“ DOMINA TION ” By Palaeontologica Street Address City, ST ZIP Code P hone E mail 2 SUPERIMPOSE: "With the advent of genetic engineering, the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse." - Dee Hock We FADE IN to pure white. Slowly, the white fades, and we see that it’s a light from a helicopter. The helicopter flies past the camera, its rotors rumbling , and as it keeps going, we see it flying over a forest, and beyond that, a city. EXT. FOREST – NIGHT The light from the helicopter penetrates the canopy, revealing a large CREATURE stomping through the dark forest. We PAN UP to see that it’s a Tyrannosaurus rex EXT HELICOPTER – CONTINUOUS Inside the helicopter, we see a man squinting into the darkness , clutching a large rifle , and we clearly see the US Fish and Wildlife Service logo as we PAN towards the pilot s. PILOT I got eyes on the animal. EXT. FOREST – CONTINUOUS We briefly cut to the forest, and we see the huge head of the Tyrannosaurus , its eye illuminated sporadically by the bright light, before we CUT TO: EXT. DRIVE - IN THEATER – NIGHT -- a drive - in theatre. There’s an advertisement playing in the background, and we focus on a kid holding a yellow cup of popcorn. Someone runs past him, screaming, and accidentally bumps into him. As people look, they start screaming and running too, and as the kid finally looks up, we CUT TO a shot of the Tyrannosaurus rex looming over him, with the helicopter in the background. T he theropod advances, its heavy feet bumping into cars and its footfalls shaking them, as we hear radio chatter from the helicopter. 3 The Tyrannosaurus SNAPS its jaws at some people, but then it stops, looking around almost curiously -- and then, in the panic , someone trying to escape accidentally RAMS their car into somebody else. Pandemonium ensues as the theropod knocks another car over, and then, standing in front of the screen -- whi ch now displays a distorted jumble of shapes -- it lets forth an almighty BELLOW. The light from the helicopter illuminates it as it finishes its roar and looks up. EXT. HELICOPTER – CONTINUOUS The guy holding the rifle lifts it, squinting as the Tyrannosaur us comes closer, now curious. GUNMAN Keep it steady! The gunman FIRES, but the bullet misses the Tyrannosaurus -- EXT. GROUND - LEVEL – CONTINUOUS -- and SHATTERS the window of a car driving directly beneath the theropod. The animal’s foot SMASHES into the car as it begins walking, its tail thudding against the roof. With a low hiss, the Tyrannosaurus slinks effortlessly into the trees. EXT. HELICOPTER – CONTINUOUS Inside the helicopter, the gunman squints into the darkness, aided only by a spotlight, but he ca n’t see any sign of the creature. GUNMAN I don’t see it. (to the pilots) Do you see it? PILOT 1 Settle down, kid. She can’t run forever. EXT. DRIVE - IN THEATER – CONTINUOUS The pandemonium on the ground continues as the helicopter 4 approaches, and as it flies over, the spotlight consumes the camera. Title Card: J U R A S S I C W O R L D : D O M I N A T I O N We FADE TO BLACK, then CUT TO a news feed, showing an aerial view of the Atherton Estate. PHILIPPA THOMAS (O.S.) Today marks a year and a half since the death of billionaire Norman Atherton, now known to have helped John Hammond with the de - extinction of non - avian dinosaurs. We see a photo of Sir Norman Atherton, which looks like it was taken at some point in the 1980s. S tanding next to him, we see John Hammond. PHILIPPA THOMAS (CONT’D) Likewise, it has been a year and a half since the unnatural introduction of the de - extinct dinosaurs to the United States mainland. At least twenty - three different genera have been identified ... A number of dinosaur names flash up on - screen: Allosaurus , Ankylosaurus , Apatosaurus , Baryonyx , Beipiaosaurus , Brachiosaurus , Carnotaurus , Dilophosaurus , Einiosaurus , Gallimimus , Iguanodon , Microceratus , Monolophosaurus , Nasutocer atops , Pachyrhinosaurus , Parasaurolophus , Pachycephalosaurus , Procompsognathus , Stegosaurus , Teratophoneus , Triceratops , Tyrannosaurus , Utahraptor , Velociraptor , and Yangchuanosaurus PHILIPPA THOMAS (CONT’D) ... and there are suggestions that