SCREENPLAY CONTRACT

QCorp Literary and Screen Agency

Definitions

1. The parties of this contract are Jennifer Blockbuster, hereafter known as the Author, and QCorp Literary and Screen Agency, hereafter known as the Agent. This agreement shall hereafter be known as the Contract.
 

2. The literary works covered by the Contract are all screenplays, treatments, series bibles and all other such works created for the purpose of public performance written by the Author, individually or with co-authors, including all other written works, derived or associated with same, and shall hereafter be known collectively as the Author's Works.
 

3. All monies and financial remuneration derived from the Author's Works shall hereafter be known as Proceeds.
 

Purpose of Contract

4. By means of the Contract the Author grants the Agent sole and exclusive rights to act on the Author's behalf, in all matters, for the purpose of securing sale of the Author’s Works, in all forms, which shall hereafter be known collectively as Rights.
 

5. The exclusive rights described in paragraph 4 shall include initial contact with potential buyers, the receiving and reviewing of all offers with respect to the Author's Works, negotiation of all contracts and agreements associated with the Author's Works.
  

 

Agent's Commission and Author Payment
 

6. The Author agrees to pay a commission of ten per cent (10%) of all gross Proceeds to the Agent within ten (10) days of receipt of such Proceeds with respect to any Option and Purchase price, Compensation to the Agent beyond the Option and Purchase price shall also be ten per cent (10%) but only to the extent such Compensation does not reduce the applicable Proceeds below Writers Guild of America (WGA) minimums as specified in the WGA Basic Agreement.
 

Author's Expenses

7. The Agent shall bear all ordinary expenses such as duplication of the Author's Works, postage, telephone calls, and related expenses pursuant to the Contract. All such expenses shall be recorded and itemized. The Author shall reimburse the Agent for these expenses up to a limit of four hundred dollars ($400). Such expenses owed to the Agent shall be collected from the Author out of the Proceeds and shall be in addition to the commission set forth in paragraph 6. Unless the Agent is successful in procuring, for the Author, Proceeds, no payment is due from the Author to the Agent.
 

8. Any expenses not deemed ordinary by the Agent shall be exempted from the provisions of paragraph 7 and shall be reimbursed to the Agent by the Author. In all such cases the Agent must secure written permission of the Author before incurring such expenses. Written permission shall specify the nature of the expense, the amount of the expense, and the terms of payment.
 

Term and Termination of Contract

9. The initial term of the Contract shall be six (6) months from the Effective Date of Contract stipulated below and shall continue thereafter until terminated in accordance with paragraph 10.
 

10. Termination of the Contract by the Author or the Agent must be in writing and shall be effective three months from the date of such written notice, provided the effective date of the termination is no earlier than six (6) months from the Effective Date of the Contract.
 

11. Any contracts or written agreements relating to the Author's Works entered into by the Agent on behalf of the Author during the lifetime of this Contract shall remain under the terms of this Contract whether or not this Contract has been terminated by the Author or the Agent or whether this Contract is currently in force.
 

Sub-agents

12. Sub-agents, whose commissions shall be in addition to the Agent's commission, can be engaged by the Agent only with the written permission of the Author.
   

Modification or Assignment of the Contract

13. This Contract cannot be altered, modified, changed, assigned or transferred without the written permission of both the Agent and the Author.

 

Author’s Warranty

14.  The Author Warrants that the Author’s Works do not infringe upon any existing copyright, are original and do not contain any libelous material.  Furthermore, the Author shall hold the Agency blameless and indemnifies the Agency with respect to any legal and other matters arising out of the aforementioned Warrants.

Disputes

15. This contract shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon. All disputes arising out of this contract which cannot be resolved by the parties shall be decided by arbitration if the parties can mutually agree upon an arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on the parties.
 

16. Should the parties not agree upon an arbitrator the dispute maybe submitted to the civil court of the State of Oregon. Neither party shall file an action in civil court without first giving notice of the demand for arbitration to the other party in writing.
 

 

 


 Effective Date of Contract: 01 August 2002

 

 

_______________________ Author                                                    _______________________ Date
 

Jennifer Blockbuster                                                                         _______________________ SSN
           

________________________ Agent                                                     _______________________ Date
           

William C. Brown, QCorp