Whilst Jackson and Spielberg are names that ooze Hollywood, the script has got a distinctly British flavour to it. The first draft was knocked up by Coupling writer Stephen Moffat, only for him to turn his back on the project, and a reported $2 million payday, in favour of writing Dr. Who.

I know a lot of people won't understand it, but I've been dreaming of writing for Dr. Who since I was seven," Moffat told WENN. "There are no bad feelings between Spielberg and me, but Dr. Who has to come before Hollywood. I talked to Steven and he completely understood. Steven is a fan and he understood my passion for the series completely.”

However, whilst Moffat’s departure was a setback, there is a rather substantial silver-lining in the shape of Ant-Man scribblers Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, who have given the script a re-write. It’s a fairly leftfield choice on the face of it, but one that could prove inspired, with the pair likely to inject plenty of laughs into proceedings. After all, the books are full of comic moments, most of which stem from the bumbling Thom(p)son twins. And they will be played by none other than a pair of Wright’s old muckers…