Now I'm not a newbie, so I know the answer in a way, but I'd like to see if anyone's done it.
I know I can't write a Friday the 13th movie to sell. But can I write my own sequel just to show off my writing chops like you would a 30 Rock TV spec?
I'm not saying I'm going to do that, but if I took say a famous characters or four and had them go on a comedy road trip movie, is that kosher? I know they can't make it.
Just say I take FREDDY from Nightmare and JASON from F13 and they both are sitting at the singles table at a wedding for MICHAEL MYERS and LAURIE STRODE. Obviously it's unsellable but it sounds very very readable and funny to me. Like a cool way to show off... Now 2 of those 4 characters can't talk, but you get the idea....
I dont' know where the fun line is. Blacklist as I said does bio pics and those seem up for grabs. But what about the spoof scripts but it's not designed to sell sell, but get your repped or in rooms and make fans.
I know stories of people writing TV specs and those actually getting made and them hired, but never heard of if anyone wrote a sequel to a horror movie and it actually got them hired for real...
I know I can't write a Friday the 13th movie to sell. But can I write my own sequel just to show off my writing chops like you would a 30 Rock TV spec?
I'm not saying I'm going to do that, but if I took say a famous characters or four and had them go on a comedy road trip movie, is that kosher? I know they can't make it.
Just say I take FREDDY from Nightmare and JASON from F13 and they both are sitting at the singles table at a wedding for MICHAEL MYERS and LAURIE STRODE. Obviously it's unsellable but it sounds very very readable and funny to me. Like a cool way to show off... Now 2 of those 4 characters can't talk, but you get the idea....
I dont' know where the fun line is. Blacklist as I said does bio pics and those seem up for grabs. But what about the spoof scripts but it's not designed to sell sell, but get your repped or in rooms and make fans.
I know stories of people writing TV specs and those actually getting made and them hired, but never heard of if anyone wrote a sequel to a horror movie and it actually got them hired for real...
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