Which, in the age of IP, is a VERY obvious loophole. It gives studios ZERO incentive to take chances on original ideas. Fuck the AMPTP

Also keep in mind, how many original theatrical screenplays get developed/made these days? Almost everything is IP-driven. It’s a no from me.

You can tell it's literally copy and pasted from the AMPTP’s Word doc because of the spacing errors. Deadline even left in the file name.

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