Filming on Ridley Scott’s high seas feature “Treasure Island” was supposed to begin at the start of the month. Ten days on, nothing has happened with the film still reportedly in pre-production according to The Ridley Scott Archives.
The outlet claims filming on the Sony Pictures project appears to be on hold and it seemingly ties into reports in the trades yesterday that Scott apparently underwent a minor medical procedure last week.
As a result he’s been advised not to fly while he is still healing, and won’t be able to attend the Governors Awards on Sunday in LA where he’s receiving an honorary Oscar (his first).
The 89-year-old Scott underwent a knee replacement surgery in August last year with speculation that it might tie back to that. Scott’s rep Simon Halls classifies it as only “a really minor procedure” according to People Magazine.
Jack Thorne (“Adolescence”) penned the “Treasure Island” script, based on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel, with Hugh Jackman in the lead role while Hugh Grant and Owen Cooper also star.
The 18th-century coming-of-age story follows young Jim Hawkins as he finds a map to Captain Flint’s long-lost fortune and embarks on a perilous voyage aboard the Hispaniola.
Aboard the ship, Jim and the crew face mutiny led by the cunning, one-legged cook, Long John Silver (Jackman) – but ultimately outsmart the pirates to claim the gold. The work famously created many aspects of pirate lore.
