Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I kid with the headline. The flick is actually going to be called THE HOLY ROAD and will be scripted by Michael Blake who also wrote the screenplay for the first film and penned the novels both films are based on.

Costner is not returning to direct. Instead a bloke by the name of Simon Wincer is stepping up for the flick, which takes place 11 years after DANCES WITH WOLVES and focuses on the Comanche tribe as it deals with encroaching white settlers. The HOLY ROAD of the title refers to the transcontinental railroad.

Wincer has had a pretty bizarre career. Recently he directed the Spielberg TV series INTO THE WEST, but he's also done flicks like DARYL (Cool) and CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES (not so much). In between are LIGHTNING JACK, THE PHANTOM, FREE WILLY and HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN.