Mixed-ish and Sonic the Hedgehog star @tikasumpter is set to star in psychological thriller The Ancestor scripted by This is Us writer/producer Kay Oyegun and produced by @michaelbjordan and Alana Mayo’s Outlier Society alongside the banner’s Khaliah Neal, Oyegun and Sumpter, with Emily Gerson Saines as executive producer.
The flick has just been acquired by HBO Max, Deadline reports.
The story written by @kayoyegun and developed with Sumpter, follows an African-American female med student as she finds herself in a “timely psychological thriller premise in the tradition of Get Out.” The spec script was reportedly the subject of a heated bidding war amongst various suitors with the fresh streaming service acquiring the script for high six figures.
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