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Chris
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Date Posted: 23:30:16 02/09/04 Mon
In reply to:
Sean
's message, "Movie buzz" on 01:32:48 02/07/04 Sat
Sounds like theres a high probabilty of it being made, so this definietly is some good news :) thanks Sean
Chris
>Well, not buzz as such. But some INTERESTING
>information, and it sounds like just about EVERYTHING
>is in place for this thing to happen. They just need
>to sort this one rather important issue out and it
>looks like everything is GO.
>
>From Mary D's site.
>
>6 February 2004
>
>The following is from Katherine Fugate's web site
>www.katherinefugate.com
>
>
> "THE XENA MOVIE UPDATE: as it happens when i
>announce any updates on the xena movie's progress, of
>which THERE IS MARKED PROGRESS, at a xena convention,
>words are easily confused in a telephone game of
>facts that turn into fiction and speculation -- which
>leads to me getting tons of emails.
>
> again, what i reported was: there has been
>progress. things are NOT THE SAME as they were last
>year. however, there is a rights issue that is taking
>place. whenever anyone buys the rights to anything,
>there are several options that can play out,
>usually within a specified time frame in the contract.
>during this time frame, studios can make the movie. or
>studios can pass, putting a script into turnaround so
>that other studios can buy it, paying back the
>costs the original studio paid out. when the rights
>revert back to the producer, he may then attempt to
>set the movie up elsewhere if the original studio
>chooses not to make a movie. there are all sorts of
>roads to travel based on individual contracts. they
>vary - but usually a time frame indicates some sort of
>action must take place or the creator can get his
>material/rights back. all rights are sold to a studio
>for anything to be made.
>
> last year, the rights time frame was still in
>existence and rob was stalemated. he could do nothing
>except wait for 6 months to lapse so the rights issue
>can be raised. this year, that time frame has passed
>and now rob has hired lawyers to get the rights
>back so that he can make the movie. he is making
>progress. he believes he will get the rights. because
>of his work done in securing the rights, he has
>received my commitment to write the movie. i have
>written an outline for a movie. he has also received
>lucy and renee's commitment to reprise their roles in
>a movie. the commitment of a writer and stars is
>called a "package." rob now has a package for a movie.
>as a producer, his job is to get the rights and
>take this package to financiers in order to make the
>movie.
>
> these are the steps required in getting any movie
>made and they must be done in order. the rights always
>come first. think of them as a pink slip. without the
>pink slip - he can't sell the car, or the movie, to
>any financier. that is what rob is doing. and he is
>doing this because he very much wants to make a movie.
>we all do. it is our goal. we all plan to achieve our
>goal. or we wouldn't be investing our time and money
>into this venture. period. we are all busy people
>with jobs so spending our time on a xena movie is only
>done because we want to make a movie. and because we
>care. i am not writing outlines and spending time
>talking about a xena movie to SPIN anything, as
>some have intimated to me. what is there to spin? i
>don't have the time to spin or hype something i have
>no intention of doing. do you? and what purpose would
>it serve?
>
>MARKED PROGRESS! I LIKE those words! And I'm happy to
>hear both Lucy and Renee are keen to reprise the
>roles. I just hope they work the resurrection issue
>well, they could have a great movie on their hands.
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