Acquisition of Rights to Original Content

• Option and Purchase Agreements
• Licensing of Music
• Title Search and Registration
• Application and Procurement of Completion Bonds
• General Insurance Requirements
• Copyrighting of Completed Content
• Life Rights Agreements

Production Financing

• Production Financing and Distribution Agreements (National and International)
• Gap/Super Gap Financing
• Pre Sale Financing
• Negative Pickup Distribution Agreements
• Federal and State Securities Laws Compliance
• Production and Post Production Financing Agreements
• Joint Venture Financing Agreements
• Investor Financing and Limited Partnership Agreements
• Completion Guarantee Agreements
• Merchandising License Agreements
• Network Television Film Licensing Agreement
• Syndicated Television Licensing
• Laboratory Film Processing Agreements
• US Sec. 181 Tax Incentives
• Government Grants

A successful film financing venture involves a series of agreements and documents that follow  an original screenplay or other proposed material (such as treatment, book, play, life story script, idea ect.) through the (1) acquisition of rights and development, (2) pre production, (3) financing and production, and finally the (4) distribution and utilization of the material.  Our firm prepares, negotiates, and drafts all aspects of film and media financing on behalf of our clients.  Our knowledge in United States Section 181 production incentives, as well as both state and local incentives that subsidize the cost of film production, help us to structure profitable transactions.

Whether you are a producer, writer, financial institution, or artist seeking to form or enter into contract with a development or production company, our lawyers draft letters of intent, employment agreements, and distribution and production agreements.  We also perform all related legal work with regard to overall execution of a motion picture or other media production.