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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