The House that J.J Abrams Rebuilt

May 20th, 2006 by Hennessy

Even before Abrams’ film directorial debut, “Mission: Impossible 3,” opened in theaters May 5, his agent and lawyers had been offering studios the chance to bankroll a new “creative collective” — a major stand-alone label that would employ many co-creators, story editors, staff writers and producers with whom Abrams has worked for many years.

This might be great as long as Abrams does more than lend his name and direct/write the odd episode here and there.
And for the kind of money Abrams wants, I want some quailty fucking involvment from him.

For directing feature films, sources say, Abrams is seeking $10 million against 10% of first dollar gross; writing fees of $3 million at the minimum and up to $5 million if he receives sole credit; producing fees of $2.5 million against 5% of first dollar gross, escalating up to 12.5%; and 35% of home video revenue.

Overall, the proposed deal would cost a studio about $100 million over five years — a sum that made all potential bidders balk.