Spider-Man Reboot Underway

It does make a difference when a studio exec tells a writer to write it for a $30M budget. They are not exact but get it pretty close, others wouldn't know what to do.
 
BTW I'm not saying I agree with any of the above or like it, just some things I have been told.
 
on a positive note, a rebooted Venom may get the justice he/it deserves. I was extremely let down with his appearance in SM3. I later read Raime only put him in for the fans, but i doubt we'll see him anytime soon.
 
ChipG said:
Yea, most the studios have not bought an expensive $100M+ blockbuster script from a first timer in a long time if ever. I think they have bought a lot of smaller $30M budget scripts but those were usually from proven directors/actors/producers who decided to write.

The market today is about a zero chance an unproven outsider will sell a script to them and expect them to spend $150M on it.

The top proven writers who know how to write for the studio are 'made guys' who they go after.

I'm not saying this won't change in the future, it might but for now and what looks like many years to come it's not going to happen. I was told this by a guy who has green lit more hollywood movies than most, about 20-30 movies a year for 10+ years.
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This is why I've decided to write a lot of my big budget ideas as novels instead of spec screenplays, or maybe linking up with an artist and doing a comic book. Worst case scenario, I don't get any publishers to bite, meaning then I can at least go and self publish these stories. Even if I only make a few thousand a year off of them, its better than the stories collecting dust on a shelf or propping up Sad Max's coffee table (he should be using thrift store acquired Twilight or L Ron Hubbard novels for that).

For those of us that want to direct, I think the new model is make a few amazing no-budget shorts or features, then get someone to bankroll a low budget feature. If you can eventually make a film that is either really impressive or financially successful (Paranormal Activity, Moon, District 9) then the studios will probably come calling. I mean, realistically, look at Neill Blomkamp or the dude who did the Panic Attack short. They got their big break, all because one established filmmaker got behind them and believed in their talent. I suppose the screenwriting equivalent would be if you got someone, an A-list screenwriter or producer, to mentor and market you around Hollywood. That might break down some doors for writing assignments, which could then launch a screenwriting career.

I do have to ask though, if an aspiring screenwriter wrote let's say 10 amazing spec scripts and had a savvy agent or manager that was able to get all of these read around town in a short time period, wouldn't Hollywood eventually have to admit that this person is really good and deserves a shot at a writing gig? As Batutta said, the talent pool has to be replenished eventually.
 
looks like the reboot is planned for 2012, I would imagine Venom would come out the following year assuming the reboot works. although it would be cool if spidey appears briefly in the Avengers. Time will tell.....
 
Nektonic said:
This is why I've decided to write a lot of my big budget ideas as novels instead of spec screenplays, or maybe linking up with an artist and doing a comic book.
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Yep, let the studio develope the script how they want it from your novel at the budget they want.
 
ChipG said:
Yep, let the studio develope the script how they want it from your novel at the budget they want.
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I actually really enjoy writing stories in the screenplay format. It seems vastly easier to me than prose writing, maybe because I am a very visual person.

It just doesn't make much sense to limit myself to only writing scripts when the studios just aren't as interested in buying specs these days.
 
How bloody boring and tedious can you get...Spiderman rebooted???? What a joke. How about Radioactive Man brought to the silver screen, I'd rather see that even if it is from The Simpsons cartoon, rather that see polished turds all over again.
 
Nektonic said:
I actually really enjoy writing stories in the screenplay format. It seems vastly easier to me than prose writing, maybe because I am a very visual person.

It just doesn't make much sense to limit myself to only writing scripts when the studios just aren't as interested in buying specs these days.
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I know, it is fun. The big trend to come could be taking worthless scripts and turning them into novels. I'll I'm saying is if I were a writer I'd take a look into it for something that I really like. Go try to sell your script on Amazon for $5.99 btw :)
 
Londude said:
How bloody boring and tedious can you get...Spiderman rebooted???? What a joke. How about Radioactive Man brought to the silver screen, I'd rather see that even if it is from The Simpsons cartoon, rather that see polished turds all over again.
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Dh'O! I forgot what thread I was in. My bad.
 
ChipG said:
I know, it is fun. The big trend to come could be taking worthless scripts and turning them into novels. I'll I'm saying is if I were a writer I'd take a look into it for something that I really like. Go try to sell your script on Amazon for $5.99 btw :)
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If I ever did sell a novel and also got the screenplay adaptation gig, I could also tweak the original novel a bit for the movie tie-in novel, meaning I could possibly get paid three times for the same story. :beer:

Then again, it could also be more like this :badputer:
 
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