{"id":1907665,"date":"2026-04-28T17:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907665"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:11:23","slug":"jurassic-park-star-sam-neill-shares-positive-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1907665","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic Park Star Sam Neill Shares Positive Health Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-28683165 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/jurassic-park\">Jurassic Park<\/a> star Sam Neill has shared an &#8220;extraordinary&#8221; health update, after undergoing a cutting-edge scientific process to help fight his cancer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Back in 2023, the 78-year-old movie star announced he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer that he has since spent years fighting with regular chemotherapy. However, Neill has said his treatment sadly got to the point where it was no longer working \u2014 leaving him with little option but to begin a new clinical trial. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I was on chemotherapy,&#8221; Neill told <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/sam-neill-reveals-cancer-battle-and-fight-for-life-saving-treatment-access-c-22195450\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7News<\/a>, via <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jurassic-park-star-sam-neill-reveals-health-update-cancer-11959972\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. &#8220;Pretty miserable business, but it was keeping me alive,&#8221; he continued, before revealing that after years of treatment, he was then told the chemotherapy had suddenly stopped working. &#8220;I was at a loss, and it looked like I was on the way out, which wasn&#8217;t ideal, obviously,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Ranking the Jurassic Park Movies<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"It's time to rank the Jurassic movies from worst to best! This list was based on a vote from IGN\u2019s Jurassic experts, so if you have an issue with it, take it up with the democratic process. Let\u2019s get into it!\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6. Jurassic World Dominion&lt;p&gt;\n\nThe most recent Jurassic film also has the ignominious honor of being rated the worst. There was a lot of potential for Dominion after the ending of Fallen Kingdom, which teased the human world being invaded by dinosaurs. Instead, Dominion squanders that setup and falls prey to many legacy sequel traps, trying to trade in nostalgia and fan service over storytelling. It also invokes more of the techno-thriller aspects of Michael Crichton\u2019s original novel (good idea) with a subplot about genetically-engineered evil locusts (bad idea). It\u2019s not a complete wash; the chase scene in Malta is fun and there is a surface-level pleasure in seeing the original Jurassic trio of Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm together in the same room again, but overall, it\u2019s just not a great movie. Shoutout to Bryce Dallas Howard for wearing some great plaid shirts, though!\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 7 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom&lt;p&gt;\n\nFallen Kingdom is undoubtedly the most divisive entry in the series, with some of our team voting it among the best and others voting it the absolute worst. It evened out to the fifth spot, yet there\u2019s still a lot to recommend here. The dinosaur haunted house gives the back half of the film a delightful Gothic sensibility, the volcano set piece is pretty good, and it at least tries to introduce some new ideas into what had become a stale series premise-wise. That said, the new characters are mostly one-dimensional, the dinosaur auction feels weird given how little money the dinosaurs cost and there not being much elaboration on what the bidders want them for, and many viewers simply couldn\u2019t get behind Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) setting the dinosaurs free at the end, which is perfectly understandable. It\u2019s a weird entry that seems to be a firmly \u201clove it or hate it\u201d affair.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4. Jurassic Park III&lt;p&gt;\n\nThe least successful Jurassic film (at the box office, anyway) comes in fourth place, and it\u2019s easy to see why. It\u2019s not a terrible film or anything, but it\u2019s decidedly unambitious, settling for \u201cyet another go around\u201d instead of anything new. Alan Grant and a bunch of new characters are given an excuse to go to the dinosaur island, and they get chased around the dinosaur island until they escape. The end. Still, the movie did include some solid set pieces like the Spinosaurus attack on the river and the pteranodon aviary sequence, both of which were inspired by scenes from the original Crichton novel that never made it into the first film. Plus, Joe Johnston turns in solid journeyman direction and moves things along at a brisk pace. That said, the series definitely needed a fresher take after this one.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3. Jurassic World&lt;p&gt;\n\nThat fresher take arrived in Jurassic World, which had perhaps one of the best one-sentence setups of the 2010s: \u201cThe park is open.\u201d After all of John Hammond\u2019s failures, someone else took up the mantle and successfully created a Jurassic Park, only for that one to also come crumbling down because of a deep-rooted cynicism that had festered inside of the park\u2019s managers. The Indominus Rex, manufactured to give the park a promotional boost it didn\u2019t need, makes for a great monster that tears out of its cage, setting up a Rube Goldberg plot of toppling dominos that blows up the rest of the park in spectacular fashion. From trained velociraptors hunting alongside motorcycles, to the pteranodons laying siege to the park\u2019s main strip, to the Indominus battling the classic T-Rex in the finale, Jurassic World was full of maximalist blockbuster action and successfully relaunched the franchise.