Sample Script Acquisition Contract

Collaboration Agreement
I, [WRITER], on [DATE], do agree to sell to [F!!"A#E] $%ereina&ter re&erred to
as '["A#E]'( t%e option to m) *riting, [SCRI+T], &or production into a motion
picture &ilm, [WRITER] &urt%er certi&ies t%at %e-s%e %as not entered into an)
ot%er suc% agreement *it% an) ot%er part) t%at *ill in&ringe upon t%e rig%ts
%ereto granted to ["A#E] b) t%e terms o& t%is agreement, [WRITER] also
ac.no*ledges as &act t%at, until setting %is-%er pen to t%is agreement, t%at
%e-s%e controls t%e &ull rig%ts to [SCRI+T] and does not s%are control or
obligation *it% an) ot%er part), [WRITER] agrees t%at t%e &inal script used in
t%e production o& t%e &ilm *ill be a collaboration bet*een ["A#E] and %imsel&,
*it% ["A#E] e/ercising &inal editing rig%ts, T%e title credit t%at *ill appear
in t%e &ilm s%all read 'Screenpla) b) [WRITER] A"D ["A#E],' and it is &urt%er
agreed upon t%at a separate credit in t%e &ilm s%all read '0riginal stor) b)
[WRITER],'
["A#E] agrees to pa) 1[A#0"T2] per )ear &or ["#3ER] )ears &or t%is option and
1[A#0"T4] a&ter principal p%otograp%) is completed as a salar) &or t%e
scripting, A&ter t%e 1[A#0"T4] pa)ment, t%e option pa)ments o& 1[A#0"T2] per
)ear *ill terminate, I& principal p%otograp%) is not completed *it%in ["#3ER]
)ears &rom [DATE], &ull rig%ts to [SCRI+T] re5ert to [WRITER], I& t%e &inal
budget &or t%e &ilm e/ceeds 1[A#0"T6], t%en ["A#E] agrees to pa) [WRITER] 7778
o& t%e total budget up to a total o& 1[#A9I##] &or %is *riting and scripting,
["A#E], *it% %is-%er signature belo*, also agrees to pa) [WRITER] 7778 o& t%e
pro&its abo5e e/penses &or %is ser5ices o& *riting and scripting o& t%e &ilm $i&
["A#E] is t%e producer(, an amount not to e/ceed 1[#A9I##], ["A#E] and
[WRITER] ac.no*ledge t%at i& t%e &ilm does not generate a pro&it abo5e e/penses
*it%in &i5e )ears &rom t%e close o& production t%at ["A#E] is relie5ed o& an)
&inancial obligation to [WRITER]
It is &urt%er understood t%at *it% t%e signatures belo*, ["A#E] %as purc%ased
t%e rig%t to direct, &ilm, edit, produce, and promote t%e &ilm tentati5el)
entitled [TIT!E] *it%out an) restriction *%atsoe5er as long as ["A#E] &ul&ills
t%e contractual obligations agreed %ereto,
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[WRITER]
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[DATE]
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[F!!"A#E]
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[DATE]
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[WIT"ESS]
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[DATE]
"otar) Seal:
T%is is a sample contract pro5ided &or e/ample onl) and ma) not be legall)
binding in )our ;urisdiction< *%en creating legal documents, see. t%e
consultation o& an attorne),