The ever busy filmmaker Steven Spielberg has now become attached to yet another project. This time around Spielberg will tackle a live-action adaptation of the novel Pirate Latitudes, written by the late Michael Crichton. So far though, Spielberg is only attached to the project as a producer, though he’s still in the unclear as to whether or not he should direct the movie himself. If he decides to do so, that probably means that the project isn’t something that will happen anytime soon, as the filmmaker already has a quite overbooked schedule with such upcoming projects as his Harvey remake, the fifth Indiana Jones flick, the Oldboy remake with Will Smith, and the sci-fi flick Interstellar written by The Dark Knight scribe Jonathan Nolan.

This isn’t the first time Spielberg will tackle the works of Crichton, who also wrote the novels that laid the groundwork for Spielberg’s popular dinosaur classic Jurassic Park, which had a screenplay from David Koepp, who is also attached to write the screenplay for Pirate Latitudes. The story is described by DreamWorks’ CEO Stacey Snider as “a daring plan to infiltrate Port Royal, one of the world’s richest and most notorious cities, and raid a Spanish galleon filled with treasure. 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.”

Hmm, this sure sounds like it will have a Pirates of the Caribbean vibe to it, which suits me just fine. If I can’t have more adventures with Jack anytime soon (which, whenever they come, will probably end up being ruined by Disney anyway, with stupid appearances by Disney Channel stars and whatnot), then this will do just fine. Bring it on Spielberg!

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