Filming on Ridley Scott’s Treasure Island is running late. It was due to start ten days ago, but it has not. The project remains in pre-production.
A report from The Ridley Scott Archives (via Dark Horizons) speculates that this is due to Scott undergoing a minor medical procedure and not being able to fly.
This also means he won’t be able to be in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Governors Awards where he will receive an honorary Oscar.
A rep for the 89-year-old confirms it is a minor procedure.
This version of Treasure Island was written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence) and stars Hugh Jackman, Hugh Grant, and Owen Cooper also star.
It still follows the classic story, set in the 18th century as young Jim Hawkins finds a map to Captain Flint’s long-lost treasure and boards the Hispaniola in search of it.
A mutiny led by the cunning, one-legged cook, Long John Silver (Jackman) throws plans into disarray.
The Robert Louis Stevenson original was was first published as a serial from 1881 to 1882 in the children’s magazine Young Folks where the title became Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola. It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883.
It is now one of the most widely adapted works of fiction in human history.
