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UK production company Ecosse Films will update Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island, reports Variety.
The new take on the swashbuckling 19th century pirate story, which will follow the adventures of Long John Silver and narrator Jim Hawkins, is said to take inspiration from the recent Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes revival.
Niall Johnson has been hired to script the adventure movie, which Douglas Rae and Robert Bernstein will produce.
Among the numerous screen adaptations of Stevenson's book are the 1950's Bobby Driscoll-led film, a Charlton Heston TV version in 1990 and a Muppets telling of the story in 1996 with Tim Curry as Long John Silver.
The new take on the swashbuckling 19th century pirate story, which will follow the adventures of Long John Silver and narrator Jim Hawkins, is said to take inspiration from the recent Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes revival.
Niall Johnson has been hired to script the adventure movie, which Douglas Rae and Robert Bernstein will produce.
Among the numerous screen adaptations of Stevenson's book are the 1950's Bobby Driscoll-led film, a Charlton Heston TV version in 1990 and a Muppets telling of the story in 1996 with Tim Curry as Long John Silver.
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