Brandon Sanderson, the author of the Mistborn series, affirmed that Hollywood scriptwriters intentionally pitch IP projects so they can use them as skinsuits to tell their own stories.This Substack is reader-supported.
Of course the reason they have to do this isn’t that no one will take a risk on their ideas. It’s that Hollywood writers have such obviously bad, artless, unmarketable ideas of their own.
I wouldn't say either. I suspect the executives just see existing popular IPs as big bags of money waiting to be picked up, for example see Bob Iger and the Star Wars IP. And I doubt executives of large production companies are rarely going to be hands-on with IPs. They're going get them, then hand them off to people to do something with those.
That they Hollyweird writers and directors are knowingly using established IPs for their selfish little stories makes their attacks on the fans even more damnable. They are running it, they know they are running it and villify fans for noticing! 🤬🤬🤬
Of course the reason they have to do this isn’t that no one will take a risk on their ideas. It’s that Hollywood writers have such obviously bad, artless, unmarketable ideas of their own.
Amazing that executives are that… dumb? naive?
I wouldn't say either. I suspect the executives just see existing popular IPs as big bags of money waiting to be picked up, for example see Bob Iger and the Star Wars IP. And I doubt executives of large production companies are rarely going to be hands-on with IPs. They're going get them, then hand them off to people to do something with those.
Very good points! But I will be contrarian and vote “naive” because they are losing a lot of money doing it this way. 😁
Illiterate, Hollywood executives are that illiterate
That they Hollyweird writers and directors are knowingly using established IPs for their selfish little stories makes their attacks on the fans even more damnable. They are running it, they know they are running it and villify fans for noticing! 🤬🤬🤬
“. . . So they can use them as skinsuits to tell their own stories.”
Well, that certainly explains a lot. I always regarded such people as IP parasites.
Mistake on my part. Meant to comment on the article, not ShootyBear's comment.
Stolen valor is despicable no matter who does it. Using the name of better writers than yourself to sell your own dross is unforgivable.