Next year I'll (hopefully) be working on two movies. Fingers crossed. With one of those movies, we're talking about getting distribution on a bigger scale. (Let's say for example: Not just youtube, money will be made from it, etc.) So copyright issues are something to be worried about.
When I got the concept for this sequel, it sounded very much like a popular movie that was put out by Fox. I was really wondering if the writer had gotten the idea from that particular movie. Anyway, I asked the writer about it and he said he had never heard or seen that movie ever. Knowing him personally, I could tell he wasn't lying. But that doesn't mean people would see it as a completely original concept or that the viewers wouldn't make that connection.
I think a lot of us have certain ideas for scripts, that we came up ourselves, but we scrap them when we realize it sounds like another flick. It doesn't matter if we don't "mean" them to be rip offs, but it's how the viewers see it (and pass it along / report it.)
Money, time, and effort are going to be put into this- by me...the crew...the actors...everyone. I want to make sure we aren't making this just to end up sued after its completion. I don't think I'm being overly cautious about this one. Has anyone else been in a similar situation?
When I got the concept for this sequel, it sounded very much like a popular movie that was put out by Fox. I was really wondering if the writer had gotten the idea from that particular movie. Anyway, I asked the writer about it and he said he had never heard or seen that movie ever. Knowing him personally, I could tell he wasn't lying. But that doesn't mean people would see it as a completely original concept or that the viewers wouldn't make that connection.
I think a lot of us have certain ideas for scripts, that we came up ourselves, but we scrap them when we realize it sounds like another flick. It doesn't matter if we don't "mean" them to be rip offs, but it's how the viewers see it (and pass it along / report it.)
Money, time, and effort are going to be put into this- by me...the crew...the actors...everyone. I want to make sure we aren't making this just to end up sued after its completion. I don't think I'm being overly cautious about this one. Has anyone else been in a similar situation?