Yarrr! 'Flint & Silver' To Sail To the Big Screen
Filed under: Action, Classics, Deals, Remakes and Sequels
This Variety story comes with a bit of mystery because I cannot find a trace of the book or author anywhere. . .Material Entertainment has just won the rights to John Drake's debut novel Flint & Silver, an adult prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island. The book is set to be published later this year -- it must be much later, as there's nary a trace on Google. So all anyone knows is that it recounts the rivalry between Captain Flint and Long John Silver -- and since it's adult, it probably has wenches.
As Material is a joint venture between Entertainment Film Distributors and New Line Intl, I wonder if this will see a big release, or disappear into DVD obscurity like so many costume pieces. I certainly hope it's the former. I am always up for a swashbuckling pirate movie, and I hope this signals the first of a Jack Sparrow-inspired renaissance. I'd love to see some historical pirate tales tackled -- Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Captain Kidd, Grace O' Malley. . .endless possibilities!
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3-03-2008 @ 5:35AM
Al Shut said...
Sounds like it could be good, but since Silver is one of my favorite characters of all time I'll probably diislike it even if it's good. Damn overdone expectations
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3-01-2008 @ 6:10PM
alex said...
and it looks like Captain Jack is returning in 2011:
http://www.hollywood-newsroom.com/development/disney-to-release-tron-2-and-pirates-4-in-2011/
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3-20-2008 @ 1:22PM
Jim Lad said...
Hello
I've just googled this if it helps...
Flint and Silver is being published by Harper Collins.
The author is John Drake and here's a link to some blurb
about him.
http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/title.asp?AuthorID=104&TitleID=198
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