Coming out on top in a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has staked claim on 71 Minutes, an original spec script from Ian Shorr.
Jason Reitman will produce the feature via his Ghost Corp banner along with the company’s Erica Mills. He is not attached to direct at this stage.
While many of the details are being kept under the tombstones, the project is described as a real-time thriller about a man who needs to elude his pursuers in a ticking clock scenario and only has 71 minutes until the sun rises to do so.
Shorr is known for his sci-fi work, penning the Antoine Fuqua-directed Paramount+ feature Infinite, which starred Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The scribe is having a corona moment right now as this sale happens as his other script, currently untitled, is now shooting as a Warner Bros. production starring Keanu Reeves with Tim Miller at the helm.
Shorr wrote 71 Minutes on spec, and the script immediately generated massive interest, with over 20 production companies , plus some studios, chasing the project, before Sony acquired it.
Reitman last directed Saturday Night, which recounted the making of the very first Saturday Night Live episode (and was also a ticking clock story), and has been producing and developing the world of Ghostbusters.
Shorr is repped by WME, Bellevue Productions, and Hansen Jacobson.
