Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Expertise Agreements for Movie, TV, and Digital Media (Third Version)

“I want I might have had this e-book once I was beginning out within the enterprise. A useful reference work.” —Alan Poul, producer, Westworld

The authorized assets of studios and networks are legendary, usually intimidating impartial producers, writers, actors, administrators, brokers, and others as they attempt to navigate by the maze of authorized particulars. This invaluable reference presents the pursuits of expertise in addition to the perspective of artistic executives, producers, leisure attorneys, brokers and managers, and main guilds—making clear the function that every performs within the deal-making course of.

Readers will discover knowledgeable insights to expertise and manufacturing offers for tv, characteristic movie, video, and the Web, in addition to an in-depth overview of web income and different types of contingent compensation. Hollywood Dealmaking, Third Version, additionally addresses digital and new platforms, modifications ensuing from new union agreements, and the evolution in characteristic movie back-end (revenue participation) offers. As well as, this complete information contains:

• Explanations of employment offers
• Particulars of rights acquisition
• Fundamentals of copyright legislation
• Pattern contracts and types
• Glossary of trade lingo and terminology
• And way more!

Peppered with info on the offers of famous person gamers and with summaries in every part to make clear complicated authorized points, Hollywood Dealmaking, Third Version, is a vital useful resource for trade novices and veterans alike who need to sharpen their negotiation abilities and finalize the offers they’ve been searching for.