Chin and Vasarhelyi also will produce.

They made their narrative directing debut onNyad, which got Oscar noms for Annette Bening and Jodie Foster.

However, a secret held for decades by the U.S. military is far more terrifying than any volcano.

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Michael Crichton and James Patterson ‘Eruption’

The deal forEruptionwas made by Salernos The Story Factory and CAA.

The novel went out to buyers in early Mayas Deadline first reported.

Sherri Crichton found her husbands writing, notes and research and drafted Patterson to finish the book.

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Crichton and Patterson have combined global book sales around 700 million.

Crichtons heavily researched, science-grounded novels have been catnip to filmmakers and studios.

The best-selling author produced and co-wrote the original 1996 blockbuster.