Trivia / Pirate Latitudes

• Development Hell A film adaptation based on the book was announced by Steven Speilberg and Dream Works S in August 2009 with David Koepp writing the script.
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: Nobody knows exactly when Crichton finished the book, or why he never submitted it to his publishers, but it appears he had been working on it since the mid-1970s.