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In US law, these rights belong to the holder of the copyright, who may sell (or "option") them to someone in the film industry—usually a producer or director, or sometimes a specialist broker of such properties—who will then try to gather industry professionals and secure the financial backing necessary to convert the property into a film ...
In the film industry, an option agreement is a contract that "rents" the rights to a source material to a potential film producer. [1] It grants the film producer the exclusive option to purchase rights to the source material if they live up to the terms of the contract and make a film (or series) from it. This is known as optioning the source ...
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to make a Netflix adaptation of the book ‘Meet Me at the Lake’ by Carley Fortune, according to reports Harry and Meghan ‘buy film rights’ to ...
Lionsgate has emerged the winner of a filmed rights auction for the Steven Rowley novel “The Guncle.” Published only a week ago via Penguin Random House, the bestselling author’s new book ...
A subsidiary right (also called a subright or sub-lease) is the right to produce or publish a product in different formats based on the original material.Subsidiary rights are common in the publishing and entertainment industries, in which subsidiary rights are granted by the author to an agent, publisher, newspaper, or film studio.
Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to “Daddy,” a sci-fi film that will be released in 2024. The news comes as Anchor Bay is being relaunched after Umbrelic Entertainment ...
Buckner Walker was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland with her sister, Lori. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Howard University in 1985 and subsequently earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she also served as an editor for the school's Law Review.