Making The Stolen Story

I'm a filmmaker/screenwriter, and have been working in the business for over twenty years.  Early in my career, I was asked by a friend to help her write a script based on a story she pitched to a producer on a whim, and that he'd liked.

Our idea was stolen.  Three years after they rejected our script, the story showed up on a major Broadcast Network as a new TV series. When we asked the Producer "What the heck??" he hemmed and hawed and denied but things were obvious--he worked for the network--and you get the idea.

That was 16 years ago. The TV show failed to catch on (as most do) and our lives moved on to other projects (my friend, who was an aspiring writer, was so hurt she actually swore off Hollywood for good).

Now, I want to bring the script back to life.  With her. There is enough there to make a decent little courtroom drama.  It is a neat idea, done from a perspective still rarely seen. We plan to pad the script a bit with new material, turning it into a film from a TV pilot.  But it can still be filmed on an extremely low budget.

If you believe in righting wrongs, if you believe in helping the little guy, if you believe talent should triumph over back-stabbing--both on the screen as well as very plainly in real life, please help us bring this project to the screen.

Thank you.