A long while back I wrote an original screenplay and had been trying to get the film made as a director.
A few years later I entered into a written agreement with another writer to collaborate on a new version of my script, because she wanted to make the film, with the proviso that I would direct it. She had produced a well received horror movie and had the ability to raise money.
At a certain point I was deemed not fit to direct the movie (for vague reasons), so she took that slot.
At a later point she got a different film made, written and directed by her, and it was a disaster. It was terrible (with the reviews to prove it), and made it clear she wasn't fit to be directing anything really.
So at this point I'm extremely worried about my film, because she is still supposed to direct it. I have since made my own small feature that was well received (trying for festivals) and pretty clearly shows I have the talent to pull this off, so now I am upset that I have been muscled out. So I am wondering what to do. I am tempted to tell her I was not happy with her film, and have lost confidence in her ability to make my film good, and that someone else should direct it (that person being me). But I don't really have any leverage... my film is good, but not released, and hers was... she has produced credits and I don't.
Can I gain back the rights to the film? Or use that as leverage to try and gain the upper hand? An ultimatum as it were.
A few years later I entered into a written agreement with another writer to collaborate on a new version of my script, because she wanted to make the film, with the proviso that I would direct it. She had produced a well received horror movie and had the ability to raise money.
At a certain point I was deemed not fit to direct the movie (for vague reasons), so she took that slot.
At a later point she got a different film made, written and directed by her, and it was a disaster. It was terrible (with the reviews to prove it), and made it clear she wasn't fit to be directing anything really.
So at this point I'm extremely worried about my film, because she is still supposed to direct it. I have since made my own small feature that was well received (trying for festivals) and pretty clearly shows I have the talent to pull this off, so now I am upset that I have been muscled out. So I am wondering what to do. I am tempted to tell her I was not happy with her film, and have lost confidence in her ability to make my film good, and that someone else should direct it (that person being me). But I don't really have any leverage... my film is good, but not released, and hers was... she has produced credits and I don't.
Can I gain back the rights to the film? Or use that as leverage to try and gain the upper hand? An ultimatum as it were.
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