The first Italian platform for researching and organizing intellectual properties for transmedia adaptation
I help you find the next IP to adapt
I’m Wally, and I built The Walrus | IP-To-Screen Bureau to help those who develop stories and those who bring them to market to find, organize, and enhance intellectual properties for film, TV series, podcasts, and new media.
THEMATIC DATABASES
IP from publishing, audio, comics, theatre, games, video games, and audiovisuals.
95+ metadata fields
Worksheets designed to read and compare IEPs for adaptation purposes.
1200-keyword narrative
A controlled vocabulary to navigate gender, tone, characters, and references.
direct contact
A continuous and simple way to get in touch with those who manage IP rights
If you're looking for stories. If you represent stories. Or both.
The Walrus was created to bridge the gap between those seeking new stories to adapt and those who have stories, catalogs, rights, or projects to bring to the right people.
If you're looking for an IP address
I save you research time and help you compare stories more methodically.
You can use The Walrus to navigate through genres, formats, targets, themes, settings, references, and many other features.
If you have IP
I'll help you make them more legible, more traceable, and easier to deliver to those who can imagine them in another format.
The Bureau is also designed for publishers, agencies, authors, publishing houses, theater companies, narrative designers, and creative organizations.
Seven databases. One search method.
A good story can take many different forms. This is why I've divided the Bureau into seven main areas.
Audiovisual
Native audiovisual projects: feature films, shorts, serial concepts, documentaries.
AUDIO
Podcasts, audio dramas, audio series, and sound projects with strong narrative potential.
COMICS
Comics, graphic novels, manga, and illustrated stories with pre-existing visual imagery.
GAMES
Role-playing games, card games, board games, gamebooks with a narrative structure.
LITERATURE
Novels, short stories, narrative essays, investigative journalism, and editorial works with adaptation potential.
THEATRE
Dramaturgy, stand-up, musicals, opera, and performative projects capable of migrating to other formats.
VIDEO GAMES
Narrative video games, interactive worlds, expandable characters and universes.
Special Databases
Wild Orcas
Independent IPs, underground, and directly managed by authors.
Music Picks
Songs and musical projects with a strong narrative imagination.
icebreaker
This is the stage where I prepare the route. I'll tell you about the project, gather the waitlist, and if you'd like, I'll take you behind the scenes of the Bureau before it opens.
OPEN SEA
The Bureau is entering Beta. Early users will be able to explore the initial databases, test The Wallynator, and begin using The Walrus as a research tool.
Deep Ocean
The Walrus enters its full version: more databases, more services, more tools, and a deeper ecosystem for IP research and valorization.
what you'll find in the Open Sea beta
650 ip
A good number of IPs to start with, constantly updated.
50 IP providers
Many IP Providers have already come on board, and more are coming soon.
75 users
Early access for a limited number of users.
a single plan
A single subscription plan to access all IPs.
Open Sea Access
In the first public phase, The Walrus will launch with a unique access designed to explore the available databases and begin using the search method on the first loaded IPs.
Access reserved for selected users
Access reserved for selected users
The Open Sea phase will be open to a limited number of users, to support the first professionals in exploring the platform.
Early database exploration
Early database exploration
You will be able to access the active databases in the Open Sea phase and start browsing the first IPs organized by format, genre, target, and adaptation potential, with continuous updates.
Viewing Walrus Reports
Viewing Walrus Reports
You will have access to the first available briefs, designed to quickly review each IP through narrative, editorial, and production data useful for development.
Direct feedback on the platform
Direct feedback on the platform
You will be able to share requests, observations, and research routes, helping to guide feature development before the next version.
Advantages on future plans
Advantages on future plans
Open Sea users will have access to dedicated conditions on the plans of the next version of The Walrus, as a thank you for coming on board in the first phase.
Want a guided tour?
If you are considering The Walrus as a scouting, development, or IP enhancement tool, we can have a brief call. I'll show you the Bureau's logic, explain what will be available in the Open Sea phase, and we can determine if it can be useful for your work.
Demo Version
A demo of the Bureau's navigation logic: not a simple list of titles, but a search system based on narrative, editorial, and production criteria.
Demo Version
An information sheet designed to analyze an IP for adaptation: genre, tone, target audience, protagonists, conflicts, setting, references, available materials.
Who's already on board
Publishers, agencies, authors and creative entities are already entering into conversation with the Bureau.
Every new catalog, every new IP, and every new collaboration makes The Walrus a richer sea to explore.
Do you have a catalog, rights, or a story with adaptation potential? Write to me.
Two or three things before setting sail.
Does The Walrus handle IP rights?
No. The Walrus does not buy, sell or negotiate rights. The Bureau facilitates discovery, organization, and contact between those seeking IP and those representing it.
Who can sign up for the Waitlist?
Producers, production companies, story editors, scouts, screenwriters, directors, publishers, agents, authors, podcast factories, game studios, theater companies, and professionals interested in story development.
What happens in June?
The Open Sea phase begins: a Beta with progressive access, initial databases, The Wallynator, and initial IPs available for search.
Can I propose my IPs?
Yes. If you represent or own IP, you can contact me to evaluate its inclusion in the Bureau.
Does The Walrus replace fairs, scouts, or agencies?
No. The Walrus was created as a support tool: it does not replace live meetings, scouts or agencies, but offers a stable and organized channel for promoting IPs even between markets.
Who is behind Wally.
Behind The Walrus is me, Filippo Ghiglione. My career path has been split between publishing and audiovisual, working on stories, development, scouting, editorial consulting, and script analysis.
Over the years, I've seen the same problem from two sides: those looking for IP waste time sifting through scattered materials, and those bringing IP to market struggle to make them readable and accessible in the right way.
The Walrus was created to bridge this gap.