Tuesday, September 22, 2020

HBO to Make Sphere Series



HBO Max is playing to make a series of Michael Crichton's novel Sphere. Very exciting news given the fastastic job HBO has done with Westworld. Sphere is a novel with limitless possibilities.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Read an Excerpt from Michael Crichton's Dragon Teeth


USA Today has published an excerpt of the recently discovered Michael Crichton novel Dragon Teeth.

Check it out!

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Michael Crichton Manuscript to be Published in 2017


An unpublished book by Michael Crichton is scheduled to be published by Harper Collins in May 2017. Crichton's widow, Sherri Crichton, discovered the manuscript Dragon Teeth while going through his archives.

From the press release:

Michael Crichton’s DRAGON TEETH follows the notorious rivalry between real-life paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh during a time of intense fossil speculation and discovery in the American West in 1878. The story unfolds through the adventures of a young fictional character named William Johnson who is apprenticed first to one, then to the other and not only makes discoveries of historic proportion, but transforms into an inspiring hero only Crichton could have imagined. Known for his meticulous research, Crichton uses Marsh and Copes’ heated competition during the ‘Bone Wars,’ the golden age of American fossil hunting, as the basis for a thrilling story set in the wilds of the American West.

Sherri Crichton has been working to honor her late husband by creating the Michael Crichton Archives through her company CrichtonSun. “When I came across the DRAGON TEETH manuscript in the files, I was immediately captivated. It has Michael’s voice, his love of history, research and science all dynamically woven into an epic tale.” She traced its genesis back to correspondence between Crichton and Professor Edwin H. Colbert, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History. “DRAGON TEETH was clearly a very important book for Michael. I’m so pleased to continue the long relationship that he shared with HarperCollins with its publication.”

I've seen mentions of unpublished projects in Michael Crichton's interviews, but I don't remember anything about this one. Time to go through my own Michael Crichton archives. When Pirates Latitudes was published, I discovered that Crichton had mentioned it in an interview.


The Origin of Pirate Latitudes

Origins of Pirate Latitudes - Part 2

There's something else to look forward to. National Geographic is planning a mini-series based on Dragon Teeth.


From The Hollywood Reporter:

“Given Michael’s history with Amblin, and his love of science, I am delighted to have found the perfect home for Dragon Teeth at Nat Geo,” said Sherri Crichton. “Dragon Teeth was a very important book for Michael and is another example of his immense talent and versatility as a writer and his appreciation and understanding of a great page in the history of paleontology.”

Friday, October 23, 2015

73 Years Ago


73 years ago, an extraordinary thing happened. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago. For many of us, that event would affect our lives in unimaginable ways.

Crichton's work is still sparking new interpretations. We had the release of Jurassic World this summer and we'll be looking forward to the HBO remake of Westworld.

And check out the changes on Michael Crichton's official website. The folks over there have done an extraordinary job in remaking the website.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Jurassic World—The Park is Open!


Jurassic World opened on Thursday June 11 and the numbers are in.

The tagline for the film is:
“The Park is Open”
And how! According to Forbes, Jurassic World had the largest worldwide opening for a film ever—taking in $524 million over the weekend.

From the article:
It is already the fifth-biggest worldwide grosser of 2015 (it will be third in a matter of days), the third-biggest domestic box office champion of the year, and the 134th-biggest worldwide box office champion ever.

I’m imagining a sign reading “The Park is Open” in giant letters. Underneath is smaller printer reading:
We’ve got it right this time. Really. You can trust us.
And in even smaller print:
Please read all the legalese on the back of your ticket regarding our liability for your safety.


Thursday, June 11, 2015

Grantland Article Examines Michael Crichton's Literary History


His Jurassic World: Author Michael Crichton’s Entertainment Odyssey and Lasting Cultural Impact

This article by Michael Weinreb, (in which yours truly is quoted), examines Crichton’s earlier works.

From the article:
My favorite of the John Lange books is Drug of Choice, a trippy little book involving that inexplicable blue urine and models and an illusory island; it ends with a lecture about the power of corporations. “Do you want to live in a certain neighborhood?” a villain named Harvey Blood (seriously) declares. “Do you find certain food tasty? Do you prefer certain climates, clothes, cars, paintings, movies, books, films, toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, singers? Don’t you see your preferences are all conditioned? Don’t you see you are manipulated every minute of your life? You’re manipulated by Procter and Gamble, by Ford, by MGM, by Random House, by Brooks, by Bergdorf, by Revlon, by Upjohn—’’

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