Eruption (novel)

Eruption is a 2024 novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson, based on a manuscript by Crichton that was unfinished at the time of his death. It is Crichton's 29th novel, the nineteenth under his own name and the fourth to be published posthumously. A thriller about an eruption of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, the novel was completed by Patterson years after Crichton's death, at the behest of his widow Sherri.^[1]

In June 2024, it was reported that Steven Spielberg was in talks with Sherri Crichton about a possible film adaptation.^[1] That same month, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi signed on to direct the adaptation.^[2] One month later, Sony made a seven-figure deal at a rights auction for the film.^[3] In July 2025, Kaz and Ryan Firpo were hired to write the screenplay, while Chin and Vasarhelyi had left the film.^[4]