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TrumpetofTheSwan wrote: That sounds perfect. But is it a Disney film? It seems to be a rule that they'll only do stories that Disney has covered. I can't think of any exceptions. It probably has something to do with copyrights, and the fact that abc owns Disney. Your half right. It is easy for them to do things owned by Disney (due to the ABC/Disney connection), but most things they do are actually in public domain, meaning anyone could use them to do a story. And some things they have done haven't been used by Disney. Frankenstein, for example. Furthermore, as long as ABC was willing to pay for the rights, they can basically do anything. I think the cost of something like Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter would be astrinomical, but something like The Neverending Story would probably be able to be secured for not a terrible amount of money.