Spec Script Deal: “Ultra”

TriStar acquires thriller spec script “Ultra” written by Colin Bannon. Via Deadline:

The shocking success of Squid Game has created an appetite for survival projects. Tristar Pictures just preemptively acquired Ultra, a survival thriller spec script by Colin Bannon. Sugar 23’s Sukee Chew is producing.

They are keeping the details under wraps, and Bannon wrote this well before Squid Game. But sources tell me that the protagonist is an ultra marathon runner involved in a deadly race. Bannon is fast becoming the go-to writer for survival thriller/horror projects, having previously sold his Black List script First Ascent to Netflix in a frenzied bidding war. Jake Scott is directing. The plan is to put Ultra into production by the middle of next year.

Bannon is repped by Verve and Sugar23.

By my count, this is the 32nd spec script deal in 2021.

There were 22 spec script deals year-to-date in 2020.