In the pitch session on Stage32, can you pitch ideas for copyrighted material? I don't mean obvious ones like Superman, or Star Wars, but an old movie/tv series to reboot or a book?
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Yes, you would have to workout the logistics on gathering the rights, but would the agents allow you to pitch them?
No legit agent would listen without you having the rights first.
Why would you want to? Wouldn't pitching your own "blood, sweat and tears" that you feel so strongly about be better? Wouldn't you have more incentive to pitch something that you know inside and out, a creation of your own imagination?
James Cameron famously pitched his idea for the sequel to Alien. He had the script already written.
David - James Cameron was already a famous director backed by money and the clout to buy the rights to practically anything.. A new writer doesn't have the clout to pitch intellectual property they don't own, much less the money to back it up, especially if it has million dollar movie potential.