LOS ANGELES-Mobile episodes of the hit TV show “Lost” are once again in the works following an agreement between Walt Disney Co. and three Hollywood unions.
Disney’s Touchstone Television reached an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America to produce “Lost Video Diaries,” a series of mini-episodes for mobile phones. The project had been on hold since it was announced in November.
The deal, a first in the mobile-content sector, mirrors the standard revenue-sharing agreements that writers, directors and actors receive for TV shows and other media. WGA and DGA members will receive 1.2 percent of the license fee for mobile-phone use. Actors are ensured an escalating wage beginning at $425 for an eight-hour day and will receive residuals for cell-phone broadcasts after 13 weeks.
The contract also covers Internet use, and increases residuals for ad-supported online downloads.
Production on the mobile series is slated for late summer in Hawaii, and the video clips will be distributed by Verizon Wireless.
