Wicked star Cynthia Erivo‘s Edith’s Daughter shingle will to produce Saturation Point alongside Platinum Dunes (A Quiet Place, The Purge) for Universal Pictures.
Based on Adrian Tchaikovsky’s 2024 novella, Minnie Schedeen is writing the dystopian sci-fi action thriller.
Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life. As she pushes further into the wilderness, Dr. Marks discovers The Zone is far deadlier than initially believed and not all forms of intelligent life are necessarily human…
Erivo and Solome Williams will produce under Edith’s Daughter, which inked a first-look deal with Universal last fall. Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce via their Platinum Dunes, with Alex Ginno executive producing.
Universal’s senior VP of production development Ryan Jones and director of production development Christine Sun will oversee the project for the studio.
