Entertainment & Production
Talent agreements, rights assignments, releases, and brand deals for production companies and creators, drafted by an attorney who has worked production. Fast turnaround and plain English.
How we can help
Rights assignment agreements
Transferring rights between companies, handling prior third-party deals, and structuring the assignment so nothing surprises you at distribution.
Shopping and option agreements
Optioning material to studios, networks, or distributors in a way that protects your project if the option is not exercised.
Talent agreements
Performer agreements and on-camera releases, tailored to union or non-union, scripted or documentary, paid or deferred.
Work-for-hire agreements
Crew, editors, and designers. Agreements that actually transfer rights under the Copyright Act.
Location releases
Property and venue agreements that hold up to your insurance carrier's actual requirements.
Creator and brand deals
Agreements for content creators working with brands, covering deliverables, payment, and usage rights.
What production work demands
Tight schedules
Pre-production can be two weeks. Standard reviews take 3 to 5 business days, and rush work is available.
Clean chain of title
Multiple writers, prior options, source-material licenses, and third-party assignments all have to line up.
The right agreement for each relationship
Union and non-union, work-for-hire, contractors, and deferred pay each need their own terms, not a template.
Multi-party rights assignment for a production company
- Engagement: Drafting and negotiation
- Sector: Film and production
- Outcome: Signed
A New York production company needed to assign rights to a third party. The deal touched several prior agreements with different parties, some signed and some never finalized. Alain drafted the assignment, mapped the prior chain of agreements, and coordinated with the receiving company's in-house counsel through signing.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Alain D. Alisca, Esq.
Technology, construction, and commercial contracts, company formation, intellectual property, and sports and entertainment deals. Admitted in New York, 2020.
In pre-production?
Send the project brief or the rough deal points. The first call is free, and we can usually scope a fee on that call.