Hey, I've been thinking really hard about adapting the Xbox 360 video game "Dead Rising". I was just wondering a few things about if I was to do so.

1. Would people actually read the script? Or would they not because it's not my idea?

2. Could I get in trouble with the develelopers of the game for adapting the video game.

Any answers to my question are greatly appreciated.

Phife

You can write anything you want; you just can't sell it if someone else has the copyright on it.

Given that you can write anything you like, why write someone else's story.  Create your own.  If you want it to be in the same vein as this video game, go ahead, but why copy it?


Phil

I just really like the idea. I don't think I really elaborated to well on what I was asking. I want to take my own ideas and implement them into the script while still keeping the same main idea that's presented. Basically, a morphed version of the game.

Phife

I hope that makes sense.

Thats what Phil is pretty much saying. You can write it, just don't sell it.

Another point made by Phil is create your own story based off the game. In other words, keep it seperate from the game but use it as a source.

But I think your leaning more towards the first one, so...don't sell it. It will be more of a fanfiction script.

Gabe

Alright, thanks for all your help guys.

It's very much appreciated.

Why would you want to adapt Dead Rising into a movie when that game is actually based of off real films already? Namely Dawn of the Dead 2004.

I wouldn't read it simply because the game is identical to every other zombie film I've seen.

--Julio

I wouldn't read it personally, but it is not IMPOSSIBLE to sell a script based on other peoples characters. You can feasibly sell it to the company that owns the copyright.

I wouldn't have thought Dead Rising is a popular enough franchise though to make a feature from. Plus the Zombie market is saturated.

Fan Fiction of this type is something I'd personally shy away from, but I could see how it could be a good learning exercise.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films I could see how it could be a good learning exercise.

Yep. Have some fun, write your story and learn the ropes while writing a script that you feel excited about...

I think I'm going to take everyone's advice and just write it for the enjoyment of writing, and just make it a learning experience.

Thanks for more of your input.

Phife

I liked that game, it was fun and had a lot of "extra" storylines which let you decide if you wanted to save people. Well you're supposed to save them before a certain time but the game was too fun to take detours.

If you use what's in the mall like the game it will be funny and decent unlike the films which tend to take themselves too serious.

Just think about the endless possibilities of what you could do making it a little different from the game. The game just touches what it could be if they ever made a sequel.

I think that's what has me interested in writing this.

The game has 6 different endings that are possible... Or is it 7? I'm not sure, but there's so much I could do to it. Maybe I should write a sequel with my own ideas but use the same characters. There's around 50 other survivors other than the five main characters that I could use.