Hugh Jackman to play Long John Silver in Ridley Scott's Treasure Island
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Hugh Jackman will play Long John Silver in Ridley Scott's new film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Ridley Scott will direct and Jack Thorne, writer of Adolescence, wrote the screenplay. The 57-year-old Jackman's casting pairs an A-list star with Scott's blockbuster pedigree, making Treasure Island a high-profile tentpole adaptation of a classic pirate adventure.