Getting the shot to turn Eruption into a movie could be a big deal for any studio. Both Crichton and Patterson are best-selling authors with multiple books that have been major blockbuster flicks. Crichton, for instance, is the writer who wrote the books that films and television series like Jurassic Park, Twister, and Westworld were adapted from.
Even now, Crichton remains unparalleled as the sole author linked to the highest-grossing movie, TV series, and book simultaneously in the U.S. His legacy continues to reverberate in Hollywood even 15 years posthumously. In addition to the Eruption book and movie, his name is being mentioned left and right thanks to the upcoming debut of Twisters in July, and rumors swirling around the filming of a new Jurassic Park movie in August.