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park&lt;p&gt;\n\nThe series\u2019 first sequel is also the only one to be helmed by original director Steven Spielberg, who turns in one of the weirdest movies in his filmography. It has some excellent set pieces and plenty of dinosaurs, as well as the welcome return of Jeff Goldblum\u2019s Ian Malcolm, Julianne Moore as new lead Sarah Harding, and the late, great Pete Postlethwaite as big-game hunter Roland Tembo. Despite all this,The Lost World never quite matches the original for sheer inventiveness or emotional resonance. This likely comes down to Spielberg not having the same level of enthusiasm as he did for the previous film, with the studio pressuring both him and Crichton to deliver a sequel to what was at the time the biggest box-office hit in history. Still, it can make for quality viewing, especially when it ends on the T-Rex rampaging through San Diego.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Thankfully, Neill was able to try CAR T-cell therapy \u2014 a form of immunotherapy that genetically modifies a patient&#8217;s T-cells to recognize and attack cancer at the source. Patients undergoing the treatment first have a sample of their own white blood cells collected, which are then reprogrammed to &#8220;see&#8221; the cancer cells and kill them off once re-infused back into the body.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve had a scan just now, and there is no cancer in my body. This is an extraordinary thing,&#8221; Neil said. &#8220;Science at its best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The past few months have seen Neill back in action once more, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/a-cgi-embalming-xfinitys-jurassic-park-super-bowl-ad-features-digitally-de-aged-sam-neil-laura-dern-and-jeff-goldblum\">reuniting with his former Jurassic Park co-stars Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum for a Super Bowl commercial<\/a> that also featured some fairly wonky digital de-aging technology. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;It&#8217;s time I did another movie,&#8221; Neill has said now \u2014 something that few of his fans will argue with. But while he&#8217;s not yet set for another Jurassic World return, the actor is still about to grapple with legendary beasts once more \u2014 in <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/godzilla-x-kong-supernova\">Godzilla x Kong: Supernova<\/a>, due for launch in 2027. <\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: Chris Hyde\/Getty Images for AFI.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/jurassic-park\">Jurassic Park<\/a> star Sam Neill has shared an &#8220;extraordinary&#8221; health update, after undergoing a cutting-edge scientific process to help fight his cancer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Back in 2023, the 78-year-old movie star announced he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer that he has since spent years fighting with regular chemotherapy. However, Neill has said his treatment sadly got to the point where it was no longer working \u2014 leaving him with little option but to begin a new clinical trial. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I was on chemotherapy,&#8221; Neill told <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/sam-neill-reveals-cancer-battle-and-fight-for-life-saving-treatment-access-c-22195450\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7News<\/a>, via <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jurassic-park-star-sam-neill-reveals-health-update-cancer-11959972\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. &#8220;Pretty miserable business, but it was keeping me alive,&#8221; he continued, before revealing that after years of treatment, he was then told the chemotherapy had suddenly stopped working. &#8220;I was at a loss, and it looked like I was on the way out, which wasn&#8217;t ideal, obviously,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Ranking the Jurassic Park Movies<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"It's time to rank the Jurassic movies from worst to best! This list was based on a vote from IGN\u2019s Jurassic experts, so if you have an issue with it, take it up with the democratic process. Let\u2019s get into it!\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6. Jurassic World Dominion&lt;p&gt;\n\nThe most recent Jurassic film also has the ignominious honor of being rated the worst. There was a lot of potential for Dominion after the ending of Fallen Kingdom, which teased the human world being invaded by dinosaurs. Instead, Dominion squanders that setup and falls prey to many legacy sequel traps, trying to trade in nostalgia and fan service over storytelling. It also invokes more of the techno-thriller aspects of Michael Crichton\u2019s original novel (good idea) with a subplot about genetically-engineered evil locusts (bad idea). It\u2019s not a complete wash; the chase scene in Malta is fun and there is a surface-level pleasure in seeing the original Jurassic trio of Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm together in the same room again, but overall, it\u2019s just not a great movie. Shoutout to Bryce Dallas Howard for wearing some great plaid shirts, though!