more remain to be found. Likewise, the government, at the behest of the scientific community, have issued a leaflet detailing how to react upon 5 encountering a dinosaur, and how to identify the different species. The blame for Atherton’s murder has been cast firmly on Claire Dearing and Owen Grady, the former park operations manager and ethologist, respectively, of the ill - fated resort, Jurassic World. We see CCTV footage of Claire and Owen walking down the street , along with i nformation lining the bottom of the screen stating that the footage was recorded in Placerville, Sierra Nevada, and that a reward of two million dollars has been put on the capture of the pair , or fifty thousand for concrete information on there whereabout s PHILIPPA THOMAS (CONT’D) The search for Atherton’s granddaughter, Maisie -- recently found to have been a clone of his deceased daughter -- has never wavered. Dearing and Grady, thought by many to be responsible for Atherton’s death, were last seen on the evening of June 12 th , 2019. We cut to a photograph of Maisie’s face, and we slowly ZOOM IN on it. PHILIPPA THOMAS (CONT’D) Dearing and Grady are wanted for questioning, though it is believed there is insufficient evidence for a charge to be made. Cons idering how long it has been, there are fears that Maisie has met an unfortunate end. We FADE IN: EXT. SNOWY ROAD – DAY The road is mostly covered in snow. There are a few cars driving through the snow, but there’s also a BICYCLE. Walking alongside it, and pulling it along, 6 is 1 6 - year - old MAISIE ATHERTON, alive and well. Actually, she seems to be enjoying herself. She’s wearing a teal coat, a black backpack and a black cap, but we can tell that it’s her. TITLE: SPRINGTON COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 14 We P AN UP to see a construction site. There are workers everywhere, but they all seem to be looking in only one direction As Maisie puts her bicycle against a tree and walks closer, there’s a loud TRUMPETING noise. As she gets closer, we see other civilians standing there, watching something in total silence. As the camera moves closer, we see it -- -- a n APATOSAURUS , walking through the construction site. As the number of spectators begins to increase, the sauropod slows its movements, slowly craning its neck to look at them and letting out another TRUMPET. It looks very out - of - place in the snow, but despite the stuff collecting on its back and around its feet, it doesn’t seem to mind. It starts moving again , and the TRUMPETING continues. Maisie admires the great herbivore for a few more moments, but soon she turns and walks off , picking up her bike again, glancing the Apatosaurus one last time, and going on her way. EXT. FURTHER ALONG THE ROAD – CONTINUOUS It’s almost noon now. Maisie rounds the corner and reaches a log cabin, gets off her bike, walks up to the door and knocks on it. The door is opened by CLAIRE D EA RING, who quickly ushers her inside. Maisie follows and walks in. INT. LOG CABIN – CONTINUOUS The cabin is relatively large, with a few small rooms. The living room has one window and a door, with some bookcases, a desk, a few chairs and a sofa. CLAIRE How was the ride? 7 MAISIE It was all right. I didn’t see as many species as I wanted to, but I did get to see a herd of Brachiosaurus just down the road. CLAIRE Oh, good. You were looking for dinosaurs, I suppose? MAISIE Oh yeah, for my project. CLAIRE Which one? You’ve got at leas t ten going by this point. MAISIE (chuckling) The one where I study their behaviour. CLAIRE Right. Claire gets up and starts walking in the direction of the kitchen. She turns to Maisie. CLAIRE (CONT’D) Want anything to eat? Maisie shakes her head and sit s down. MAISIE Nothing yet. Thanks, though. (beat) Where’s Owen? CLAIRE (CONT’D) He’s ... out. 8 We FADE IN: EXT. PRAIRIE – DAY We PAN UP to see a great prairie, expanding for miles in every direction, covered in snow. In the distance, there are mountains, but nearby is something else -- a herd of mustang s Yet among this herd’s ranks are other animals altogether, herbivores of an entirely different magnitude of scale: PARASAUROLOPHUS. The huge