Writer Rosalind Wiseman is fighting to get a fair share of the “Mean Girls” musical and new movie after signing her film rights away for $400,000.
Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert, also taking a role herself. Wiseman consulted on the movie.
Wiseman added: “For me, having a female writer and not having that happen has not only been difficult because of the money, but it’s also been painful, very painful. Her original contract included net profit points — that is, extra cash dependent on how well the movie fares at the box office. “What’s hard is that they used my name in the Playbill,” Wiseman said. “And Tina, in her interviews, said I was the inspiration and the source, but there was no payment.”
But this was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Wiseman, who said, “There was a moment for me, I was at this incredible party and I’m thinking how much money this party must have cost, probably more than I was paid.
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