Film Rights to stage plays
Film Rights to stage plays
romgitsean
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/08
#1Film Rights to stage plays
Posted: 5/26/10 at 9:06pm
So this article got me thinking- what ever happened to Pippin's rights that Miramax bought. Are they ever gonna do anything with it?
Sony purchases 'Enron' film rights
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Film Rights to stage plays
Posted: 5/26/10 at 9:09pm
Lots of rights get purchased...and then nothing happens. The same happens with books -- the filming option gets purchased -- often to keep another studio from the possibility.
REALLY sucks for newer authors -- as they think that the option is the same as a green light.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#3Film Rights to stage plays
Posted: 5/27/10 at 10:03amThere is a once-famous (maybe it still is) one-act called Lone Star by James McClure. It used to be done at every college in the nation back in the 70s-80s. McClure sold the film/television rights over and over and over again; he grew to relish the absurd alterations producers would request, knowing they would never work, the option would be dropped, and he would be free to market his piece again. He lived off a single one-act for years.
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