# When is Michael Crichton's "Prey" going to come out as a film?
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**Created:** [December 14, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698 "2004-12-14T01:04:31Z")
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/1 "2004-12-14T01:04:31Z")
I read the book when it first came out (though i’m not as big a fan of his as I used to be) and i heard rumors that movie rights had already been purchased. I usually can afford to blow $10 on a 2 hour escape from reality, so when is this going to come out as a movie? anyone heard?
anyone?
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### Author:  [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/2 "2004-12-14T02:29:48Z")
No idea. I haven’t seen anything about it on [The IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/find?q=prey;tt=on;nm=on;mx=20) or [Greg’s Previews](http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/upcoming/bytitle/). I’m sure it will be made into a movie (seeing as how it seemed to be blatantly written that way, just like Timeline), but it probably won’t start production for a couple years or so.
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### Author:  [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/3 "2004-12-14T02:33:22Z")
Think it’ll have any CGI? 😃
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/4 "2004-12-14T03:18:09Z")
You mean they can’t use real nanobotical cameras, like in the book?
I know its not a word. Now it is! 😉
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/5 "2004-12-14T03:18:57Z")
Any CGI?!!
Is water wet? Is the Pope Polish? 🙂
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/6 "2004-12-14T03:22:33Z")
Holy crap. wrong text size!
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/7 "2004-12-14T03:42:31Z")
“Do’h! I said the loud part soft and the soft part loud!”
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/8 "2004-12-14T04:14:33Z")
Never.
If we’re lucky.
Crichtomn has occasionally been good in he past, but he usually turns out stuff like this. I picked up a copy cheap and read it recently. Despite all his research and the stack of references in the back, this isn’t extrapolation, it’s fantasy. And not very convincing at that.
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-michael-crichtons-prey-going-to-come-out-as-a-film/279698/9 "2004-12-14T05:21:21Z")
Here is a [Slate Article](http://slate.msn.com/id/2110815/) that neatly sums up my feelings about some of Chrichton’s work. I used to be a nut for his stuff too. Had a lot to do with me being in 7th Grade when Jurassic Park came out. So consequently I consumed every book he has written, even those under psuedonyms (sic).