EXCLUSIVE: Kirill Sokolov set to direct TriStar Pictures’ thriller Ultra, with script penned by Colin Bannon.
TriStar Pictures preemptively purchased the spec amid significant buzz in November 2021, just before it placed in the Top Ten on the Black List in December.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.Sukee Chew of Sugar 23 is producing. Caellum Allan is overseeing the project on behalf of TriStar Pictures.Sokolov made his feature directorial debut with Why Don’t You Just Die, which screened in competition at Sitges.
His follow up film, No Looking Back, premiered at SXSW 2022. Sokolov is represented by CAA and Good Fear.Bannon most recently sold his Black List script First Ascent to Netflix in a frenzied bidding war.
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