News about Michael Crichton

Montana man to be sentenced for unthinkable crime on sheep

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 30, 2024
Arthur 'Jack' Schubarth of Vaughn, 81, faces five years in jail. His attorney described his client's efforts as being like 'Jurassic Park'.

'ER' creator Michael Crichton's widow is locked in a legal battle with Warner Bros. over new Noah Wyle medical drama The Pitt branding it a 'personal betrayal'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 29, 2024
ER ran from 1994 to 2009 and followed the lives of several doctors who worked at the fictionalized Cook County General Hospital in Chicago (Pictured, left). Max's upcoming series, titled 'The Pitt,' will be a medical drama set in Pittsburgh, as opposed to 'ER's' Chicago setting. But Sherri Crichton, widow of the show's creator Michael Crichton (both pictured, right) says Warner Bros. developed the show without his estate's permission

How much are my first edition Jurassic Park and In Cold Blood books worth? DAN HATFIELD replies

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 23, 2024
Welcome to our new Modern Treasures series, where expert valuer Dan Hatfield runs the rule over your items and collections. This week, first edition books are in the spotlight - a copy of Jurassic Park bought by our reader for £9 at a charity shop, and In Cold Blood, a special milestone gift from a friend.

Universal Pictures and director David Leitch's July 2025 launch date for a Jurassic World reboot

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 6, 2024
Universal Pictures is transitioning into the next Jurassic period, with one of Jurassic World's reboot set for July 2, 2025. According to Deadline, the studio had staked its claim for a 'event film' that would now be this project. On that date, the currently untitled film will premiered in theaters, but it will appear nine days before Warner Bros' Superman: Legacy.

According to watch watcher SIMON MILLS, the original tick-tock stars: For men who like to wear their art on their wrist, certain secondhand timepieces really get pulses racing

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 5, 2023
According to watch watcher Simon Mills, you don't get to touch another man's (rare) Omega Flightmaster chronograph from the 1970s. Then came the questions about functionality, reliability, "power reserve," and provenance. The subtle differences in earlier and later models, its success with Soviet cosmonauts, and a celebrity endorsement in the form of thriller writer Michael Crichton are among the many aspects of thriller writer Michael Crichton.

How other artists have retaliated after a German critic is 'attacked by dog faeces by director's

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2023
A German writer shared today how she was left in utter shock after a scandalous ballet director allegedly smeared his dog Gustav's faeces over her face after she described one of his performances as "boring" and "disjointed." Wiebke Hüster, 57, a journalist, said Marco Goecke, the opera house's ballet company's director, approached her during the interval of his performance on Saturday night and 'blocked her way' before accusing her of'writing poorly.' Goecke, 50, recovered a bag of dog faeces, who had been freshly made by his Dachshund Gustav just minutes before, removed the excrement from her face in front of'shocked' onlookers, according to Hüster, a dance critic for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). However, Hüster's occurrence isn't the first time an artist or their relative has come out at a critic. Here's how other creatives have retaliated on their critics, from a writer savaged in a £16,000 ad to Jeanette Winterson turning up on reviewers' doorsteps.

For a summer 2024 release, a Twisters spin-off Twisters is supposed to spin into theaters

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 23, 2022
Twister has announced a release date for the long-awaited sequel Twisters, which is scheduled to debut in 2024. Universal Pictures revealed this week that the theatrical debut will take place on July 19, 2024.

With The Revenant screenwriter attached, a Twister sequel Twisters is being created at Universal

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 19, 2022
A Twister sequel is finally in the works. According to Deadline, Universal Studios and Steven Spielberg's production company Amblin Entertainment are currently working on the film, which is now called Twisters. The original disaster film, directed by Speed's Jan de Bont and written by Jurassic Park novelist Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin, was the second-highest grossing film of 1996.