After bidding farewell to "How To Train Your Dragon" this year, DeBlois is lining up one job after the job. After landing the "Micronauts" gig, he is now on board to direct the new "Treasure Island" movie for Universal Pictures and Mandeville.

"Treasure Island" is a novel by R.L. Stevenson about a British boy named Jim Hawkins, who discovers a treasure map with the location of pirate treasure and joins a sailing expedition as the cabin boy to find the treasure chest. Most of the crew of the ship turn out to be pirates who stage a mutiny when the ship arrives at the Treasure Island.

DeBlois will direct a script from Evan Spiliotopoulos, also working on the story for this project alongside Evan. Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman of Mandeville Films will produce alongside DeBlois.