(Left) Hugh Jackman at the 16th Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Credit/Provider: Nick Agro / The Academy Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Oscar®-nominee Ridley Scott arrives at The 88th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Credit/Provider: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: Scott Diussa.
Preview:
- Ridley Scott has boarded a new take on ‘Treasure Island’.
- Hugh Jackman will play pirate Long John Silver.
- The package is out to studios.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel ‘Treasure Island’ is one of those perennial titles that is always seemingly being adapted in different mediums. It’s even been through Muppet movie treatment.
Now Ridley Scott, whose latest film, post-apocalyptic tale ‘The Dog Stars’ lands in theaters in a couple of months, is aboard a take on the tale. And he has Hugh Jackman attached to play notorious pirate Long John Silver (see more on the story below).
“At the end of the world, no one survives alone.”
Release Date: Aug 28, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Budget: $110,000,000
Per Deadline, the new potential movie exists as a package up for grabs by studios right now –– Scott’s regular collaborators at 20th Century Studios passed so as not to compete with corporate parent Disney’s development of future ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ films –– but we expect this one to be snapped up quickly.
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What’s the story of ‘Treasure Island’?
(L to R) Sam the Eagle, Kermit the Frog, Tim Curry, Kevin Bishop, and Gonzo in 1996’s ‘Muppet Treasure Island.’ Photo courtesy of Disney.
With ‘Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne (who also recently adapted another classic novel in ‘Lord of the Flies’) on script duty, the new film is reportedly a fresh take on Stevenson’s novel.
That story follows a young boy who uncovers the map to a legendary buried treasure, and he embarks on a perilous sea voyage to claim a hidden fortune, only to find himself locked in a deadly battle of wits with the charismatic and treacherous pirate Long John Silver (Jackman).
Where else can we see Hugh Jackman?
(L to R) Julia-Louis Dreyfus as the voice of Lily and Hugh Jackman as George Hardy in ‘The Sheep Detectives’, from Amazon MGM Studios. Photo credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. © 2026 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Most recently seen in cozy, wooly murder mystery ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ Jackman will be back on screens in another classic, much-adapted tale, this time ‘The Death of Robin Hood,’ due in theaters on June 19.
Hugh Jackman stars in ‘The Death of Robin Hood’. Photo: A24.
