Australian film-makers Michael and Peter Spierig, have been hired by Warners to script a 'space opera' version of the 1935 pirate swashbuckler film "Captain Blood", updating author Rafael Sabatini's story about Dr. 'Peter Blood', who leaves his practice to become a pirate.
Sabatini also wrote two additional novels featuring 'Peter Blood', including "Captain Blood Returns" in 1930 and "The Fortunes of Captain Blood" in 1936.
