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CrichtonSun, the film and TV production company overseeing the late Michael Crichton's vast literary archive, has signed a pact with Range Media Partners for future film and TV projects. Crichton, who died in 2008, was among the best-selling authors of his generation, known for Jurassic Park, Congo, Timeline and other books.

Also Read: 'Jurassic World: Dominion': Sam Neill Is Ready to Film Another Dinosaur Face-OffThe publishing and production company has worked to keep Crichton’s books on the best-seller list, including the more recent publications of “Pirate Latitudes,” “Dragon Teeth” and “Micro,” as well as a sequel to “The Andromeda Strain” called “The Andromeda Evolution” written by Daniel H.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe publishing and production entity of best-selling author Michael Crichton’s estate has signed with Range Media Partners, Variety has learned.CrichtonSun, run by Sherri Crichton and partner Laurent Bouzereau, will partner with Range to produce, package and develop a slate of projects from the Crichton archives.

Range Media Partners has signed CrichtonSun, the LA-based archive, publishing and production company of late author Michael Crichton which is overseen by President Sherri Crichton and her producing partner, Laurent Bouzereau.

When Steven Spielberg‘s massive blockbuster, Jurassic Park, hit the big screen in 1993, it was an immediate success. Based off Michael Crichton‘s book about a theme park filled with genetically created dinosaurs, we now have a multi-billion dollar franchise with 5 live-action films and counting.

HBO are set to adapt another Michael Crichton novel for a TV drama series, this time turning their attention to underwater thriller Sphere.Westworld executive producer and writer Denise Thé is attached, according to Deadline, alongside Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan’s Kilter Films (also known for their involvement in Westworld), Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey, and Warner Bros.

Robert Downey, Jr. is helping to develop a new drama series based on Michael Crichton’s sci-fi novel Sphere.The Avengers star and his producer wife Susan Downey have joined forces with Westworld writer and executive producer Denise The, among others, for the HBO project.Adapted by The, Sphere will take viewers on a deep dive into the ocean to examine a newly-discovered alien spacecraft.The 1987 book was previously turned into a film starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Jackson.

HBO is going all in on Michael Crichton.

Will Thorne Staff WriterHBO is plotting a return to the “Sphere.”The premium cabler is developing a sci-fi series based on Michael Crichton’s 1987 novel, which was previously adapted into the 1998 film starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO is developing drama series Sphere based on Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name, from Westworld executive producer/writer Denise Thé, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan’s Kilter Films (Westworld), Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey and Warner Bros.

For the past seven years, showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan have dedicated their professional lives to “Westworld,” HBO’s sprawling and cerebral sci-fi series loosely based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie. In the story, a race of artificially intelligent robots in the not-too-distant future violently rises up against the humans who’ve used and abused them for sport.

HBO’s “Westworld” will return for its third season on March 15, the cabler announced Sunday.