\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 7 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom&lt;p&gt;\n\nFallen Kingdom is undoubtedly the most divisive entry in the series, with some of our team voting it among the best and others voting it the absolute worst. It evened out to the fifth spot, yet there\u2019s still a lot to recommend here. The dinosaur haunted house gives the back half of the film a delightful Gothic sensibility, the volcano set piece is pretty good, and it at least tries to introduce some new ideas into what had become a stale series premise-wise. That said, the new characters are mostly one-dimensional, the dinosaur auction feels weird given how little money the dinosaurs cost and there not being much elaboration on what the bidders want them for, and many viewers simply couldn\u2019t get behind Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) setting the dinosaurs free at the end, which is perfectly understandable. It\u2019s a weird entry that seems to be a firmly \u201clove it or hate it\u201d affair.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4. Jurassic Park III&lt;p&gt;\n\nThe least successful Jurassic film (at the box office, anyway) comes in fourth place, and it\u2019s easy to see why. It\u2019s not a terrible film or anything, but it\u2019s decidedly unambitious, settling for \u201cyet another go around\u201d instead of anything new. Alan Grant and a bunch of new characters are given an excuse to go to the dinosaur island, and they get chased around the dinosaur island until they escape. The end. Still, the movie did include some solid set pieces like the Spinosaurus attack on the river and the pteranodon aviary sequence, both of which were inspired by scenes from the original Crichton novel that never made it into the first film. Plus, Joe Johnston turns in solid journeyman direction and moves things along at a brisk pace. That said, the series definitely needed a fresher take after this one.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3. Jurassic World&lt;p&gt;\n\nThat fresher take arrived in Jurassic World, which had perhaps one of the best one-sentence setups of the 2010s: \u201cThe park is open.\u201d After all of John Hammond\u2019s failures, someone else took up the mantle and successfully created a Jurassic Park, only for that one to also come crumbling down because of a deep-rooted cynicism that had festered inside of the park\u2019s managers. The Indominus Rex, manufactured to give the park a promotional boost it didn\u2019t need, makes for a great monster that tears out of its cage, setting up a Rube Goldberg plot of toppling dominos that blows up the rest of the park in spectacular fashion. From trained velociraptors hunting alongside motorcycles, to the pteranodons laying siege to the park\u2019s main strip, to the Indominus battling the classic T-Rex in the finale, Jurassic World was full of maximalist blockbuster action and successfully relaunched the franchise.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park&lt;p&gt;\n\nThe series\u2019 first sequel is also the only one to be helmed by original director Steven Spielberg, who turns in one of the weirdest movies in his filmography. It has some excellent set pieces and plenty of dinosaurs, as well as the welcome return of Jeff Goldblum\u2019s Ian Malcolm, Julianne Moore as new lead Sarah Harding, and the late, great Pete Postlethwaite as big-game hunter Roland Tembo. Despite all this,The Lost World never quite matches the original for sheer inventiveness or emotional resonance. This likely comes down to Spielberg not having the same level of enthusiasm as he did for the previous film, with the studio pressuring both him and Crichton to deliver a sequel to what was at the time the biggest box-office hit in history. Still, it can make for quality viewing, especially when it ends on the T-Rex rampaging through San Diego.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Thankfully, Neill was able to try CAR T-cell therapy \u2014 a form of immunotherapy that genetically modifies a patient&#8217;s T-cells to recognize and attack cancer at the source. Patients undergoing the treatment first have a sample of their own white blood cells collected, which are then reprogrammed to &#8220;see&#8221; the cancer cells and kill them off once re-infused back into the body.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve had a scan just now, and there is no cancer in my body. This is an extraordinary thing,&#8221; Neil said. &#8220;Science at its best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The past few months have seen Neill back in action once more, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/a-cgi-embalming-xfinitys-jurassic-park-super-bowl-ad-features-digitally-de-aged-sam-neil-laura-dern-and-jeff-goldblum\">reuniting with his former Jurassic Park co-stars Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum for a Super Bowl commercial<\/a> that also featured some fairly wonky digital de-aging technology. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;It&#8217;s time I did another movie,&#8221; Neill has said now \u2014 something that few of his fans will argue with. But while he&#8217;s not yet set for another Jurassic World return, the actor is still about to grapple with legendary beasts once more \u2014 in <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/godzilla-x-kong-supernova\">Godzilla x Kong: Supernova<\/a>, due for launch in 2027. <\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: Chris Hyde\/Getty Images for AFI.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurassic Park star Sam Neill has shared an &#8220;extraordinary&#8221; health update, after undergoing a cutting-edge scientific process to help fight his cancer. Back in 2023, the 78-year-old movie star announced he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer that he has since spent years fighting with regular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,243],"class_list":["post-1907665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-ign-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1907665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1907665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1907665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1907665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}