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Warner Bros. won’t let fans stream the TV show Westworld, but the company is about to go back to the park in a big way. David Koepp, the writer who adapted Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park for the big screen, is currently writing a new film adaptation of Westworld, which is also a Crichton property.
Crichton wrote and directed the Westworld movie in 1973, which told the story of a western-themed park where people could go to live out their wildest dreams. In 2016, it became a buzzy, fan-favorite HBO show that ran for four seasons. And no, that TV show is no longer available to stream on HBO Max, but according to Deadline, a “major filmmaker” is circling this new adaptation.
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