[HPFGU-Movie] one movie and new kids? RANT

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/2003 6:09:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

> And if I were the trio's agent, I would be pushing, not for a higher
> salary, but for a share of the profits. This was actually an issue last
> year when CoS was being made. There was the threat of an actors' strike in
> Britain because they didn't automatically get a share of the profits; but
> CoS was specified as not being threatened by the strike because shares for
> the actors had already been negotiated. Anyone heard any more about this?
> 
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
> 
> 

I heard the strike was to get WB to raise Daniel's salary -- which they did, 
but it was nowhere near what it should've been to compensate him for the 
income WB is making off the franchise.  I don't know if the kids are getting 
anything from the licensing, but it would be truly obscene if they were not -- 
action figures of them, posters, whatever else (I saw a "Harry in Quidditch Robes" 
kite at a store recently), those kids should be being paid for the use of 
their images.  If they were in the US, there are laws here that would take care of 
it.  That's one advantage to the studio of filming overseas (not in the US), 
from what I've read various places.


Lynda 
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". . .the cat's among the pixies now."  Mrs. Figg, OoP


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