Screenwriter James Coyne is taking a pass at the big budget action-adventure adaptation of Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Treasure Island from Warner Brothers. Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram are producing under their first-look deal with the studio.
TREASURE ISLAND
Logline: An ex-military man and his son search for a warlord’s buried treasure off the coast of South Africa.
Scribe duo set for a pirate adventure!
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Logline: While seeking buried treasure, a ship’s crew plans to mutiny against the captain, which presents problems for a teenaged cabin boy.
