The producer from "Pirates" sent mail back saying I can not send him my pitch bc it might lead to plagarism?

Question

jerry bruckheimer
So, what should I do now????? (And you better have a real answer! If someone says Idk to just get points or anything, i will seriousley go crazy on you!i don't have time for that! and yes i kno i have asked this a lot but if you dont want to hear it, dont look at it!)

Answer 1

you obviousley want this to happen! lol. i say just keep following the dream! dont listen to that b***h that is rude to you. keep on asking!

Answer 2

You actually can't really do anything. Getting a 'pitch' read is extraordinarily difficult. The producer is smart and covering his bases, b/c if he accepts what you sent, and then produces a film with any kind of similarity, then you have a colorable claim against him for damages due to theft of your intellectual property. You need to either go through a publishing house or find a contact who is actually willing to read it for you. Sending copies out cold will never work. Get an agent. Publish something. Network better. Good luck.

Answer 3

Standard response - because what if you go see his next movie and say "hey - that's my idea!"? Even if he never saw your pitch and had no idea what was in it, he could still be accused of stealing your idea. If you really think it's a good idea, you're probably going to have to get an agent to represent you and go through the traditional channels to find someone to consider it. I wouldn't bet much that that way will work, either - too many other people trying to do the same thing. Still, good luck - persistence pays.

Answer 4

You can't really do anything. If you send in a pitch, you're saying they can use your idea, but you aren't legally binding them in any way, so once they use it, you could easily take them to court. You'd probably have to become a writer for them to do anything. I suppose you could mail them again, saying how serious you are about it, and work out some kind of agreement, but they have people already, I doubt they want your idea. That's just the way it works.

Answer 5

Seriously. How many times are you going to ask this question?! This is, what, your third or fourth time asking the SAME thing. Obviously you're not getting the kind of response you want here, so why don't you stop wasting everyone else's time?

Answer 6

First of all, you sound very immature with ranting at us and all.
Second, anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows that no reputable publisher, film maker or the like accept unsolicited transcripts.
I have a feeling, simply from reading your "question" that your treatment was probably very poorly written. And you sound very young and naive.
Take classes, both writing and English and learn how to submit treatments and ideas. Your local community college probably offers classes.

By the way, I guarantee that Mr. Bruckheimer never even set so much as a finger on your treatment. No one associated with him would have even opened it.

Answer 7

What did you expect? I'm sure you'd be annoyed if you came up with your own TV show and you were flooded with requests saying, "Use my idea!" and even worse, flooded with "Hey! We've never met, but you just used my idea in your last show, and now I'm suing you!" - since no matter what you write, someone somewhere MAY have thought of the idea.

Answer 8

Well, what was your pitch, with it we could better assist you, but from the information given all I could advise is that you re-write it to avoid any possible plagiarized parts, make it totally original.

Answer 9

You can't do anything. If he doesn't want to hear pitches, he doesn't have to. I'd suggest you pitch something that isn't already franchised...something original.

OH...and for anyone keeping score...that is THE 16TH TIME SHE HAS ASKED THIS QUESTION. Now, give me best answer for paying such good attention.

Answer 10

Obviously they dont want to accept unsolicited scripts etc. I always thought a pitch was given in person face to face?? he saved you from sending your idea in, where it could have been intercepted and plagiarised thats all that happened.