Overview

• Deadline reports Amazon MGM Studios has picked up the spec script The Pirate from writer Will Dunn.
• Jason Momoa and David Leitch are reported to be coming aboard as producers, pending negotiations.
• Leitch and Kelly McCormick are in talks to produce under 87North, while Momoa is negotiating through his On the Roam banner.
• If agreements close, the project could be developed as a potential starring vehicle for Momoa, though no casting or director is confirmed.
• Plot specifics remain under wraps, with coverage framing the concept as The Raid transposed to a pirate ship, a comparison amplified by FandomWire after the InSneider item and Deadline confirmation.