News Westworld Westworld Remake in the Works From Jurassic Park Screenwriter David Koepp The original 1973 film was written and directed by Michael Crichton By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on May 11, 2026 Screenshot: MGM Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: MGM Back in 1973, novelist Michael Crichton of Jurassic Park fame wrote and directed the sci-fi film, Westworld, where chaos and death visit three themed amusement parks populated by realistic human robots after the robots rebel and turn on the guests. The focus of the film is on one android from the Western-themed world (hence the name of the movie) named the Gunslinger, who is intent on hunting down two human guests. The film, which got a mass market paperback novel to go with it, was also the inspiration for the 2016 HBO series of the same name, helmed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. That show ran until 2022 and went well beyond Crichton’s original story, and Nolan and Joy have since turned their attention to adapting Fallout. The Westworld well, however, has not run dry. Today, we found out via Deadline that David Koepp, who wrote the script for Steven Spielberg’s 1993 adaptation of Crichton’s Jurassic Park as well as the two sequels that followed it, is currently working on a feature adaptation of Westworld for Warner Bros. We don’t have news on who will be directing the film, though Deadline reports that “a major filmmaker is circling” the project. The original 1973 feature, which earned Hugo and Nebula nominations, starred Yul Brynner as the android Gunslinger, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as the two human guests who wake up in a brothel to find out that the robots (well, one of them at least) are out to get them. Koepp’s Westworld adaptation appears to be in its early days, but it seems likely to hew closer to the original film than the HBO series. Time will tell, however, how the story plays out, including who will direct and star if/when the movie goes into production. [end-mark] The post <i>Westworld</i> Remake in the Works From <i>Jurassic Park</i> Screenwriter David Koepp appeared first on Reactor.