Film News Roundup: S.B. Divya’s Cyborg Racing Story ‘Runtime’ in Development as Movie

S.B. Divya’s sci-fi thriller “Runtime” is being developed as a movie with Escape Artists and John Sacchi attached to produce.

“Runtime,” published in 2016, is the story of the Minerva Challenge, a cybernetic race across the Sierra Nevadas, and how one underprivileged young woman cobbles together enough technology to compete against rivals with corporate sponsors. The key character — Marmeg Guinto — uses parts she found in rich people’s garbage and spent the money her mother wanted her to use for nursing school to enter the race. But the Minerva Challenge is the only chance she has at a better life for herself and her younger brothers, and she’s ready to risk it all.

“Runtime” was a 2016 Nebula Award finalist for best novella. “Runtime” is Divya’s science-fiction debut. She also published “Microbiota and the Masses: A Love Story.”

Escape Artists’ credits include “The Equalizer” and its upcoming sequel. Sacchi’s credits include “Conan the Barbarian.” The deal was made by Brendan Deneen at Macmillan Entertainment on behalf of Cameron McClure at Donald Maass.