Mr. Stone says it was "heartbreaking" to do this, but that Ms. Thurman's role may be resurrected in a "director's cut" DVD.

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In addition to pondering "The Blob, " which remains in development, Zombie recently finished editing a director's cut of "Halloween 2" for DVD and has an original film, "Tyrannosaurus Rex, " in the works with a tentative 2013 release date.

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Typically the distribution studio will take about 80% of a DVD's gross, but the clout of writer, director and producer Mel Gibson allowed him to cut a special deal with Fox, according to Scott Hetrick, editor in chief of trade magazine DVD Exclusive.

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We'll cut him some slack, given the paucity of HD DVD offerings out so far.

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They own all the rights to a show and typically give creators a cut only if the show makes it into syndication, dvd or reruns.

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Middling stars are being offered much smaller guaranteed fees in return for a bigger cut of the profits if a film sells well on DVD and television.

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