Thomas Vitale was Exec VP of SyFy Channel and produced over 350 movies. He has now gone independent, making his own movies. www.imdb.com/name/nm1973942/
We discuss a movie he is producing called "57 Seconds" starring Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson, based on a short story he read called "Lucifer" by E.C. Tubb.
We discuss what TV and movie series buyers are looking for in Intellectual Property. Original work is great, but books, short stories, and graphic novels are better.
Then we discuss how a script is created from the story.
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