There is a Japanese horror film I am a huge fan of -- and while I write a lot of my own work, I just can't shake the idea of adapting this film for a western audience. It's been on my mind constantly for the last several months.
Obviously I don't want to waste time writing something that I could never use, so my question is this:
Is it acceptable in the film industry to write an adaptation for a work which you have no permission/rights to, in the hopes of gaining interest from a producer... Who would then obtain all the necessary rights from the original creator in the event the adaption were ever green-lighted?
I do know when writing a screenplay, you can note that the work is an adaptation on the cover page...
Does anyone know of anything like that happening in the industry before? I really, really want to do this.
I don't think this idea is ever going to get out of my head -- I've considered just writing the screenplay, registering it with the WGA and trying to open up talks with the original creator, going as far as hiring a translator if they don't speak English and working out a deal with them... As in, they provide me with written permission to option/sell the screenplay and they get a certain (large) percentage of the deal.
If you were in my position, what would you do?
Obviously I don't want to waste time writing something that I could never use, so my question is this:
Is it acceptable in the film industry to write an adaptation for a work which you have no permission/rights to, in the hopes of gaining interest from a producer... Who would then obtain all the necessary rights from the original creator in the event the adaption were ever green-lighted?
I do know when writing a screenplay, you can note that the work is an adaptation on the cover page...
Does anyone know of anything like that happening in the industry before? I really, really want to do this.
I don't think this idea is ever going to get out of my head -- I've considered just writing the screenplay, registering it with the WGA and trying to open up talks with the original creator, going as far as hiring a translator if they don't speak English and working out a deal with them... As in, they provide me with written permission to option/sell the screenplay and they get a certain (large) percentage of the deal.
If you were in my position, what would you do?
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