Film rights

/fˈɪlm ɹˈaɪts/

Film rights

the legal rights to adapt a written work into a film or other visual media, typically negotiated and purchased by film producers or studios from book publishers or authors

Examples

1. But they bought film rights.

2. We talk about everything from film rights, to book deals, to should our character do A, B, or C?

3. And then while that was going on, 20th Century Fox came for the film rights, which is interesting, right.

4. And they said, we just want you to know, we've put in a bid for your-- for the film rights.