MGM Script Submission - Please Answer
#1
Posted 06 November 2002 - 01:48 AM
I am writing a script (actually two) that I honestly think could be made into a Bond movie. I'm not joking, or trying to brag. It just goes beyond that aura in the novels and truly reads LIKE a Brosnan movie. It's modern. It's political. The action is pretty darn good and varied. I honestly think that if I could get ahold of Mike or Ms. Broccoli then they might actually like it.
Is there a procedure for submitting scripts to MGM? I know they generally like to use writers familiar to them and their own ideas, but what are the chances of a student from Canada with no "official" writing experience getting in? I honestly believe it would fit as Bond 21. It brings sort of a "rebirth" aspect to the Bond series, as if it takes place immediately after a major event (aka DAD).
I'd love some feedback. Good Night from Canada
-Agent M-
#2
Posted 06 November 2002 - 02:02 AM
#3
Posted 06 November 2002 - 02:10 AM
The only problem is, Eon has a very strict policy not to accept/read any unsolicited script submissions. Eon pick who they want as screenwriter(s) for a Bond movie.
How does a screenwriter get to be in the producers sights in the first place? I don't know.
Edit: Zencat snuck in before me.
#4
Posted 06 November 2002 - 02:46 AM
How you do that is you impress them with your non-Bond work. They will read scripts, just not Bond scripts.Originally posted by Blofeld's Cat
How does a screenwriter get to be in the producers sights in the first place? I don't know.[/B]
#5
Posted 06 November 2002 - 06:49 AM
Eon keeps it tight and few in the head offices. Not that they are arrogant or anything of that sort. Far from it by all accounts, but in the franchise driven Studio world that is the motion picture industry today (and really since Star Wars, has been) Bond is the Crown Jewels (no pun intended)
Write a good script, market it, option it out, develop it, sell it....and if it turns into a good enough movie, maybe Eon will be knocking on your door....or at least we can all hope.
I'm working on a script now (non-Bond), but whenever an idea comes to mind for something Bond I write it down.
The folder is getting pretty thick after 20 years.
Why is it people like myself and Zencat stay in this mad business?????
"Well, it could be that we find selling carpets a bore.";)
#6
Posted 06 November 2002 - 06:54 AM
#7
Posted 06 November 2002 - 08:56 AM
I considered that zencat, but how good was http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0134033#writers and Let Him Have it?Originally posted by zencat
How you do that is you impress them with your non-Bond work. They will read scripts, just not Bond scripts.
I've never seen either, but I assume that Purvis and Wade were chosen because of these movies.
#8
Posted 06 November 2002 - 09:15 AM
Which brings Robert Wade into the picture, which later brings his friend Neil (presumably they were writing partners before The World is not Enough) into the picture.
#9
Posted 06 November 2002 - 03:04 PM
Really? This is something I've never heard before.Originally posted by Blue Eyes
Well that may not be entirely true. It's a Bond myth, it could be true but I've never had it confirmed, that the character of Jack Wade gets his surname from Robert Wade whom, as the story goes, was an uncredited writer on GoldenEye. The characters name was his 'credit'.
#10
Posted 06 November 2002 - 10:47 PM
Did someone above mention that they were also a screenwriter? I would love to talk with a real one.
#11
Posted 08 November 2002 - 08:18 PM
#12
Posted 09 November 2002 - 12:36 AM
In the mean time check out FanFiction.net's James Bond section. There are alot of bad stories in there but a few pretty good ones and one or two gems. Are particularly recommend clinkeroo's From Death's Door, and it's almost complete so you won't have to wait the years I have had to.
#13
Posted 09 November 2002 - 03:27 AM
Also, AJB007.co.uk has a fantastic bit of collaborative fan fiction going on right now. If you click on "Today's Posts" it is usually there. If not, search for it with the words "collaborative fan fiction" and you should be able to find it.
-- Xenobia