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Pirate Latitudes
Release Date: TBA
SubscribeGenres: Adventure, Historical
Production Phase: Script Stage
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Who's Making It: David Koepp (Screenwriter), Steven Spielberg (Producer), Michael Crichton (Creator - Writer),
Premise: In 1655, a group of pirates hatch a plan to plunder the treasure from a Spanish galleon docked in the heavily-guarded Port Royal harbor.... More »
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The screen rights to the second-to-last finished novel of Michael Crichton have gone to DreamWorks with the potential for Steven Spielberg to direct the movie. Screenwriter David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Lost World: Jurassic Park) has been hired to adapt Crichton's book, Pirate Latitudes.
"With the E.R. series and Jurassic Park series, I enjoyed one of the best collaborations of my career. Now with Pirate Latitudes, I and all of us at DreamWorks have the chance to be excited about bringing this new Michael Crichton work to the screen," said DreamWorks principal Steven Spielberg in a release.
HarperCollins is publishing the novel on November 24. [Full story]
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