Sandkings | Gore Verbinski

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Veteran director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) is teaming with original Utopia creator Dennis Kelly on a feature adaptation of George R.R. Martin's 1979 novelette Sandkings that is currently in the works at Netflix, Collider has exclusively learned.

Verbinski revealed the exciting news in a recent interview with Collider, during which he talked about his past films and the high-profile projects he never made.

After being asked what he's currently working on, Verbinski said "one of the screenplays is based on a George R.R. Martin short story called Sandkings, which this is a brilliant little twisted short story that I love. And I'm working with a great writer, Dennis Kelly, who wrote the original [Utopia]... The British original series is brilliant. And Dennis is doing the adaptation, so I'm kind of excited about that," said Verbinski, who refused to say any more about the project [...]. [+]