THEATRICAL. 1. With respect to all theatrical employment agreements with writers under term or deal contracts which were in effect on May 2, 2017, the new minimum compensations, conditions and Theatrical Schedule A as herein contained shall not in any manner be applicable for the period prior to, nor effective until:
a. in the case of a term contract, the effective date of the exercise of the next option which occurs after May 2, 2017, for the renewal of the employment period, or six (6) months after the effective date of the commencement of the current
THEATRICAL. Company agrees that the minimum basic compensation to be paid a writer who is employed for a feature length photoplay on a so-called flat deal basis shall be as herein set forth. For the purpose of this Article 13.A.1.a., "High Budget" photoplay shall be a photoplay the cost of which equals or exceeds five million dollars ($5,000,000.00); a photoplay the cost of which is less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be referred to as a "Low Budget" photoplay. The Company may option to purchase or license from a professional writer literary material, which would be covered by this Basic Agreement, for a period of eighteen (18) months upon payment of ten percent (10%) of the applicable minimum compensation for such literary material. Company may renew or extend such option for subsequent eighteen (18) month periods upon payment of an additional ten percent (10%) of the applicable minimum compensation for such literary material for each such eighteen (18) month period. Notwithstanding anything in this Basic Agreement to the contrary, the option payment(s) shall be credited against the purchase price or other compensation payable to the writer.
THEATRICAL. 1. This Basic Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its subsidiaries in which it has a fifty percent (50%) or more financial interest and all parties who by reason of mergers, consolidations, reorganizations, sale, assignment or the like shall succeed to or become entitled to a substantial part of the business of a signatory.
2. With respect to a motion picture produced by an independent producer under a contract with the Company for the financing and distribution of such motion picture, if Company gives the Guild notice within ten (10) days following agreement between Company and independent producer with respect to such contract that such motion picture is not covered by this Basic Agreement, then Company shall not be obligated with respect to such picture except as otherwise provided in Article 15. If the Company does not give the Guild such notice, then Company shall be obligated under this Basic Agreement (and no other collective bargaining agreement with the Guild shall be applicable) with respect to such motion picture. The provisions of this subparagraph 2. apply only to:
a. a writer whose employment, had he/she been employed directly by Company in connection with such motion picture, would have been covered by this Basic Agreement; and
THEATRICAL. Theatrical means an entertainment Motion Picture generally sixty-one (61) minutes or more in length, produced primarily for exhibition in theatres or any other place where a charge, by any method, is paid by the viewing audience.
THEATRICAL. Theatrical means an entertainment Motion Picture generally sixty-one
THEATRICAL. 1. With respect to all theatrical employment agreements with writers under term or deal contracts which were in effect on May 2, 2014, the new minimum compensations, conditions and Theatrical Schedule A as herein contained shall not in any manner be applicable for the period prior to, nor effective until:
a. in the case of a term contract, the effective date of the exercise of the next option which occurs after May 2, 2014, for the renewal of the employment period, or six (6) months after the effective date of the commencement of the current employment period, whichever occurs first, but in no event prior to May 2, 2014.
b. in the case of a deal contract, the effective date of the next step of such deal contract which commences after May 2, 2014.
2. Any contractual obligation by Company, in effect on December 12, 1966, to give credit for source material or story in connection with a photoplay, shall not in any manner be affected by the provisions of Theatrical Schedule A contained herein.
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