Simon West ("Tomb Raider", "When A Stranger Calls") has optioned "Salty" from novelist Mark Haskell Smith as a new project for him to direct reports Reuters.
Smith is almost finished with the screenplay about a reformed sex-addicted bass player who gets dragged to Thailand for a vacation by his ex-supermodel wife.
While in Thailand, his wife is kidnapped by Thai pirates raising money to buy a new boat.
