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Burrough's Martian Tales Optioned

Posted by Hemos on from the do-it-and-do-it-well dept.

shagrat writes "One of my favorite series of books has been optioned by Paramount. It would be produced by those that created 'The Mummy'. I'm not sure how that makes me feel."

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  1. How do you option public domain? by wahay · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was certain these books were in the public domain. You can download them off project gutenberg. Why is a studio paying good money to 'option' them? Perhaps they'd pay me for my permission to option Hamlet.....