herbivores mingle with the horses, which graze around t hem as the dinosaurs browse on the sparse vegetation of the area. The group is loosely arranged, with some of the hadrosaurs altogether outside of th is ”herd”. The hadrosaurs suddenly freeze, lifting their heads. The mustangs become nervous as a faint nois e can be heard. Usually the horses wouldn’t be so worried, but evidently the anxiety displayed by even larger herbivores is enough to put them on edge. We PAN UP to see a car , possibly a L and R over, approaching. The hadrosaurs flee, followed by the mustang s, but one of them doesn’t. It just stands there, snorting irritably. INT. LAND ROVER – CONTINUOUS Inside the Land Rover, we see OWEN GRADY, accompanied by a couple of other men On the men’s shirts, we see a logo, as well as the words “ UNITED STATES DEPAR TMENT FOR DE - EXTINCT FAUNA”. MAN 1 Specimen 13 - B’s up ahead. Looks like you were right, Owen -- pretty sure it’s been trapped OWEN All right. How much closer can you get? MAN 1 As close as we need to get. 9 Owen nods and the camera PANS to face the lone hadrosaur, now abandoned by the others, sinking onto all fours as they approach. EXT. PRAIRIE – CONTINUOUS The Land Rover pulls up near the hadrosaur , which lets out a low huff. Owen and the other men slowly climb out as the former raises his hands, and st arts speaking to the Parasauroloph us in an indistinct voice. The hadrosaur stops its thrashing and looks at him. OWEN (softly) It’s okay, girl. You’re safe now. As the camera PANS DOWN, we see that the hadrosaur’s right hind foot is stuck in a large snare. It tries to shift its wait, but stumbles. OWEN (CONT’D) (softly ) Easy. Calm down. Owen walks closer to the hadrosaur, looking up at it and talking softly to it. We see its movements slow as it cranes its neck out, curious. Owen reaches out towards it, and we see the other men walking towards it, and we see what’s going on -- he’s distracting it. One of the men bends down by its hind foot and begins to undo the snare while Owen keeps the Parasaurolophus occupied He puts a han d on its snout as the two men finish undoing the snare and start backing away. OWEN (CONT’D) (softly) You see, girl? That wasn’t so bad. You’re gonna be okay now. Shaking its head and snorting, the Parasaurolophus looks at the two men , and then tries to mo ve its foot -- and it succeeds. Realizing it is free, the hadrosaur begins moving. The snare barely did any damage, so with little more than a slight limp, it begins thundering after the others. Sighing in relief, the second of the men turns to Owen and spea ks. 10 MAN 2 Who do you think did it? OWEN Well, I’d imagine those Extinction Now! guys might have had a hand in it. They’re not exactly well - intentioned when it comes to dinosaurs. The man shrug s MAN 2 Maybe. Owen look s at the retreating Parasaurolophus , and then down at his watch. OWEN Well, uh ... I’m gonna have to go Good luck with the other incidents, and sorry I couldn’t help out with those ones. MAN 2 All right. Bye, Owen. MAN 1 See ya! Owen walks to the Land Rover, pulls out his motorbike, and gets on it. As the last of the men wave goodbye to him, the camera slowly follows him as he drives off. The two other men get in the car as we FADE IN: INT. LOG CABIN – DAY Claire and Maisie sit at the table, still awaiting Owen’s return. The latter’s reading a palaeontology book , Dinosaurs of the Air , while Claire’s looking through a newspaper. 11 CLAIRE Apparently , there was a major incident in a drive - in theater up north. Tyrannosaurus It didn’t kill anyone itself, but it says, “the resulting pandemonium resulted in the deaths of seven people and serious injuries to dozens more ” -- The door opens, and in walks Owen. CLAIRE (CONT’D) Hey, Owen! How did it go? OWEN Well, a Parasaurolophus got trapped in a snare. We had to free it. He turns to look at Maisie. OWEN (CONT’D) How you been doing, kid? MAISIE I’m doing all right. I’ve just started that project I told you about. The one about how different dinosaur species interac t with the native wildlife. OWEN Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Anything interesting? MAISIE Besides the Apatosaurus , not really. OWEN I see. So, uh, what’re you hoping to see? Anything in particular? 