Distribution : Distributors Pre-Sales Agreement Question by Kevin Sloan

Kevin Sloan

Distributors Pre-Sales Agreement Question

Hey fellow producers,

With actors attached or not to your feature film, have any of you ever been successful in getting pre-sales numbers (LOI) from distributors to help secure funding from investors or companies like TPC or BondIt?

Please and thank you.

Kev

Ewan Dunbar

Its difficult to make an accurate sales projection without cast unfortunately. If a deal is done and a big star attachment is made later, the sales deal will be very undervalued and can upset financial partners. On the other hand, if a sales deal is done based on big stars being attached but they don't come through, usually distributors will have a clause saying their deal is conditioned on that level of cast or equivalent being attached and will then have grounds to back out entirely.

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