time when gifts must be purchased for kith and kin, we here at Starpulse wanted to help out – cinematically that is! So we’ve put together a small list of some of coolest, grooviest and kookiest Blu-ray’s in various categories guaranteed to put a smile on the face of the one you love this joyful season. (Or maybe the one you secretly hate and wish would put their teeth back in and go home!) ...

Samuel L. Jackson is big news at the box office - his movies have pulled in $7.4 billion during his career.

The actor has appeared in more than 100 movies since his big break in Spike Lee's 1991 movie "Jungle Fever," and his hard work has paid off - he is the highest-grossing actor of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Thanks to hits such as "Jurassic Park" ($914 million), "Pulp Fiction" ($212 million) and the "Star Wars" prequels ($2.4 billion), Jackson is top of the Hollywood pile, with his films outstripping the competition at the box office.

He has averaged fo...

Ready for a walk down a bumpy and biting dino memory lane? Then hop on the tram, strap in and get ready for the Blu-ray ride of your life with the arrival of the new "Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy" out Oct. 25 on glorious Blu-ray from Universal Home Entertainment. Chocked with all three films in the series, a cavalcade of extras and enough bells and whistles to excite any dino fan on Christmas morning (yeah, it makes a killer gift!), this set seems to have it all – let’s inspect!

THE PACKAGING

Sporting the tyran-logo made famous by the original on the front, the set is housed in a ca...

Steven Spielberg's monster hit movie Jurassic Park is heading back to cinemas next month to celebrate its release on Blu-ray.

The 1993 masterpiece, which revolutionised the use of visual effects, brought dinosaurs back to life and kick started a hit trilogy which went on to earn more than $2 billion at the box office.

Now the movie, which starred Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, has been digitally remastered to mark its release on Blu-ray, and to celebrate Universal Pictures is re-releasing the film for fans in the U.K.

The new cinema run will start on September 23.

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Actor Jeff Goldblum has split from his younger lover, model/actress Lydia Hearst-Shaw, after less than a year of dating.

The Jurassic Park star, 58, was first linked to the 26 year old late last year after they were spotted enjoying a string of dates.

However, Goldblum, who has been married twice, parted ways with Hearst-Shaw last week, reports the New York Daily News.

A source tells the publication, "They both kind of ended it."

Hearst-Shaw posted a cryptic message on her Twitter.com page on Tuesday, writing, "Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you."

Jurassic Park star Jeff Goldblum has reportedly found love with an actress less than half his age.

The 58 year old is reportedly dating socialite Patty Hearst's daughter Lydia, 26 - and the couple was spotted smooching during a recent shopping trip in Los Angeles.

An eyewitness who spotted the new couple at the Fred Segal store in Hollywood tells the Globe, "Jeff was all over Lydia... It was kinda uncomfortable watching them."

The new couple was also spotted dining together at Mr. Chow in Hollywood.

Goldblum has a history of dating actresses - he was married to Geena Davis, engaged to L...

NASA scientists have named John Cusack's blockbuster 2012 as the most "absurd" sci-fi film of all time.

Experts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) put together a list of the least plausible science fiction movies ever made, and the big budget 2009 picture came top. The film, which depicted Earth besieged by natural disasters, featured ahead of two more 'end-of-the-world' movies - 2003's The Core and 1998's Armageddon.

Donald Yeomans, head of NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission, says of 2012, "It's absurd. The film-makers took advantage of public worrie...

Ben Harper has filed for divorce from his actress wife Laura Dern.

The Grammy winner filed divorce papers in Los Angeles on Friday citing irreconcilable differences.

According to TMZ.com, Harper has asked a judge to deny the "Jurassic Park" actress spousal support and claims that the couple split in January.

He is seeking joint legal and physical custody of the pair's two children, Ellery and Jaya.

Dern and Harper married in 2005 after dating for five years.

Steven Spielberg is facing the wrath of residents in a small English village who accuse the producer of disrupting their quiet lives while he shoots new epic War Horse.

The Jurassic Park auteur is busy filming the movie - adapted from the play about a young man who joins the cavalry in a bid to save his beloved horse - in picturesque Castle Combe, Wiltshire.

