[B5JMS] ATTN JMS: When do your rights to actors in LOTR lapse??

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From: "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne at attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 17:13:07 +0000 (GMT)
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Joseph DeMartino wrote:
> This sounds like someone's misunderstanding of what is happening.  There is
> no way that Warner Bros. is going to sell the rights to "B5" to anybody.  At
> this point the show is pure profit for them.  

Well, even so, I'm sure there is an offer they'd accept (say,
$100,000,000).  I don't think that's even remotely within SFC's budget,
though.

-- 
John W. Kennedy
(Working from my laptop)


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 04 Sep 2001 18:19:12 GMT
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>Well, even so, I'm sure there is an offer they'd accept (say,
>$100,000,000).  I don't think that's even remotely within SFC's budget,
>though.

Not a chance.  That's the budget of just one high-budget movie, chump change in
tv/film overall.  Just one B5 feature (which they could never do if they sold
the rights) would kick that back to them in guarantees from video, overseas and
related areas.


 jms

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