Almost twenty years after its release, a follow-up to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is in the works. 20th Century is developing a new adaptation of Patrick O’Brian’s series of novels with Patrick Ness attached to write the script, per Deadline.
While Ness began his career as an author, he has started to work in the entertainment industry in recent years, adapting both his Chaos Walking series and A Monster Calls to film. He also wrote on the first season of the