Spielberg to adapt Michael Crichton’s ‘Pirate Latitudes’
Michael Crichton’s last book to be given a Hollywood makeover
Steven Spielberg wants to get his hands on some booty. Pirate booty.
In a report from USA Today, the acclaimed director and producer has major interest in Michael Crichton’s posthumously published novel Pirate Latitudes. “Michael wrote a real page-turner that already seems suited for the big screen,” he said. “Michael and I have had almost two decades of solid collaborations. Whenever I made a film from a Michael Crichton book or screenplay, I knew I was in good hands. Michael felt the same, and we like to think he still does.”
Spielberg has already hired David Koepp, who adapted Crichton’s most famous novel Jurassic Park, to begin work on Pirate Latitudes.
DreamWorks co-chair and CEO Stacey Snider added, “It’s a mission movie, and we see it through the prism of what it might have been like to live on the island during that time. Anything that Michael wrote, Steven would be keenly interested to read. But without Michael knowing it, or even me knowing it, it turns out Steven always wanted to direct his own pirate film.”
Michael Crichton’s Pirate Latitudes hits shelves on November 24th.
