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The very busy Steven Spielberg is set to develop a film based on his late pal Michael Crichton's posthumously published novel Pirate Latitudes reports USA Today.

Arriving in bookstores around Thanksgiving, the adventure tale is set off the coast of Jamaica in 1665. The story involves 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.

Screenwriter David Koepp,, who adapted Crichton's novels“Jurassic Park” and the sequel “The Lost World” for the big screen has signed on to write the script for the film.

Spielberg on the book, "Michael wrote a real page-turner that already seems suited for the big screen. 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 plans to produce and is considering directing, but will wait on Koepp's script before making any decision. Spielberg is also sitting on a remake of Harvey possibly producing a live-action Halo pic, and even the sci-fi flick Interstellar written by The Dark Knight scribe Jonathan Nolan

Pirates of the Caribbean is a fun film franchise and all--but expect Crichton to have taken the lore of these treacherous sea farriers up a notch.