> Tri-Star optioned it for 18 months, stole another 5
months on a
completely
> illegal contract technicality, then re-upped the
option for another
year to
> keep it off the market while they developed the
similarly themed (yet
vastly
> inferior!) "8 mm". They let the option lapse on the
same day they
started
> shooting "8 mm" and I soon discovered that my
project was dead in the
water in
> Hollywood. An A list director squired SHOOTERS
around town for about
two weeks
> until he called Nicolas Cage's agent to discuss
hiring him and found
out that
> Cage was already MAKING that movie.
>
> Am I happy with the results of that deal? You
betcha.
>
Another Hollywood horror story. I hope that there was at
least a reasonable amount of money paid out & I guess
there's always a chance someone will pick it up later. I
presume these options lapse after a period of time &
Hollywood has never been shy of recycling ideas let alone
using similar ones, it's just a question of timing. The good
thing about books is that they stay around almost forever,
even if they are out of print. If only Jim Thompson &
Philip K Dick were still alive they'd be making packets by
now & being a young guy still ,especially as far as
authors go, time is on your side,to paraphrase a soul music
chanteuse who's name escapes me at the moment.
Rene
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