Spec Script Deal: “Captive State”

Participant Media acquires science fiction spec script “Captive State” written by Rupert Wyatt and Erica Beeney. From Deadline:

In competitive bidding, Participant Media has acquired worldwide rights to Captive State, a package for a big-scale film that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt will direct from a script he wrote with Erica Beeney.

No details on the plot.

Writers are repped by UTA.

By my count, this is the 46th spec script deal in 2016.

There were 42 spec script deals year-to-date in 2015.