How to pitch a movie idea to Legendary Entertainment

In its own words

“Legend does not accept unsolicited submissions for motion pictures, television programs, web sites, articles, comic books, e-books, or other products or services.”

What you agree to by sending something

“It is our intent to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when projects developed by or on behalf of Legend (whether internally or by third parties) might seem to others to be similar to their own creative ideas or materials.”

“However, if you decide to make any such unsolicited submission, you hereby grant to Legend the right and license to the submission as if it were User Content as set forth above.”

What it has bought from outside

1. 2016

   Film and TV rights to Dune from Frank Herbert's novel

   “Legendary obtained film and television rights for Dune in November 2016.” en.wikipedia.org

2. 2014

   Asylum Entertainment (TV producer) from Asylum's owners $100 million

   “In 2014, Legendary acquired the television producer Asylum Entertainment, which made ESPN 's 30 for 30 and the 2011 miniseries The Kennedys, for $100 million, with Asylum Entertainment to continue operating as a separate company.” en.wikipedia.org

3. 2014

   Geek & Sundry and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls from their founders

   “In 2014, Legendary acquired both Geek & Sundry, Inc., a YouTube channel and production company,” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a movie idea

• Angel StudiosHas a submission portalAngel Studios takes projects only as a Torch, filmed work its Angel Guild streams to gauge interest.

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  NetflixOnly through an agentNetflix reads nothing it did not ask for.

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  Apple TV+Does not take outside ideasApple does not accept, review or consider ideas or creative material it did not request, and anything sent anyway becomes Apple’s property…

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  DreamWorks AnimationDoes not take outside ideasDreamWorks Animation falls under NBCUniversal’s terms, which will not review story or character ideas it did not ask for.

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  LucasfilmDoes not take outside ideasLucasfilm accepts no unsolicited product, artwork, story idea or other creative material, and returns what is sent.

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  ParamountDoes not take outside ideasParamount accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

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  PixarDoes not take outside ideasPixar takes no creative submission of any kind.

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  SkydanceDoes not take outside ideasSkydance accepts no unsolicited scripts, story lines, characters or ideas, and deletes them unread.

All of them, open doors first