Common use of Screenplay Development Clause in Contracts

Screenplay Development. A-15.4 If a Director, at the request of the Employer, renders services in supervising the development of a screenplay (as distinguished from reviewing or commenting on a completed or substantially-completed screenplay), with the option to direct, and if such option is not exercised or if the Director is replaced or the motion picture is abandoned, the Director shall receive a minimum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) at the time a motion picture based on the screenplay is produced, if at all, so long as one or more of the writers supervised by such Director in development is accorded writing credit. Payments made to the Director concerning development shall apply towards the minimum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000).

Screenplay Development. A-15.4 A-15.7 If a Director, at the request of the Employer, renders services in supervising the development of a screenplay (as distinguished from reviewing or commenting on a completed or substantially-completed screenplay), with the option to direct, and if such option is not exercised or if the Director is replaced or the motion picture is abandoned, the Director shall receive a minimum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) at the time a motion picture based on the screenplay is produced, if at all, so long as one or more of the writers supervised by such Director in development is accorded writing credit. Payments made to the Director concerning development shall apply towards the minimum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000).