10 Unmade Tim Burton Films That Would Have Been Awesome

8. Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park Tim Burton
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All right, this film turned out pretty good without him but you can't say you wouldn't be interested in seeing Tim Burton's take on Jurassic Park?

Yes, before Steven Spielberg made the famous movie in 1993 the film rights to Michael Crichton's bestseller were intensely fought over by Hollywood studios. The battle was primarily between Warner Bros and Burton, Sony and Richard Donner and 20th Century Fox and Joe Dante before Spielberg and Amblin won out.

As Burton never got his hands on the material, we'll never know what his take would have been but, knowing his influences, it can be assumed he would probably have been inspired by classic Hollywood monster films and B movies. In some alternate universe out there, audiences are currently loving/loathing the fourth installment in Tim Burton's Jurassic Park franchise...

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