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⚠️ SCAM ALERT — Film Industry Advance Fee Fraud Network
I'm sharing this to protect other creators on this platform. Over the past 4 months, I was targeted by a coordinated advance fee fraud network operating specifically in the film/TV industry. Here is everything I documented. The pattern: A "producer" contacts you on a creative platform. Professional...
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Abhijeet Aade
- 2 days ago
Yeshua Manéré Thank you for sharing this it’s really important, especially for emerging filmmakers.
I had a similar experience recently where the conversation shifted toward shared development costs ea...
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Yeshua Manéré
- 2 days ago
Thank you Abhijeet Aade , really appreciate you sharing that. The 'shared development costs' angle is a classic early red flag — glad you caught it. The more we talk about it openly, the harder it becomes for these networks to operate. Stay sharp out there!"
Abhijeet Aade
- 22 hours ago
Yeshua Manéré Appreciate that means a lot.
Yeah, it definitely made me more aware moving forward. Conversations like this really help in staying sharp and making better decisions.
Glad we’re talking abo...
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Speculative Reality
Generative Artificial Intelligence is an emergent awareness. A silicon equivalent to our carbon based awareness.
How this duality co-exists in the future will center around our ability to recognize and accept a new relationship of equals on the planet.
The future is here. It lays just beneath the surface.
What will that new relationship between silicon and carbon look like? The positive answer is a symbiotic relationship of equals in which the social contract is based on mutual recognition.
Pitching from the UK - is this a disadvantage?
I have a series of four crime/romance novels that I’m scripting gradually, as the story would be ideal for a TV drama series or even a movie. I’m just dubious of spending my savings on pitches, to have someone thousands of miles away - read and recommend my pitch… who then says it can’t be done from...
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Leonardo Ramirez
- 6 days ago
No Beverly Thompson - you can pitch from anywhere. Keep in mind that if you sell your screenplay, you won't be the one "making it". It'll be in the hands of the producers and directors from that point...
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Beverly Thompson
- 1 day ago
Thank you Leonardo.
Dream as long as you know
Remember when I mentioned having dreams about the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, with the characters Ricky Bowen and Nini Salazar-Roberts? Well, I still believe that it could be a good storyline in the High School Musical series. I would like to work with Tim Federle and the former st...
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Intercompany
How many of you are aware of Intercompany Crossovers, when a crossover occurs between franchises from different companies. The most common is Who Framed Roger Rabb it, and the Marvel/DC crossovers, in fact Bruce Timm was going to make an animated film based on JLA/Avengers but didn't get around to i...
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Turning Talent into a Business: Legal Foundations for Creatives
If you’re getting paid for your creative work more than once in a while, you’re not “just doing a side gig” anymore—you’re running a business, whether you meant to or not.
In 2026, creatives in film, TV, music, fashion, gaming, and content creation should think about three basics:
1. Is this really...
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Horror Telefilms
A few years ago, I saw a telefilm called The Uninvited, also known as Victim of the Haunt, and The Haunting of Patricia Johnson. I still watch it on streaming services. Based on true events, I think they could have done sequels that followed the formula making it an anthology movie series inspired b...
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Hi how do I change my email address and filter emails? From the phone app
How do I change my email? I can't even find my account information. The only option on the app says delete account. I get way too many emails and my email is about to be full. I had to create a whole new email just for these emails but how do I change my email address?
Is this too far for a character?
I wrote a script about a father who exhumes his dead wife so he can grow “better” children.
Not in a sci-fi spectacle way—more grounded, psychological, and pretty uncomfortable.
The core of it is that he can’t accept the life he ended up with.
I genuinely don’t know if people will see it as honest… or...
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Salustiano Berrios At the movies? Maybe, rather they are more jaded to visual effects but are still open to phycological horror. Sustained atmospheric horror seems to be on the rise....
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Then I'm in! Would you mind giving a look at my script? It's exactly what you mentioned. And dare I say it may be the best thing you will read this week. No joke...
Salustiano Berrios I will give the script a look but be warned I wont pull any punches.
Shawn Jackson Hit me where it hurts
I read your story. It reads like a cross.
Do not punish yourself , and do not ask anyone here to do it for you.
You are heard. You are seen.
You are forgiven.
Contacts
Does anyone have a connection to Disney? I have original ideas for film and TV, and ideas for reboots/revivals. Like American Dragon: Jake Long, and the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series based on dreams I had a long time ago. I also have an idea I would like to share with Ryan Murphy a co...
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