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Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: When do your rights to actors in LOTR lapse??
Date: 04 Sep 2001 18:19:12 GMT
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

>Well, even so, I'm sure there is an offer they'd accept (say,
>$100,000,000).  I don't think that's even remotely within SFC's budget,
>though.

Not a chance.  That's the budget of just one high-budget movie, chump change in
tv/film overall.  Just one B5 feature (which they could never do if they sold
the rights) would kick that back to them in guarantees from video, overseas and
related areas.


 jms

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