This Rewrite Employment Agreement is between a producer and a writer who will rewrite a screenplay for a motion picture. This agreement sets forth the specific terms of the employment arrangement including compensation, production bonus, participation in profits and screen credit. It is important that this type of business agreement be memorialized in writing. A well-written Rewrite Employment Agreement will prove invaluable in the event the producer and writer have future disagreements or misunderstandings.

This Rewrite Employment Agreement contains the following provisions:

• Parties: Sets forth the name of the producer and writer who will rewrite the screenplay;
• Employment: Sets out that the producer employs the writer on a “work for hire” basis and sets out the specific dates the rewritten screenplay should be completed and delivered;
• Compensation: Sets out the amount of compensation paid to writer (on execution of the agreement and completion of the screenplay);
• Profit Participation: Writer shall be given sole screenplay credit if picture is produced and will share in producer’s profits after all costs have been recouped;
• Publicity: The writer shall render services in connection with publicity and exploitation of the motion picture unless writer has conflicting contractual commitments;
• Suspension: Sets out the contingencies for which writer will be suspended including writer’s incapacity or failure and refusal to perform;
• Termination: The producer may exercise its rights of termination under this agreement if a suspension continues;
• Signatures: The producer and writer must both sign the agreement.

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