A couple of months ago, director Colin Tervorrow was scouting locations for Jurassic Park IV, with plans to shoot imminently for a 2014 release. However Universal decided the timeframe was just too short, so the project was delayed and now won’t be coming until 2015.

Trevorrow is keen to let us know that the project is still on track though, as he’s been talking to SchmoesKnow about having original Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg on board as an executive producer. He says, “It’s incredible to have Steven, who’s done this for decades and has such an incredible filmic knowledge and just understands the language of the story in a way that for us is very refreshing. It’s not like getting notes from a studio executive, it’s really just trying to crack this and make it the best it can be.”

When asked if it was a reboot, he explained that he knows how much the original trilogy means to the fans.”We don’t want to create a new scoop here, but we definitely want to honor what came before us,” he says. “We are very aware of how much a certain generation especially cares about this movie and we talk about it all the time and really the conversation is: It’s not about us, it’s not about our careers, it’s – how do we make something that can stand with the first one?”

Nothing has been confirmed about the story, but the latest rumours suggest that the plot is set on Isla Nublar, the site of the original Jurassic Park (the sequels were on a different island). The suggestion is that it’s now opened as an amusement park, featuring live, tame dinosaurs. Inevitably things go wrong when a new dinosaur finds a way to cause chaos on the island.

After years of planning, it looked like Jurassic Park IV was finally going ahead, with a 2014 release date and Colin Trevorrow set to direct. However a few weeks ago Universal put it on hold indefinitely, while they sorted out issues with the script.

However now at the annual Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, it’s been revealed that the movie is still alive and well, and is now slated for a 2015 release. It was also revealed that it will be shot in 3D. Universal hasn’t confirmed an exact release date, but it seems likely they will aim for a summer 2015 debut.

The first inkling that things were back in motion came last week when director Colin Trevorrow tweeted that he was, ‘Back at work today, toys from 20 years ago waiting in my office. Thanks @ledoctor for keeping them in the box.’

Colin Trevorrow is directing from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). No cast members have been confirmed yet.

A few days ago, director Colin Trevorrow tweeted a location scouting pic for Jurassic Park 4, which suggested to most people the film was really going to happen after years of delays and rumours. However the film has now been put on hold by Universal and Amblin Entertainment.

The production schedule was already very ambitious, as the script is still in the middle of being written, and filming would have had to begin in the next couple of months if it was going to hit its June 13th 2014 release date. A tweet from THR’s Borys Kit, suggests the problem was a realisation the movie was simply too big to rush, he says the draft of the script Universal received a couple of days ago was “Way more epic and ambitious than they were prepared for.”

The delay was apparently done in coordination with the filmmakers, seemingly as everyone realised more time would be better. At the moment it does seem the studio is still keen to go ahead with the film, even if it’s not clear exactly when. However as the film has been on and off for a decade, yet another delay is bound to disappoint fans.

Since his sci-fi indie debut, Safety Not Guaranteed, Colin Trevorrow’s name has been rumoured for everything from Star Wars VII to a remake of Flight Of The Navigator, but now he’s landed a major gig, as Universal has announced (via Deadline) that he will helm the long-gestating Jurassic Park IV, which is currently set for release on June 13th, 2014.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver are on screenplay duties, but no story details have been released at this time. Frank Marshall is producing alongside Patrick Crowley, with original Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg serving as an executive producer.

And as you would expect nowadays, the movie will be shot in 3D.

The first three movies Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Jurassic Park III, have grossed over $2 billion worldwide. The original Jurassic Park will be re-released in theaters with an all new 3D conversion on April 5.

Let’s just hope it’s better than Jurassic Park III. Recent rumours have suggested the movie will shoot this summer in Louisiana.