Warner Bros. Buys Film Pitch posted on Reddit
Author James Erwin just sold his first screenplay pitch to Warner Bros. and he accomplished this by posting his film idea on Reddit. After the sites users voted the pitch to the top of their homepage, Warner Bros. took notice and bought it.
The game is changing and studios are looking to the internet to find original film pitch ideas. So you want to know what the idea is? It's called Rome, Sweet Rome and here's the pitch....
Contemporary U.S. Marines by some quirk of fate are transported to Ancient Rome where they are forced to contend with Roman legions. Because the Marines’ presence disrupts history’s timeline, they must set things back on course to return home.
It's a simple idea, it's something I think most of us dreamed up as kids when we were letting our imaginations go wild. It's just this guy put out there for everyone to see and it paid off. The reason everyone likes the idea is because we all know it would be freakin' awesome to see modern day marines take on ancient roman gladiators.
What are your thoughts on the film pitch and how it was found?