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From: hennebry at plains.NoDak.edu (Michael J. Hennebry)
Date: 9 Feb 1998 10:20:56 -0700
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In article <19980207055300.AAA08003 at ladder03.news.aol.com>,
Jms at B5 <jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote:
>Writing the next 2 movies, to be shot in April/May; doing all the other

Yay.  Last I recall, only one TV movie was definite.
Is the theater movie still in the muttering stage?

>Also just had a new 4-hour miniseries that I wrote optioned by a major company.

Vocabulary lesson, please.
"Optioned" means that a major company can make the miniseries, but doesn't
have to, correct?

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Mike   hennebry at plains.NoDak.edu
"The wolf [Shelob Johnson] and I are now on a first name basis."  --  Ivanova

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 10 Feb 1998 14:27:49 -0700
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>Vocabulary lesson, please.
>"Optioned" means that a major company can make the miniseries, but doesn't
>have to, correct?

An option is the standard protocol in deal making.  It is a fee paid to the
writer allowing the studio or network to hold onto the material while it puts
together the rest of the deal.  Consider it a downpayment.  Once the deal is in
place, the rest of the money follows.  

 jms

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