tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post2927468327870926804..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Reader question - Can I re-adapt something that's in the public domain?The Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-51658142684732145582011-07-13T14:18:04.839-07:002011-07-13T14:18:04.839-07:00Hey Bitter,
What about "appropriating" ...Hey Bitter,<br /><br />What about "appropriating" someone else's failed screenplay idea/script?<br /><br />We've been contacted by a lot of people lured into that Zombies Vs. Gladiators rewrite contest. Like us, they see the massive problems with the script, a script that went out to the studios, and has already been passed on.<br /><br />It's actually easier to do a page one, total, and absolute new rewrite than to try and fix ZvG.<br /><br />However, it appears that Amazon Studios doesn't think that there's much to fix with the script, so we think that anyone that would submit a page one rewrite to the contest would be at a disadvantage.<br /><br />So, what about taking the BRAAAAIINSSSS behind ZvG and changing everything? The names, characters, places, times, plot, story, everything, and then writing an entirely new script and submitting it to the studios?<br /><br />Scott Mullen (a fellow reader) said that this would be immoral. We don't think morals and ethics enter into it if it's totally different.<br /><br />Let's say a ZvG page one rewrite is really good, and somehow gets back to the studios who declined/passed on a previous iteration (by different authors), could ZvG sell without legal troubles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com