Hi
I hope someone here will be be able to advise me.
A producer - a friend - is based in Hong Kong but has a sister company in the US. He has approached me offering a collaboration but neither of us really know how to approach our collabration from a legal standpoint.
The basic idea is this:
I will write a feature animation screenplay partly based on publc domain material.
His company will do all the animation, ie, ostensibly his company will be the production company.
(at the moment I'm creating a treatment while his company has started work on character design, visual look, etc)
We will then package all this together and pitch the project to either potential co-producers or investors to get finances for the actual production.
At this early stage what sort of contract should me and my producer-friend have with each other? Should his company option/buy my story materials? Should we have some kind of collaboration agreement? Should I become a co-producer with him?
(subsequently, there's what should be included in the contract, but that's a whole new discussion)
Help ...no idea what to do!
any advice greatly appreciated
dR
I hope someone here will be be able to advise me.
A producer - a friend - is based in Hong Kong but has a sister company in the US. He has approached me offering a collaboration but neither of us really know how to approach our collabration from a legal standpoint.
The basic idea is this:
I will write a feature animation screenplay partly based on publc domain material.
His company will do all the animation, ie, ostensibly his company will be the production company.
(at the moment I'm creating a treatment while his company has started work on character design, visual look, etc)
We will then package all this together and pitch the project to either potential co-producers or investors to get finances for the actual production.
At this early stage what sort of contract should me and my producer-friend have with each other? Should his company option/buy my story materials? Should we have some kind of collaboration agreement? Should I become a co-producer with him?
(subsequently, there's what should be included in the contract, but that's a whole new discussion)
Help ...no idea what to do!
any advice greatly appreciated
dR
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