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Overview
• Our Experience• Our Approach• Our Process• Case Study: Dark Void
UTA Represents Elite Artists & Brands
• Movie stars• TV stars• Writers• Directors• Producers• Musicians
And Elite I.P. and Brands
• Books• Brands• Video Games• Companies
Our Experience
Our Approach
• Our client and priority is MEGA MAN• We work with you to develop an optimal plan• We evaluate a number of strategic options• These may include UTA clients…• In addition to NON-UTA clients• The goal is to maximize the creative and financial
potential of the MEGA MAN property
Our Process
• Prepare appropriate pitch materials• Discuss potential producing partners• Discuss potential talent attachments• With partners, pitch to studios and financiers• Negotiate a state-of-the-art deal for Capcom
Producing Partner• Which producer is best for the property?• Which producer will attract the best writers, directors and actors?• Which producer has the best track record of getting films made (especially
a Mega-Man sized film)?• Which producing partners are marketable at which studios/financiers?• Which producing partner is going to be the best ally to Capcom throughout
the pitch, sales, development and production processes?• Should you partner with one producer “for the town”?• Or is it better to assign different producers different territories?
• UTA can – as we did with Dark Void – help you answer all of these questions to ensure that this first, CRITICAL decision is handled with care.
Talent Attachments• When is the appropriate time to attach a writer, director or
actor? • Which attachments add the most value to the project during
the sales process?• Case Studies:
– Dark Void: Plan B and Brad Pitt– Shadow of the Collussus: Kevin Misher & Justin Marks – Spore: Chris Wedge (writer/director of Ice Age)
Pitch to Studios
• UTA organizes and sets pitch mtgs• UTA provides all follow-up to ensure market
vibrancy• UTA runs “a process” that creates a sense of
urgency, which can directly and positively impact the final result and economics
State of the Art Deal
• Option and Purchase Prices• Profit participation• Creative protections / controls• Reversion rights• Reserved rights
Case Study: DARK VOID• We helped Capcom sort through dozens of interested
producing partners• We helped negotiate the deal with Plan B• We helped create and execute the go-to-market strategy• We handled the negotiation with Reliance Big Entertainment• Arrived at state-of-the-art deal for Capcom• Massive pre-launch publicity for the product • Result: the biggest game-to-film deal of 2009
Why Work With An Agent?
• We have expertise in making these deals• We provide valuable market intelligence to inform
decisions about producing partners, potential financiers, etc.
• We can help “package” a property with talent, both from UTA and other agencies
• We have done this successfully more than any other talent agency
• Our fees are success-based
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Brent WeinsteinCharles FerraroGina Ramirez
United Talent Agency9560 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212310-273-6700