12 MAISIE I’m hoping to see how the Nasutoceratops population interacts with bison. Whether they eat the same things, if they fight, that sort of thing. OWEN Right. MAISIE And then, of course, there’s the supposed commensalism between Compsognathus and Diplodocus -- you know, the one where the Compsognathus eat the sauropods’ dung? OWEN (grimacing) Oh, yeah. I forgot about that one. (beat) I tell you what. Y ou remind me of an old friend of mine from the Navy. He was really into animal behaviours and interactions. Luther Foulkes, his name was. You’d have probably liked the guy. MAISIE I bet I would There’s a brief moment of silence, and we hear the distant TRUMPETTING of Brach iosaurus CLAIRE So, uh, Maisie, we were thinking. There’s a county fair on tomorrow. We were thinking that ... maybe you would like to go with us? Maisie looks both surprised and excited -- actually, so does Owen. 13 MAISIE Really? OWEN (legitimately confused) Y -- y eah. It’d be the first thing we’ve done since ... since all this started. MAISIE (stumbling over her words) It ... it’d be brilliant Um, thank you! That’s ... that’s fantastic. CLAIRE All right, so it’s settled. We FADE IN: EX T. LOG CABIN – NIGHT Owen sits alone on a log by a campfire. We can see the cabin in the background, but it’s blurred. He stares wistfully ahead for a few moments, before the door opens. He looks up for just a moment as Claire steps out, but looks back dow n. OWEN Why didn’t you say anything? CLAIRE I wasn’t sure how you’d fe el. OWEN Don’t you at least think I have the right to know about something like this? Claire sighs and sits down on one of the other logs, picking up a piece of firewood and throwing it in. 14 CLAIRE We can’t keep her here forever. You and I both know that. OWEN (sighing) If they find her, we’re never gonna see her again. We gotta protect her. That’s our job. CLAIRE All her life, she’s been cooped up inside , barely ever allowed o ut. Just because she’s ... a clone ... doesn’t mean she should go through this. OWEN Jesus, Claire. You’ve forgotten everyone thinks we kidnapped her, huh? That they think we killed Norman Atherton? We can’t do it. We have to lie low. CLAIRE Just this once, then. Just so she can do ... something for once. Owen sighs and thinks for a moment, putting his hands on his temples. Finally, he looks at her again and speaks. OWEN If anything happens, it’s on you. Claire nods. CLAIRE I know. Which is exactly why I’m not gonna let anything happen. We FADE IN: 15 EXT. LOG CABIN – THE NEXT DAY Owen opens the door to a 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer and climbs inside. As the engine turns on, a 7 0s song, Queen’s “We Will Rock You”, begins playing. OWEN All right, let’s do this! Claire and Maisie walk out of the house, Maisie holding a small camera. OWEN (CONT’D) (to Maisie) Gonna take some photos, I see? MAISIE Yep. F or my project. I might take some of some of the animals at the fair, but I’m not sure yet. OWEN Right. Maisie climbs into the back seat, while Claire sits in the front next to Owen. The car starts up, and they start driving down the snowy road. As the car drives away, a pair of COMPSOGNATHUS hop onto the road, bickering over a small bug. We FADE IN: EXT. SPRINGTON COUNTY FAIR – DAY It’s midday, and the fair is bustling with tourists and locals. Paddocks containing animals are dotted around the place, as are small booths. TITLE: SPRINGTON CO UNTY, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 15 There’s a shadow overhead. We PAN UP to see it -- a seagull. There are a few of them flying above the fair, and nobody seems to be paying them any notice. We FOCUS on one man in particular, holding a beverage -- Owen. The wind pick s up and 16 he shields his face with his free hand as he walks over to Claire, who turns around and sees him. OWEN Hey. CLAIRE Hey. OWEN I got you a drink. He hands Claire the beverage. CLAIRE Thanks. Owen nods as he looks around, but then he looks confused, then concerned. OWEN Where’s Maisie? CLAIRE She’s ... I think she’s looking at the llamas? OWEN (incredulous) You don’t