Jurassic Park IV, which has been rumored for years now, might actually be happening.  One of the latest rumors about the movie involves an insane story about the US Government training dinosaurs to carry weapons, which actually isn’t such a new rumor – it was brought up a few years ago, at which time most people laughed at it (and not in the good way).

The source of the latest rumor about the film is Bloody Disgusting, who claims that Universal Pictures has started casting for Jurassic Park IV, and that the film will involve raptors armed with machine guns. Supposedly, shooting will begin later this year on Kauai in Hawaii.  Laura Dern will reportedly be back, but Sam Neill won’t be.

The whole storyline about the government training dinos to operate weaponry is just plain bizarre, and doesn’t make much sense.  I mean, what human could take on a huge dinosaur anyways?  Rockets and bombs could do damage to the giant reptiles, but arming them with guns won’t accomplish much.  Right?

It sounds like it should be one of those lousy, direct-to-DVD releases, but with the impending strikes and rush to crank out films, I think they’ll try to give this stinker a run at the theaters anyways.