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WORK: That certain unpublished screenplay written by Owner presently entitled “OUT OF THE BLUE” together with the title, themes, contents, characters and all versions and adaptations thereof.

1. PURCHASE PRICE: For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby mutually acknowledged, and in consideration of the payment of the greater of applicable minimum scale pursuant to the Writers Guild of America Basic Agreement, if the project is produced as a union film or Thirty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Dollars ($34,470) (the “Purchase Price”), Owner hereby sells, conveys, assigns and hypothecates to Producer all motion picture, television, allied and subsidiary rights (as specified in Paragraph 2 hereof) in the Work (the “Rights”).

2. OWNERSHIP: Upon Owner’s receipt of the Purchase Price, Producer shall own, exclusively and forever, throughout the universe, all rights in all languages in the Work, including, without limitation, the following (subject to the rights reserved by Owner specified in Paragraph 3 below): all motion picture rights, all television motion picture rights, (including, without limitation, live television rights), all radio rights, all legitimate stage rights, all home video rights (in any format now known or hereafter invented or devised), and all allied and subsidiary rights, including, without limitation, sequel and remake rights, interactive/multimedia rights, publishing rights (subject to Paragraph 3 below), novelization rights, music publishing rights, soundtrack album rights, Internet rights, merchandising rights, and promotional and advertising rights (including, without limitation, the right to broadcast, over radio, television and all other media, advertisements with respect to motion pictures or other productions produced hereunder). The rights herein granted include the right to distribute, transmit, exhibit, broadcast, and otherwise exploit all motion pictures or other productions produced pursuant to this Agreement by means of any and all media and devices whether now known or hereafter devised, including, without limitation, video cassettes, DVDs, and discs, and in any and all markets whatsoever. Producer may in its discretion make any and all changes in, additions to, and deletions from the Work. Producer may use Owner’s name, approved likeness, and approved biographical material in and in connection with the exploitation of the rights granted under this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring Producer to exercise or exploit any of the rights granted to or acquired by Producer under this Agreement.
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This Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of December 22, 2003, by and between Mark C. Thomas (“Owner”) and Film And Miracle Entertainment, Inc., a California Corporation (“Purchaser”).

Owner and Purchaser hereby agree as follows with reference to that certain literary material and screenplay entitled “The Harder They Fall” a/k/a “Johnny Phoenix” (the “Work”) written by Owner.

1. GRANT OF RIGHTS. Upon the execution of this Agreement,Purchaser shall own, and Owner hereby sells, transfers, assigns and grants to Purchaser, exclusively and perpetually, throughout the universe, all right, title and interest in and to the Work (including all stories, plots, characters, characterizations, dialogue, screenplays, treatments, drafts revisions and other adaptations thereof whether heretofore or hereafter written by Owner or any other person) (the “Rights”), including, without limitation, the following: (a) all rights of copyright (including all renewals and extensions thereof); (b) the sole and exclusive motion picture (silent, sound, musical and/or talking) television and all other audio-visual rights, and allied and incidental rights, including radio, legitimate stage, theatrical, television (whether live, filmed, taped or otherwise recorded, and including series rights, subscription, pay, cable, satellite and free television rights), cassette, disc and other video devices, interactive, internet, sequel, remake, phonograph record, advertising, publication, novelization and promotion rights (including the rights to broadcast and/or telecast by television and/or radio or any other process, now known or hereafter devised, any part of the Work or any adaptation or version thereof, and announcements of and concerning same); (c) all rights to exploit, distribute and exhibit any motion picture or other production produced hereunder in all media now known or hereafter devised; (d) all rights to make any and all changes to ,and adaptations of the Work; (e) all merchandising, commercial tie-in, sound track, music publishing and exploitation rights; and (f) all other rights customarily obtained in connection with formal literary purchase agreements. Owner hereby waives and releases any and all “separated rights,” “moral rights,” rights to reversion of title to the ‘Work, and any other rights or claims which Owner may have or hereafter acquire in the Work. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring Purchaser to exercise or exploit any of the rights granted to or acquired by Purchaser under this Agreement. Owner shall be entitled to the customary passive royalties should there be any remake, sequel or television movie, mini-series, pilot, series, or spin-off. Additionally, Owner shall have a turnaround or reversion rights to the original Screenplay if the motion picture is not produced within 5 years from the date of Purchase hereunder.
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This Agreement, executed on the day below written, is by and between Futura Pictures (hereinafter “Producer”), and Don Tsuchiyama (hereinafter “Writer”) with respect to the unpublished literary work tentatively entitled “Cass & Karri” (which, together with themes, characters, contents, alternate titles, and other versions thereof, is hereinafter called the “Property”), as follows:

