10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCREEN RIGHTS»
Discover the use of
screen rights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
screen rights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Complete Book of Scriptwriting
will offer to purchase the screen rights, and you can then hold them up for the
right to do the first draft screenplay. Some writers have even taken the step of
writing both the screenplay and the novelization at the same time. You're
probably ...
J Michael Straczynski, 2002
2
The American Theatrical Film: Stages in Development
In the desire to acquire stage properties, Warner's displayed such zeal that the
studio tried to secure the screen rights to certain Broadway plays and musicals
before they were put into production. Variety reported on September 19, 1928
that ...
3
Through the
Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway ...
It took Hollywood twenty-four years to finally film it (producer Samuel Gold- wyn
spent ten years just negotiating the screen rights), and civil rights groups
protested it being made at all, feeling that the piece did not accurately portray
African ...
4
Fear Itself: Horror on
Screen and in Reality During the ...
rights to Dracula on August 22, 1930, only after paying Liveright a nuisance fee of
$4000; suppressing Murnau's film by purchasing it (for Browning and his crew's
perusal); and dividing $4000 between Florence Stoker (for screen rights to her ...
Melvin E. Matthews, Jr., 2009
5
The Star-spangled
Screen: The American World War II Film
... Japanese terrorists to blow up two American warships at Pearl Harbor. On 15
December 1941, screenwriter Richard Macaulay urged Hal Wallis to buy the
screen rights to "Aloha Means Good-By" since he was eager to write the
screenplay.
6
Buffalo Bill on the Silver
Screen: The Films of William F. Cody
Based on Cody's popularity in Europe, the two partners also offered the screen
rights to European exhibitors, hoping to sell rights for all European countries at
one time.27 The online International Movie Database (IMDb) lists a Paul ...
Alexander Korda never lost either his faith or his vision. He had bought from
Winston Churchill the screen rights of Marlborough (some say with never any
intention of making it). Down at Chartwell, desultory and inconclusive script
conferences ...
8
Media Marathon: A Twentieth-century Memoir
The problem was that a film titled Holy Matrimony, starring Monte Woolley and
based on Buried Alive and The Great Adventure, had been made by Twentieth
Century-Fox, and that its lien on the screen rights still had years to run. Clearing
this ...
In 1920, Griffith paid the huge sum of $175,000 (more than the entire cost of his
classic 1915 movie, The Birth of a Nation) to a theatre producer, William A. Brady,
for the screen rights to what most commentators describe as an already outdated
...
Some book publishers are said to be asking as much as $500,000 for screen
rights even before publication. The original screenplay was much in demand for
many years until the vogue for so-called pretested properties took over. Some
movie ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCREEN RIGHTS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
screen rights is used in the context of the following news items.
The Guest's Adam Wingard to Direct the Death Note Movie
With the big screen rights acquired by Warner Bros. six years ago, a Death Note movie appears to finally be on the way with The Guest and You're Next director ... «ComingSoon.net, Apr 15»
Sony Acquires Robotech Screen Rights, Plans a Movie Franchise
By Jim VejvodaSony Pictures announced today that they have secured the rights to the science-fiction anime Robotech, "with the intention of moving quickly ... «IGN, Mar 15»
'After' Movie: Paramount Acquires Rights To Wattpad Book By Anna …
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired screen rights to After, a novel by first-time author Anna Todd that has been the breakout hit of Wattpad, the online ... «Deadline.com, Oct 14»
Marvel Owns Screen Rights For Ghost Rider, Blade, And The …
Ghost Rider, Blade, and the Punisher are now free to join Disney's Marvel Universe now that the film rights have reverted to Marvel Studios. According to Kevin ... «The Inquisitr, Aug 14»
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE on Katie Holmes' eyebrow-raising choice …
Tom Cruise's ex-wife, Katie Holmes, 35, has optioned the screen rights to All We Had, a novel about the struggles of a 'gritty' mother and her 13-year-old ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
MGM Nabs Big-Screen Rights to Terry Hayes' Espionage Novel 'I …
MGM has acquired big-screen rights to Terry Hayes' best-selling espionage thriller I Am Pilgrim. Hayes, a former journalist and accomplished screenwriter ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 14»
Allison Pataki sells screen rights to her book 'The Traitor's Wife'
Allison Pataki — daughter of former Gov. George Pataki — has sold the screen rights to her book, “The Traitor's Wife,” to Princess Pictures, run by former ... «Page Six, Mar 14»
Apple Sued Over Touch-Screen Rights
TAIPEI — The Taiwanese company Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple, alleging infringement of two of its touch screen patents, an Elan spokesman said ... «New York Times, Apr 09»