have a clue where she is, do you? CLAIRE (sighing) Nope. Owen sighs, his expression one of sheer disbelief, and he starts l ooking around in the hopes of seeing Maisie. There are a few adults, but no sign of her. 17 OWEN You said she was over by the llamas, right? CLAIRE Right. Claire and Owen run over to where the llamas are. The animals are separated into different pens by a t hick wire fence with paths between them. There’s no sign of Maisie anywhere. CLAIRE (shouting) Maisie! There’s no reply. CLAIRE (CONT’D) (shrugging) Well, shit. OWEN Why the hell would you let her out of your sight, anyway? She's a sixteen - year - old girl i n the middle of some c ounty fair in a place she ’ s never been to CLAIRE I don’t know, okay? Owen tries this time. OWEN (shouting) MAISIE! There’s no response Claire’s about to try again, when there’s another SHADOW overhead -- one that covers the entire walkway. There’s a loud CHITTERING sound from above them. They turn around and move out of the way just in time -- and the immense form of a pterosaur SLAMS down on the ground in where they were just standing. People begin running and 18 screaming as the creature – - a QUETZALCOATLUS -- gets to its feet. It begins aggressively SNAPPING at the people around it, LIFTING some of t hem off the ground and SWALLOWING them whole. It lunges forwards towards someone and begins cramming them into its throat OWEN (shouting) CLAIRE! CLAIRE (shouting) WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?! OWEN (shouting) We’ve got to find Maisie. The Quetzalcoatlus ’ head snaps up and it looks at them, SCREECHES, and charges. Claire and Owen begin running, but the Quetzalcoatlus is faster. It looks like it’s about to catch up when someone else runs from it. As its beak opens a huge , barbed tongue darts out, grasping onto the person and immediately bolt ing them down. Its initial targets forgotten, it begins devouring anyone -- or anything -- that gets too close. With a low hiss, it turns and takes another route, and then it suddenly vaults itself into the sky, its wings flicking outwards Its wings briefly blot out the sun as it takes to the skies. Claire and Owen watch the colossal winged reptile fly off, and there’s a brief silence. Claire’s eyes suddenly widen, and she looks around. C LAIRE Maisie ... (shouting) Maisie! No response. CLAI RE (CONT’D) (hyperventilating ) Okay ... We should split up ... She probably went over by the Ferris wheel ... there are more people over there ... There’s an escalator that leads up to where the -- 19 OWEN Claire, calm down. The kid can’t’ve gotten far. Claire rushes over to the llama enclosure. There’s no sign of Maisie anywhere. CLAIRE (unintentionally yelling) OWEN, SHE’S GONE! OWEN Maybe she got scared off by that asshole over there. He points at the Qu etzalcoatlus , now nothing more than a faint silhouette in the distance CLAIRE Owen, she’s gone. I just know it. The camera PANS, and outside the fairground we see a BLACK VAN parked on the side of the road. We see the words “BioSyn Genetics” inscribed on the back as it pulls away Owen looks, and just for a moment, he sees it. OWEN What the hell? The van disappears just after Claire looks. OWEN (CONT’D) (whispering) Claire, did you see that? CLAIRE What? OWEN The black van. There was a logo on the side. It said BioSyn Genetics 20 Claire looks both confused and horrified as she stares off in the direction the van went. CLAIRE BioSyn ... those guys from before were with BioSyn , right? The ones at the Ath erton Estate? OWEN Yeah. I think ... I think they just took Maisie. Claire doesn’t say anything. She just stares in horror at the spot where the van once was , her eyes wide. We FADE IN: INT. LOG CABIN – LATER Claire paces back and forth in the log cabin as Owen sits in a chair, trying to figure out what to do. CLAIRE We ... we can’t call the police. We’d be giving away our whereabouts, and that’s not what we want to be doing right now. OWEN We’ll call someone else then. W h at about Franklin? CLAIRE Owen, you seem to b e forgetting that he’s suffering from complex PTSD. OWEN Well, what about ... w hat about someone who has experience with genetics companies?