1. CONSIDERATION AND TERM: In consideration of the sum o Five Thousand (5,000) Shares of Futura Pictures, Inc., common stock, and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which Writer hereby acknowledges, Writer grants to Producer an exclusive and irrevocable option to purchase all motion picture, television, and allied rights in the Property (“Option”), such option period commencing on the date hereof (“Commencement Date,” which shall be the date both parties signed or the later of the two dates, if different) and continuing for twelve (12) months (“Term”).
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Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of December 11, 2003, between WALT DISNEY PICTURES (“WDP”) and PLATINUM STUDIOS LLC (“Owner”) for WDP’s option to acquire all right, title and interest in and to the unpublished graphic novel written and owned by Owner entitled “UNIQUE” (formerly entitled “JAUNT”) in connection with a possible Motion Picture based thereon tentatively entitled “UNIQUE” (the “Picture”).

WDP shall have no obligation to perform pursuant to this side letter (“Side Letter”) unless and until: (i) WDP receives an executed original of this Side Letter and the Agreement, in form and substance acceptable to WDP and (ii) the Conditions Precedent set forth in Paragraph 1 of the Agreement have been satisfied.

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2. Reference is made to Paragraph 3.1.c. of the Agreement, which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Paragraph 3.1.c.:

“c. Television Series.

(i) If either: (A) 25,000 or more units of the Property are sold as a graphic novel (provided that Owner submits documentation substantiating such amount in form and substance acceptable to WDP in its sole discretion) prior to commencement of principal photography of the Picture or (B) the Property is listed among the top 200 titles on ICv2′s Top 300 Comics Actual Index (www.lcv2.com) during any month prior to the commencement of principal photography of the Picture, and the Picture is produced and released as a feature-length Theatrical Motion Picture, then the following royalties are payable for each episode of a television series based upon the Picture, as produced for a particular broadcast season:
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The following terms, and all exhibits attached hereto (all of which are made a part hereof and incorporated herein by this reference), constitute the agreement (“Agreement”) between Platinum Studios, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Owner”) and Escape Artists Productions, LLC (“Company”), with respect to the unpublished comic book series and related literary materials (except for publication of a comic book “Ashcan Mini Comic” in May of 1997]) entitled “Cowboys and Aliens” (“Work”), created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (“Author”), and owned by Owner, and registered for copyright in the United States Copyright Office by Platinum Studios as the copyright claimant on May 19,1997, Entry No. VAU-349-417 and registered for Trademark in the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks on February 24, 1998, as Entry No.2139278.

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2. PROPERTY. As used herein, the term Property shall mean all right, title and interest of every kind and nature in and to the Work whenever created, subject only to Section 10 below, including all past, present and future issues of the Work and all related treatments and intellectual property, and including without limitation all past, present and future copyrights, trademarks (subject only to Section 10 below), trade names, service marks, logos (and other marks and indicia of the Property) and other intellectual property rights or other rights of any kind relating thereto, whether now known or hereafter devised, and any renewals, extensions, restorations or resuscitations thereof, including without limitation all of the following:

2.1 Characters. Any and all characters (“Characters”) contained in the Work, excluding only any “Excluded Characters”, as defined in Section 10.1.2 hereinbelow. Owner represents and agrees that as of the date of signature of this Agreement there are no Excluded Characters except for the so called “Grays” as defined in Section 10.1.2 below. Owner further represents and agrees that none of the characters in the screenplay by Thompson Evans dated July 34, 2002 are “Excluded Characters” except for the so called “Grays”;

2.2 Individual Storylines. All plots, storylines, scenes, settings, incidents, titles, themes, contents, characterizations, dialogue, scenarios, special effects, translations, adaptations and other elements (including, without limitation, visual elements) created, described and/or appearing in the Work

2.3 Underlying Materials. All literary, dramatic or other material or copyrighted works of any nature on which the Work (i.e., the characters, themes, settings and stories) is directly based or derived from (a complete list of the currently existing materials comprising the Work is set forth in Schedule 1 and incorporated herein by this reference) subject to the limitations and reservation of rights set forth in Section 10.1.2;

2.4 Other Material. All literary, dramatic or other material or copyrighted works of any nature based on or derived from the Work; and

2.5 Documents: All contracts, agreements, assignments and instruments of every kind and character under which Owner may have heretofore acquired or may hereafter acquire any right, title or interest in or to the Work (a complete list of such currently existing documents is set forth in Schedule 2 and incorporated herein by this reference).

