Celebrity gigs – which stars are contractually obligated to do- make being in the movies seem like it’s all about the art of movie making; these days, however, it’s all about the deal. The perfect example of this is the contract Arnold agreed to for Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines. The contract was put together by Jacob Bloom, Schwarzenegger’s lawyer. It took at least twenty-one drafts and ended up running thirty-three pages long. [Read more…]