There’s a Dinosaurs vs. Aliens movie concept being developed.
I was chatting with a friend about what the script for this would look like. If the dinosaurs speak English, that would be layering magic on top of magic. So maybe the dinosaurs don’t talk and just grunt? Then you’d end up with something like this:
DINO 1 Rawwwwwwr, ROOOOOaaaRRRRRRRr. DINO 2 (nods) Raw raw rooooar. Dino 1 cocks head. DINO 1 (through flaring nostrils) WOOOOOOshhhhhhhh? DINO 2 (enthusiastic) SLLLLLLLLLLLLURP.
The alternative is to have the dinosaurs grunt and roar in an “intelligent” manner and subtitle the expressions. The dinosaur subtitles can be soulful, angsty, full of doubt. Then you’d have a high-concept/art-house crossover hit.
That is a movie we’d pay to see.