Amanda vs. Wellington - 04 April 2025

I simply refuse to do 'once' - it's not the script I wrote and that script is the one that people read.

You can't say 'thousands of people read this, but we want to fix it, sight unseen'

In America, they buy you out. -

Seriously! If you write a spec of quality, you get bought out by the studio.

This is where the Film Commission fails to be a studio, but any legit producer who had read Weeded Out could have legitimately contacted me and optioned the script. Instead, wannabe producers resorted to bullying me with a number of statements that were totally transphobic and insulting. Instead of negotiating, they attempted to deliberately diminish my mana so that I'd agree to terms that they preferred. -

This is an instance where people should have realised that the IP in question was the script, not my creative output as a whole.

Why I don't read the news ... BBC article triggered this: the legal POV is extremely clear -- I will win in all possible scenarios where this goes to court. Read the Copyright Act 1994, and in particular the part where it says copyright is inherent. This is why I'm running the boycott. Respect my legal rights. -

It isn't 'James and Cass get partial credit and a clear path to production'

It isn't 'Tory is allowed to interfere in film funding cos she has a past life in film'

It isn't 'Amanda is forced to produce 'once' instead of going to jail' - no charges because I wasn't that bad and I've still got plenty of allies and friends, despite Chloe (who I gather is sulking that I'm not turning up to Parliament).

The legal POV is this: 'Amanda wrote the script in question: every line of dialogue and action line, and she is able to prove this via time-stamps. This means she has sole credit and the exclusive right to licence or refuse to licence the script that is currently titled Weeded Out.

Amanda has chosen to adapt material from this script into a book called Just Like Yesterday. This book is unfinished, and unpublished. As such, she is willing to get an injunction to prevent production of any film that is based on her intellectual property, regardless of medium. The book is unavailable because it's unfinished, and the script is unavailable because it's the source material that the book is drawing from.'

This is an extremely clear case. Any wannabe producers will lose a lot of money fighting me, up to and including my legal costs if the judge so decrees. That means that the answer is back off, fuck off, and apologise to lift my boycotts. - BBC and RNZ are content partners ... totally felt like there was some carefully chosen stories to tick me off when I last had a job.