Spielberg is reimbursing residents whose homes are being used in the movie, but neighbors are fed up with the project's lengthy schedule and the strict security measures which have been put in place. One local tells Britain's Daily ...

Movie bosses are in talks to bring Tom Cruise back for a sequel to his hit 1986 movie Top Gun.

The original film's producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, has confirmed he's been approached with plans to resurrect Cruise's character, Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, for a follow-up to the naval aviation drama. Bruckheimer admits movie executives have "kicked around some ideas" but they are still a long way from giving the project the green light.

He tells MTV.com, "We were recently approached again to start talking about it but, you know, nothing yet. We kicked around some ideas because the av...

As audiences get set for the update of "Clash of the Titans," many hardcore fans of the classic fantasy film are letting loose with that familiar cry of heresy. Sure, digital effects can look more "real" than the rubber and clay monsters created by legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen for the 1981 original, but better? "Better" is a subjective term.

Ask "Star Wars" geeks which Yoda they prefer. When Luke Skywalker landed on Dagobah in 1981's "The Empire Strikes Back," the Yoda he encountered was a foam and latex puppet, voiced and manipulated by Frank Oz. The "real" Jedi Master ...

Steven Spielberg has cast a familiar face in his new World War II mini-series "The Pacific" - he's handed a role to "Jurassic Park" child star Joe Mazzello.

Mazzello was just nine when he was cast as Sir Richard Attenborough's grandson Tim Murphy in the dinosaur adventure.

He then starred in sequel "The Lost World" and a string of other movies before he quit acting to study.

After graduating college, Mazzello picked up where he left off, and, at the age of 27, he has reteamed with Spielberg for The Pacific, in which he plays a soldier.

Mazzello reveals, "Acting was something I always kn...

Dinosaur movie franchise Jurassic Park is set to take another bite out of the box office - Hollywood bosses are planning to bring a second trilogy to the big screen.

The original 1993 film, starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, was a massive success, grossing $914 million worldwide and spawning two sequels.

Now, nine years after Jurassic Park III hit cinemas in 2001, movie bosses are planning to let the dinosaurs roam the earth once again.

And Joe Johnston, who directed the third installment, reveals a new movie will be closely followed by two more.

He tells BoxOffice.com, "Ther...

Welcome to the wild world of "Weird Al" Yankovic - a world populated by a Pennsylvania Dutch gangsta-rapper ("Amish Paradise") and a serial-killing Saint Nick ("The Night Santa Went Crazy") - a world where people frantically search for their Liquid Paper, hallucinate about the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders and dream of one day visiting "The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota." Yankovic, a three-time Grammy Award winner and the biggest selling comedy recording artist in history, shows no mercy to cultural milestones of every stripe - from Jurassic Park and Star Wars to the hi...

While we all have dealt with our own Michael Scotts, here are fictional characters we all wish were on our plane of reality.

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Claire Huxtable ('The Cosby Show')

A dramatic improvement from the current reality TV mom, Kate Gosselin, Claire would be a role model for moms and lawyers everywhere.

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Leroy Jethro Gibbs ('NCIS')

If Gibbs looked like Mark Harmon, those intense blue eyes would beat out Jack Bauer's torture tactics any day.

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Jack McCoy ('Law and Order')

Seriously, would you even ...

The iconic white glove worn by Michael Jackson on his 1984 Victory tour has sold at auction for a staggering $66,000.

The glove, which was illuminated by 50 tiny lights embroidered into the material, was described as the "ultimate piece of Jackson memorabilia." It was made for the King of Pop for his final concerts with his brothers.

The Profiles in History auction in Calabasas, near Los Angeles, featured other Jackson items including a yellow tie-dye shirt worn by the star on TV in 1971, which sold for $16,500. A red sweater and a white fedora hat, donned by Jackson at the 1981 Ame...

Actor Jeff Goldblum draws positives from the false reports he died last month - because they helped him reconnect with old friends.

Reports surfaced online last month claiming the Jurassic Park star had been killed on the set of his latest movie in New Zealand - just hours after Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died.

Goldblum's publicist was quick to blast the rumors, branding them "completely untrue," while reps for Britney Spears and George Clooney have also had to fight off similar claims.

