Larry Zerner Law Blog

Most new screenwriters share a dream that Stephen Spielberg or David Fincher is going to pluck their script out of a big pile, fall in love with it, and offer them $1,000,000 against 10% of the gross in a pay-or-play deal to produce it.

The sad reality is that what is far more likely is that instead of a sale to a major studio, some little known “producer” will instead approach them asking for a free option on the script.  So I often get calls asking, “Should I... Read More