Up next: the HBO series!
IIRC, in the original book contract we signed over the stage production & movie rights, among others
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Like if publisher wants to be in the movie business then let’s make a movie, or if they don’t want to be in the movie business then let’s not, but if publisher wants free optionality on making a cinematic universe because they have Marvel envy that doesn’t seem to be persuasive.
Anecdotally sometimes intervening events made ancillary rights much more valuable than either party expected and allocating all surplus to the publisher by default doesn’t sit well with me, since they already do quite well structurally.
This is one of the primary things a good agent will do for you (I learned this much later, when I had an agent). There's still some give and take, but the Schelling point is in very different places, agented versus un-agented. Language rights alone is a huge deal.
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