If you're planning to turn a book into a screenplay or film, and the material is under copyright, you will need to acquire the film rights to adapt the material...
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Read moreThis article looks at the adaptation process of the 2009 film He’s Just Not That Into You - a rare occasion that a self-help book is made into a movie.
Read moreCreating your own IP, by transforming your script into a book, is one of the ways you can add value to your story to help you sell it to "Hollywood". Screenwriter & author William Schreiber shares how & why he decided to adapt his award-winning screenplay into a novel.
Read moreScreenwriter John Irving had the formidable task of condensing his own 550-page novel into a 136-page script for the 1999 film The Cider House Rules. He achieved this brilliantly – the script won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay – by focusing the screenplay on the central conflict.
Read moreThis article looks at the 2009 film Public Enemies (adapted from the narrative nonfiction book by Bryan Burroughs) in an attempt to explain why straying from the book, and sometimes making radical revisions, are necessary for the screenwriter to create a better experience for movie-goers.
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