The actor insists he wasn't upset by the hoax, and has even credited the reckless med...

Posing this question is damning because I critique films and other productions, but it is relevant. This past week, after the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Public Enemies, the issue of film critics came to a particularly strong head. I do not read film reviews. This is something that happens during the process of studying film. As we critics-in-training collected credit hours watching and analyzing countless "art" films and auteur films (and drooled over the likes of Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock), we got swelled heads, thinking we knew best.

Like lite...

Kevin Spacey is demanding internet pranksters stop 'killing off' stars by spreading fake rumors about their untimely demise, after his pal Jeff Goldblum found himself a target of the morbid hoax.

As Hollywood came to terms with the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett last week, reports began to surface online claiming the Jurassic Park star had been killed on the set of his latest movie in New Zealand.

Goldblum's publicist was quick to blast the rumors, branding them "completely untrue," while reps for Britney Spears and George Clooney have also had to fight off similar clai...

Representatives for Jurassic Park star Jeff Goldblum have dismissed Internet reports the actor has died in New Zealand.

Local police reportedly told website MoviesOnline.com that the star had fallen to his death on the set of his new movie.

Officials claimed the actor had fallen from the Kauri Cliffs on New Zealand's North Island while shooting a scene in an unnamed project, but the actor's publicist has denied the story.

Lisa Kasteler states, "Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue. He is fine and in Los Angeles."

The death news sent shockwaves through...

Since the dawn of the American cinematic blockbuster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, moviegoers have eagerly waited for May - the unofficial beginning of summertime. This summer is no different. Films, and most popular media, are social mirrors, and this summer season supports that. The large box office contenders all deal with very similar themes: escapism and the support of the lone, outlaw hero figure (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Up, Transformers 2, Public Enemies, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Inglourious Basterds, et...

The high-octane muscle cars featured in Universal Pictures' upcoming action-thriller Fast & Furious are on display exclusively at Universal Studios Hollywood as The Entertainment Capital of L.A. adds the exotic street racers to its world-renowned collection of authentic movie picture cars and props.

The 1987 Buick Grand National and a 2009 Subaru WRX STI that are driven by the stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are parked inside the theme park within arm's reach of fans and car aficionados.

1987 Buick Grand National -- driven by "Fast & Furious" star, Vin Diesel

Photo: J...

With the untimely death of Michael Crichton, now is the time to reflect on a career that, unfortunately, was wrought with too much of something that is usually a positive: intelligence. Indeed, Michael was too smart for the movie industry and its core audience.

Crichton obviously had a non-stop mind: he graduated Harvard with high honors, and while attending medical school he began writing. When he turned 27 he was he had an M.D., and he had also finished one of his more well-known books, Andromeda Strain.

Generally, his works incorporate his intellect of biology and medical scie...

Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science thrillers as "Jurassic Park," ''Timeline" and "The Andromeda Strain," has died of cancer, his family said.

He died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 66 after a long battle with the illness.

Chrichton was a brand-name author, known for his stories of disaster and systematic breakdown, such as the rampant microbe of "The Andromeda Strain" or dinosaurs running amok in "Jurassic Park," one of his many books that became major Hollywood movies.

"Through his books, Michael Crichton served as an inspira...

Movie blockbuster Transformers is heading to Universal Studios' theme park - it's to be the basis of a thrilling new ride.

The Michael Bay-directed film grossed more than $700 million worldwide upon its release in 2007, and studio bosses at Universal are looking to further cash in on its success by launching a Transformers-themed roller coaster.

The high-definition 3D ride is being developed by Universal Parks & Resorts, original toy makers Hasbro Inc. and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks studio, which produced the move.

And theme park bosses hope the white-knuckle ride will "tr...

"Iron Man", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," and "The Dark Knight" all joined the $300 Million Club this year, swelling its membership to 29 films.

The films in this select group are made up of big-budget action extravaganzas, animated new classics and even some prestige pictures that touched a nerve with a wide audience. Whatever the movie may be, once it hits the triple-century mark, it's a bona fide smash and destined to become a classic.

This milestone is not always a sign of quality; however, as many films that become so popular simply stink. It also is...