With the sucess of web series, could i pitch one to a literary agent in hopes of being the creator or producer

Question

but literary agent, i actually meant one of the agency like WGA, CAA.

Answer 1

Absolutely you could. However, an agency like CAA is EXTREMELY hard to get into. They find you rather than you finding them. There are tons of other agencies though that will open your submission and give it consideration. You can get a listing through Samuel French theater bookstore. In that listing they will tell you who accepts submissions and what their protocol is for submitting. The cost of the listing is about $12. You should include a dvd of your webisodes when you submit.

I am not sure of the WGA agency you mentioned. Do you mean the Writers Guild of America? They are not an agency, they're a union. Your script, if not already, should definitely be registered with them before you send it to ANYONE in Hollywood. You should also copyright it first. The WGA registers your script online for $20. The Copyright is about $45. Unless you want to get ripped-off, do these two things first.

Answer 2

If you want the web series to be a book then yes you could pitch it to a literary agent and you would become the author if it was published.

If you mean it is literary -- not a web video or something like that -- and you want to turn it into a book...you might have a problem because it has already been published on the web. Generally publishers do not publish novels or stories that are already on the Internet. Sorry.

If you mean you want it to be a TV series or movie then a literary agent would not help much. They do sometimes handle movie/TV rights for books they have already sold to publishers but as far as simply a series concept...no.

Some examples of major film and television packaging agencies are: Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Endeavor Agency, The William Morris Agency, International Creative Management (ICM), Broder/Kurland/Webb/Uffner, Writers and Artists Agency and the Artists Management Group (Mike Ovitz).