3. OPTION. Owner hereby grants to Company the sole, irrevocable and exclusive option (“Option”) to acquire from Owner, forever and throughout the universe and in any and all languages, the Rights (as defined in Section 8 below) in and to the Property.
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THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Writer shall be engaged to complete the writing of a “The Action” a.k.a “The Shock” ( the “Screenplay”). The Screenplay must be delivered as a complete draft within an 8 week period. All work performed under this Contract shall become the sole property of Public Media Works for any and all uses.

2. The Writer shall be provided material, which may include a complete script, a television or film treatment, a description, or other material on which the services are to be based. This material shall remain the sole property of PublicFilmWorks.

3. The Writer shall be compensated for the writing services associated with the screenplay known as “The Action” (a.k.a “The Shock”) as follows:

3.1 Upon commencement of work, the Writer shall receive $500 (five hundred dollars) per week for a period of 8 weeks.

3.2 The writer will deliver on a weekly basis a draft of the cumulative work along with a weekly invoice for $500.00 at which time he will be paid for that week.

3.3 The writer agrees that PublicFilmWorks will have approval rights on all materials submitted.

4. The Writer shall be paid the current WGA Minimum, as defined by the WGA for Original Screenplay, excluding treatment or Sale/Purchase of Original Screenplay, if the Company enters into a production agreement using the material produced under this Agreement. In addition, the writer will be paid an additional $10,000 fee if the Company enters into said production agreement. The Writer will have the right for first rewrite, if required , once the Screenplay is put into development by the Company. If the screenplay is acquired by a third party, the Company, will make best efforts to secure first rewrite by Writer.
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This Agreement effective September 20, 2004, is by and between Twin Faces East Entertainment Corporation; a Nevada Corporation (“Production Company”) located at 2857 Hartwick Pines Dr., Henderson, NV 89052, and Damien Lanfranche, an individual residing at *** (“Writer”).

1. EMPLOYMENT: Production Company employs Writer to perform and Writer agrees to perform writing services for Production Company’s proposed Einstein Project (“The Project”).

2. SERVICES/FORM OF WORK: The completed results and product of Writer’s services (including all material created, added, interpolated and submitted by Writer) shall be deemed the “Work” which shall be created in each of the applicable forms listed below (“Forms of Work”):

i. Scripts

ii. Narratives

iii. Screenplays

3. USE OF WORK: In Production Company’s sole, absolute and unfettered discretion, Production Company may use or not use the Work and may make any changes in, deletions from or additions to the Work.

4. DELIVERY: Writer agrees to complete and deliver each Form of Work and the Work, including any changes and revisions required by Production Company not later than December 31, 2004.

5. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: All of Writer’s services shall be rendered promptly in a diligent, conscientious, artistic and efficient manner and Writer shall devote whatever time necessary and attention and best talents and abilities to the services to be rendered, either alone or in collaboration with others. Writer’s services shall be rendered in such manner as Production Company may reasonably direct pursuant to the instructions, suggestions and ideas of, and under the control of, and at the times and places reasonably required by, Production Company’s duly authorized representatives. Writer, as and when reasonably requested by Production Company, shall consult with Production Company’s duly authorized representatives and shall be available for conferences with such representatives for such purposes at such times and places during Writer’s employment as may be required by such representatives.
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Agreement effective January 15, 2006, between Bridgefilms Inc., a Nevada Corporation (“Production Company”), and Arthur Nevis (“Writer”).

1. EMPLOYMENT: Production Company employs Writer to perform and Writer agrees to perform writing services for Production Company’s proposed motion picture currently entitled “Fire On Earth ” (“The Picture”), based on an original story by Biography of William Reich . All of Production Company’s obligations under this Agreement are expressly conditioned upon Writer’s completion, to Production Company’s satisfaction, of Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) and Writer’s submission to Production Company of original documents satisfactory to Production Company to prove Writer’s employment eligibility.

2. SERVICES/FORM OF WORK: The completed results and product of Writer’s services (including all material created, added, interpolated and submitted by Writer) shall be deemed the “Work” which shall be created in each of the applicable forms listed below (“Forms of Work”):

Forms of Work: Screenplay, Polish

(a) Use of Work: In Production Company’s sole, absolute and unfettered discretion, Production Company may use or not use the Work and may make any changes in, deletions from or additions to the Work.

(b) Underlying Property: If the Work is based on an original idea or material (“Property”) created by Writer, Writer hereby grants Production Company the same rights in the Property as Production Company is acquiring hereunder in the Work. The compensation payable to Writer pursuant to Paragraph 5 includes payment for said rights in the Property and for the writing services of Writer hereunder.

3. DELIVERY: Writer agrees to complete and deliver each Form of Work and the Work, including any changes and revisions required by Production Company as follows:

Screenplay due: May 15, 2006.

Polish due: June 15, 2006
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