I'm working on a script centered around a NY City Councilman (antag) extorting money from a real estate developer (protag) who wants to bring a much-needed grocery store to a depressed Brooklyn neighborhood but needs the councilman's vote to get approval for converting a building.
I'm working entirely from extensive newspaper articles (Village Voice, Times, New York Post, etc), some website information and my own personal knowledge of the area. Of course, I'm changing all names, etc.
Would it be better if I try to get story rights from the protag who dominates the script? And, hopefully, get more inside information from him about how it went down. Or, should I forget that and forge ahead?
Also, could he, or any other renamed characters, stop me if the script should ever get sold or (gasp) made?
I'm working entirely from extensive newspaper articles (Village Voice, Times, New York Post, etc), some website information and my own personal knowledge of the area. Of course, I'm changing all names, etc.
Would it be better if I try to get story rights from the protag who dominates the script? And, hopefully, get more inside information from him about how it went down. Or, should I forget that and forge ahead?
Also, could he, or any other renamed characters, stop me if the script should ever get sold or (gasp) made?
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