Marlett & Me: Get the Money Up Front… And Don’t Get Taken

By David Marlett
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/david_marlett_get_the_money_upfront_20090611/
We (BlueRun Productions) are in the midst of receiving offers for one of our top projects. The offers have an array of approaches and terms. The key is to have 20/20 long-range vision. Gotta know what’s around the next 10 bends to best decide how to proceed, which offer to take, what terms are best. But eventually it comes down to gut, and how much you like the people with whom you are going to be working.