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