yet another book picked up before #1 hits the streets
 

[url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/04/25/mark-millars-mph-optioned-for-big-screen-adaptation/]Mark Millar's MPH Optioned For Big Screen Adaptation - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors[/url]

I think there is now a shorter list of books NOT optioned for a movie!

[QUOTE=techtre2003;7140610]I think there is now a shorter list of books NOT optioned for a movie![/QUOTE]

As someone "in the biz", I can confirm there is more truth to this than not.
It doesn't mean all these books get made into a movie...not by a longshot..it just means that certain companies want to grab the rights to it before another company does..you know, just in case....
again most never see the light of day

This is true, grabbing rights never means a movie..It means they have the option should it come up..Its a smart way of guaranteeing they have the first rights to it, should they chose too make a movie or show

[QUOTE=kyleg40;7141392]This is true, grabbing rights never means a movie..It means they have the option should it come up..Its a smart way of guaranteeing they have the first rights to it, should they chose too make a movie or show[/QUOTE]

It can also be viewed as a big game of Take Away. They know that by optioning it, their competition can't do anything with it while they let the property stew in a closet with hundreds of others.

Yep, all you have to do is look at some of the movies out. They held a Texas Chainsaw movie until matthew mc, and rene zele were famous then released it. They can film a movie and let it sit in the can on a shelf forever. Kinda sux, the philosophy is we have it, they can't make it, we'll do what we want with it..