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‘Free Solo’ Helmers Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi To Direct Screen Adaptation Of Michael Crichton James Patterson Bestseller ‘Eruption’


Free Solo Helmers Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi To Direct Screen Adaptation Of Michael Crichton James Patterson Volcano Bestseller 'Eruption'

Getty Images The duo will be in the center of meetings to be held next week in which they’ll pitch the book, a large scale earth-threatening thriller about a volcano explosion in Hawaii. Eruption is a big scale disaster novel tale that Crichton spent 20 years working on before his untimely death. It’s expected to be a big sale, continuing the legacy of the brilliant author behind everything from Jurassic Park, Westworld, Twister, ER and so many others.

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