The Pitch

How an outside idea reaches a company, in its own words · checked 2026-10-29

How to pitch a movie idea to Lucasfilm

Does not take outside ideas

Lucasfilm accepts no unsolicited product, artwork, story idea or other creative material, and returns what is sent. Its parent Disney bought Paramount’s rights to future Indiana Jones films.

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In its own words

“Please Note: Lucasfilm does not accept unsolicited submissions of any kind which may contain any product, artwork, story idea, or other creative material.”

“Unsolicited submissions will be returned to sender.”

What it has bought from outside

  1. 2013

    Distribution and marketing rights to future Indiana Jones films (bought by Disney's studio arm) from Paramount Pictures

    “In December 2013, Walt Disney Studios purchased the distribution and marketing rights to future Indiana Jones films from Paramount Pictures,” en.wikipedia.org

Other companies that take a movie idea

All of them, open doors first