The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists into a 3-D stop-motion animated film released on March 28, 2012, and directed by Peter Lord, the director of "Chicken Run", with the script written by the book's author Gideon Defoe. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists is the first book in The Pirates! series by Gideon Defoe dealing with a hapless crew of pirates. It was published in 2004 by Orion Books (). The book was adapted into a stop-motion film by Aardman Animations. The book is set in 1837, and follows the adventures of "The Pirate Captain" and his crew
Julius Caesar Against the Pirates Julius Caesar Against the Pirates Julius Caesar Against the Pirates () is a 1962 Italian adventure film written and directed by Sergio Grieco and starring Gustavo Rojo, Abbe Lane and Gordon Mitchell. It is loosely based on actual events from the early life of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar, is threatened by the dictator Sulla, due to Caesar's wife Cornelia's ties to Sulla's enemies. Caesar decides to flee Rome to the court of his friend, King Nicomedes of Bithynia. While traveling in the area, Caesar is captured by pirates. The pirates are engaged in hostilities with Bithynia, and Caesar swears that