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Book Publishing or Film Scams ©M7C 2023
https://annerallen.com/2022/06/book-to-film-scams/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate
Online Publishing Scams that seek to make a film from an unknown
or self-published Author from cold-calling or emailing the Author are Fraudulent. They keep calling us or emailing this
rubbish. The alleged address to “Lions-gate Productions” is for lease according to the property website,
so no letters sent there will be received.
The representative is named after
a real employee of the real Lions-Gate company.
The website from the email # is fictional (.net not .com). The email doesn’t
mention the Book’s name that they want to make into a film, and Netflix isn’t going anywhere. Plus the company wants the Author to spend $$
on items, usually a book Agent would know about. 5% proceeds is too cheap.
This appeared in my Spam Folder: (Note any misspelled words):
From:
Lionsgate Productions
Subject:
Material Approved for a Film!
Good day,
We would like
to inform you that your book has been selected as one of the Content Titles
that we would like to translate into a film. As we have expanded our horizon in
lieu of our partnership with Netflix,
we would like to inform you that we are offering you a contract for a film
rights acquisition as one of our pioneering projects. The budget and the
Production Team are now ready for the project to commence. The producer has
allocated an estimated budget for the film production of $25M with 5% of the budget going to the author.
We are
looking to start the filming by the first quarter of next year to give enough
time until the screenplay is completed.
Please note
that the author will be under exclusive contract with our company. Any
information about this project will be under a non-disclosure clause stipulated
in the contract. As the author
representing the rights owner and Lionsgate Productions as the acquirer, you will be required to process all
the licenses, permits, and registrations; also with signing of documents
exclusively with Lionsgate Productions to obtain an immediate transfer. A
separate contract between your agency and Lionsgate will be signed and agreed
upon by both parties. We will send the
paperworks with the film agreement to your office upon your confirmation. We would be requiring you to send
the following materials:
1. Film Pitch
Deck
2. Cinematic
Trailer
3. Marketing
Evaluation
We need your confirmation as soon as possible. Thank you!
NOTE: Any
communication regarding this endorsement should only be between your Agency and
Lions Gate Productions. Any unsolicited emails
or calls from the writer/author will
not be entertained by Lions Gate Productions. The writer shall not, at any
time, directly or indirectly, disseminate,
duplicate or in any other manner disclose any information of any kind of
dealing with or in any way relating to the development, production, or
exploitation of the filma as
stipulated in the Acquisition Agreement signed
by our legal representative. That you acknowledge and agree that the
confidential information derives
independent economic value from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or
use.
Sandy Torres
sandy.torres@lionsgatefilmproduction.net
Lionsgate
Film Producer
808 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica,
CA, United States
https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property/16999130/808-Wilshire-Blvd-Santa-Monica-CA-90401/
Offices For Lease in 808 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica.
The content
of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in the
message ONLY. It is strictly prohibited to share any part of this message with
any third party, without the written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake,
please reply to this message and follow with its deletion to ensure such a
mistake does not occur in the future.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-torres-granovsky-3690707
Sandra Torres Granovsky (i.e. the real person)
Film and
Television Editor
Los Angeles,
California, United States
310 followers
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