Thanks very much for your question. My experience as a reader at a major production company was many years ago, so I also contacted producers I know at Warner Bros. and elsewhere. And the answers remains, unfortunately, no, as a reader, you would not get a piece of any funding for a “go” project. Of course, the creative execs themselves don’t get a piece of their projects, so no trickle down there to speak of.

It is one of the challenges of doing development in both TV and film that your efforts towards finding and shaping material are rewarded by salary only (and not a big one!). That, of course, is in exchange for steady paychecks, benefits and more job security than freelance producers. Many creative execs come from production, and many return, so they can not only execute their projects but be rewarded for them.

Best, dma