Ep 7 - How to Find, Secure, and Adapt IP for Film and Television

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Our sister production company, HONEY CHILE, knows a thang or two about adapting IP, as we’re fresh off the announcement that we’ll be adapting Tia Williams’ New York Times’ bestselling book, SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE for Amazon, along with our production partners, Will Packer Media and Kinetic.

Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about HONEY CHILE’s unique approach to sourcing the right stories for Honeys, the nuances of adapting books, articles, and life rights, and what makes a story worth adapting. For a more in-depth look, check out our first on-demand class called BASED ON: How to Adapt Books, Articles, Real Life Stories for Film and TV.
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A breakdown of our chat:
(00:04:53) HONEY CHILE’s process of adapting books and finding IP
(00:06:10) Strategy around how we approach the books we want to adapt
(00:09:03) Other ways HONEY CHILE locks in big IP (work with production companies that lock in the rights / relationships with authors that come to us)
(00:10:12) What else goes into locking in IP if you don’t have the relationships or money (using a lot of intangibles)
(00:12:44) If any form of IP is easier to adapt than others
(00:13:59) Our experience developing projects in the three main IP areas (books, life rights, and articles)
(00:16:12) Studio perspective on why books are more attractive to adapt
(00:17:38) How HONEY CHILE became attached to SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE with Will Packer and Kinetic
(00:21:03) Factors that can make adapting IP a hit or miss
(00:23:02) How HONEY CHILE sources IP
(00:25:47) More details about what we covered in our BASED ON, Adapting IP class now available on-demand
(00:27:11) Our How We Create segment where Felicia, Dria, and Georgette share things inspiring them this week
HOW WE CREATE Recommendations
Felicia: Author Terry McMillan
Dria: As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
Georgette: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
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