misleading anyone???

[kahaokamoku]

I don't know if this is one and the same with the topic, Great Story.

I am seeking a specific agent for my novel which I hope will go to screen. In the mean time, I know an actor who wants and most likely will play a specific role in a planned film. This actor is having trouble convincing some of the natives that he is worthy of playing this character, a biographical role.

In my novel which is a fantasy, I picked up on some historical figures to include this one person who this actor wants to play. A small, but major part to my novel.

Well, I sent off my query to a specific agent with the respectful first three chapters. They accept unsolicited material. In the mean time, I wrote this actor to as many addresses that were available to reach him about the role that is in my novel. If the actor is interested in the story, he should contact this agent who will be reviewing my novel.

I don't think that I have misrepresented myself. I hope to marry the two up if the novel is as good as I hope it is.

This actor has already done this before. He played a smaller role in one movie which opened the door to same role, but as the main role in the next movie.

We have indirectly had contact with this actor over this film role that he wants and most likely will play.

Am I misleading anyone?

I need an agent. The actor may need a small role that develops into a larger role to educate and sell the audience. I guess it may all depend on how good the novel.

[JakeSchuster aka Ostroff]

There are a couple of questions (and potential problems) here:

1. You've written a novel and are trying to sell the film rights. The fact that you haven't found a publisher is not a massive problem, though having a committed publisher adds an important cachet to it. Film people learn about forthcoming novels from publishers' catalogues and word-of-mouth. A manuscript that's out seeking an agent is not likely to catch their eye.

2. A straight-out literary agent isn't necessarily the one who'll best be able to contact producers and studios. For instance, my literary agent, who handles some of the top-selling thriller and detective writers in this country, has an associated agent in L.A. who's sole job is to sell film rights to literary properties.

3. What you say about the interested actor sets off all kinds of alarms. Are you walking about a recognizable name in the business, or a character-actor brimming just under recognition. A big-name actor can open a lot of doors for you; but it's not necessarily true for someone who's done the odd TV role and can be seen glimpsed in a patrol car in "Collateral".

4. You've submitted three chapters to an agent who "accepts" unsolicited material. He doesn't "accept" it; he's willing to review it before he makes a definite decision. Contact the actor and telling him to get in touch with the agent at this stage is misrepresentation. The agent is not your agent; and the actor is not the one to get in touch with anyone; the actor's reps are.

[kahaokamoku]

He is a very big actor in size and in the box office, The Rock.

I have been tracking the Kamehameha story before it even became a project. In my novel, Kamehameha plays a small, but major part to the story.

The Rock has been having problems with acceptance with some of the Hawaiian community. Like the Scorpion King and the Mummy Returns, my story about the Wave Walker could be his introduction of Kamehameha. With one stone, he could find acceptance by the community in Hawaii and introduce the Hawaiian King to the world.

We have meant each indirectly through a email. I hoping that a letter can make the difference again except my novel has to be good.

Like everyone else, I think it is.

[JakeSchuster aka Ostroff]

I assume English isn't your native language, so you may want to write it in your language and then see about selling the translation rights.