11.   Universal Pictures paid the trusts for an option, but since MGM claimed the movie rights, negotiations between the two studios ensued.

12.   Warner and some of the other studios also hope that rental stores will begin renting out DVDs as well.

13.   Because the two studios owned different territories, they came up with slightly different advertising materials.

14.   The other studios will release their biggest films beginning on Memorial Day at the end of May.

15.   The two studios are co-financing the sequel, which begins production in May in Italy.

16.   The first six studios should be in operation two years after the contract is signed, Kishk said.