"Pirates of the Caribbean" director Joachim Ronning is in negotiations with Amblin Entertainment to helm its adaptation of Michael Crichton's science thriller "Micro".
Darren Lemke, whose credits include "Goosebumps," "Turbo," and "Jack the Giant Slayer," is attached to write the screenplay for the movie, reported Variety.
The story follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company, only to find themselves miniaturized and cast out into the rainforest with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.
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