Ridley Scott’s & Hugh Jackman’s New Adaptation Of 143-Year-Old Adventure Classic Officially Sets Release Date

MoviestillsDB Published Sep 30, 2026, 4:48 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Sign in to your ScreenRant account This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Ridley Scott and Hugh Jackman are teaming up soon. Jackman and Scott had never worked together prior to their upcoming film, even though the long list of movies starring Jackman saw him act under some of the best directors of all time. The Wolverine actor has been in movies helmed by names like Christopher Nolan, Baz Luhrmann, Darren Aronofsky, Denis Villeneuve, James Mangold, and many more. In recent years, the actor returned to his most famous role, playing Logan in Marvel Studios' record-breaking Deadpool & Wolverine. Now, Jackman is set to join Scott's extensive filmography in a role he knows well, as the actor has played a famous pirate before. Sony has announced that Scott and Jackman's new take on Treasure Island will be released in theaters on November 11, 2027. Scott will serve as the adventure movie's director, while Jackman will star as the pirate Blackbeard. The new Treasure Island movie's cast will also include two other major actors. While their roles have yet to be confirmed at the time of writing, Scott's adventure film will feature Adolescence's breakout star Owen Cooper and icon Hugh Grant. Treasure Island's screenplay was written by Jack Thorne, who co-created the Netflix psychological thriller series Adolescence with Stephen Graham, and penned the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play. Developing...