Friday, November 10, 2023

Don't believe in the hype: online Publishing Scams.

 

 

 

Online 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

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