ABSTRACT
Veteran entertainment lawyer Peter J. Dekom, Founding Partner of Bloom, Dekom, Hergott & Cook, frames the issue of money. Highlights include ways to incentivize investors, including popular soft money incentives such as tax credits and rebates (refundable and non-refundable); deduction benefits; presales and the unreliable use of movie stars; creative financing partnerships such as coproductions; how to reduce costs; increasing the talent pool; know the math, the risks and the business; financier trends toward consolidation and diversification; future revenues and ancillary rights; the high-pressure world of raising private capital.
