Hollywood studios and streamers are aggressively buying unpublished short stories for seven-figure sums, providing executives with quick reads and flexible IP (Ash Wu/New York Times)
Ash Wu / New York Times:
Hollywood studios and streamers are aggressively buying unpublished short stories for seven-figure sums, providing executives with quick reads and flexible IP — Publishers generally don’t race to acquire story collections these days, but studios appear eager to shell out for unpublished short works.