How to pitch a movie idea to Sony Pictures

In its own words

“In your communications with SPE, please keep in mind that we do not seek any unsolicited ideas or materials for products or services, or even suggested improvements to products or services, including, without limitation, ideas, concepts, inventions, or designs for music, websites, apps, books, scripts, screenplays, motion pictures, television shows, theatrical productions, software or otherwise (collectively, "…”

What you agree to by sending something

“Any Unsolicited Ideas and Materials you submit are deemed UGC and licensed to us as set forth below.”

“SPE’s receipt of your Unsolicited Ideas and Materials is not an admission by SPE of their novelty, priority, or originality, and it does not impair SPE’s right to contest existing or future intellectual property rights relating to your Unsolicited Ideas and Materials.”

What it has bought from outside

1. 1989

   Columbia Pictures from The Coca-Cola Company $3.4 billion

   “Columbia Pictures: Founded in 1924 by Harry Cohn, Sony acquired the studio in 1989 from The Coca-Cola Company for $3.4 billion.” en.wikipedia.org

2. 1999

   Spider-Man film rights from Marvel $7 million

   “After protracted litigation over the Spider-Man copyrights, Sony Pictures and its subsidiary Columbia obtained the film rights for $7 million from Marvel in 1999.” en.wikipedia.org

3. Film rights to The Da Vinci Code from Dan Brown $6 million

   “The film rights to Dan Brown 's novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) were purchased from Brown for $6 million.” en.wikipedia.org

4. 2021

   Crunchyroll (anime service) from AT&T's WarnerMedia

   “The Crunchyroll anime service was acquired from AT&T 's WarnerMedia, and integrated into Sony's Funimation” 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