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Hi everyone. I searched the script writing forum for a thread on buying screen rights but I couldn't find anything. I'm sure the answer to my questions are probably around here somewhere and if you know of a link, I'd love to see it. My questions:
Let's say you have an idea based on an already made movie. For an example: You have an idea based on Saw or Friday the 13th or Halloween or one of the other dozens of slasher/hack 'em up movies. (No, I don't have an idea for one of these. My idea is on a Sci-fi movie.)
1. I assume you need to buy the screenrights to use the character(s) from the already made movies?
2. If so, how does one go about buying such rights? Do you try and contact the orginal screenwriter or the studio/prodco?
3. Do you pitch the idea/submit the screenplay to an agent/prodco and let them worry about attaining the rights?
Thanks in advance. I got the idea just as I was falling asleep last night so it's no where near developed but if I had to shell out thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands to get the screenrights then it's probably an idea I'll shelve, or figure out a way to make it a fresh idea with my own original characters based on an old concept.
Alex
Let's say you have an idea based on an already made movie. For an example: You have an idea based on Saw or Friday the 13th or Halloween or one of the other dozens of slasher/hack 'em up movies. (No, I don't have an idea for one of these. My idea is on a Sci-fi movie.)
1. I assume you need to buy the screenrights to use the character(s) from the already made movies?
2. If so, how does one go about buying such rights? Do you try and contact the orginal screenwriter or the studio/prodco?
3. Do you pitch the idea/submit the screenplay to an agent/prodco and let them worry about attaining the rights?
Thanks in advance. I got the idea just as I was falling asleep last night so it's no where near developed but if I had to shell out thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands to get the screenrights then it's probably an idea I'll shelve, or figure out a way to make it a fresh idea with my own original characters based on an old concept.
Alex
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