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Hello!
I am sure you are tired of this question by now, for which I apologize, but I hope you'll humor me and answer it once again.
There is a novel that I love that was written by a woman who is now deceased. I really want to write a screenplay based on the novel. I don't know who handles her legal matters, but I am sure I can find that out.
She never achieved mainstream fame but has quite a cult following, so if it came to it, I feel sure that I could get good support if I crowd-sourced a fundraiser to make a movie based on one of her books..
Can anybody tell me at what point I need to get legal clearance to work on the adaptation? Should I do it before I even start writing the adaptation? Or wait until I have at least a partial sample to show her legal team?
This is my first screenplay, so I have much to learn.
Thank you so much for your help.
I am sure you are tired of this question by now, for which I apologize, but I hope you'll humor me and answer it once again.
There is a novel that I love that was written by a woman who is now deceased. I really want to write a screenplay based on the novel. I don't know who handles her legal matters, but I am sure I can find that out.
She never achieved mainstream fame but has quite a cult following, so if it came to it, I feel sure that I could get good support if I crowd-sourced a fundraiser to make a movie based on one of her books..
Can anybody tell me at what point I need to get legal clearance to work on the adaptation? Should I do it before I even start writing the adaptation? Or wait until I have at least a partial sample to show her legal team?
This is my first screenplay, so I have much to learn.
Thank you so much for your help.