Competing Treasure Islands

The influence of the famed Robert Louis Stevenson novel, "Treasure Island" on the perception of pirates is vast, including treasure maps with an "X", schooners, the BLack Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots.  Most of these are pure fiction, but enjoyable fiction compared to the facts about pirates.


Ecosse Films is adapting a new version of  "Treasure Island" and now it seems that a different project on the same topic has found a new competitor on the high seas. Pajiba is reporting that  Lionel Wigram (Sherlock Holmes) is developing a competing Treasure Island project at Warner Bros.


Why not?  Everyone wants to cash in on the success of Pirates similar to DIsney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.