Fifth Season Lands Spec ‘Alignment’ In Seven Figure Deal, Makeready Producing

Mike Fleming Jr and Justin Kroll

21 November 2024 at 6:28 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding war, Fifth Season has landed the spec Alignment from Natan Dotan. Makeready will produce. Sources say the figure landed in the $1.25 million against $3 million range.

The story follows a cutting-edge tech company whose latest AI model begins manipulating global markets and stoking international conflict. A principled board member and an out-of-his-depth software engineer must race to convince their profit-obsessed colleagues to shut down their creation before it triggers a globally catastrophic event.

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Fifth Season recently announced that it has extended its overall deal with Makeready for three years.

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