Author scam...Part 2...

Well, here's the follow-up (foul-up) from those trying to scam me by offering to take my book Full Circle to the Silver Screen. The email I received this evening (9/19/2022) was in Spanish, but I'll save you the trouble of having to translate it and give you the English version below.

Be aware that this is simply one of many scams you'll see these days. There are hundreds of ways to separate you from your money. Believe me when I tell you the odds of getting your indie book made into a movie are a million times less than getting struck by lightning (a million times less than one in a million!)

Ted


From: Alfonso Cuaron
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 5:46 PM
To: Ted Cohen
Subject: Re: Full Circle l Project Movie Deal

This is a guaranteed film, however we will not ask you for money if you have the material. Actually, we're going to pay you for the rights to your movie.

We received your material in June of last year. His book has been the subject of many reviews by our boards and executives. It took us several months before we decided to work with you. We select titles, create profiles and do not work with random authors.

Out of over 200 books that were reviewed, only 10 books passed the review and your book made my top 5 list.

I just want to make sure this is the correct fit, Do you still keep 100% of the rights to the book? Did someone tell you that your book is good for the movies? From your own perspective, why should I choose your book over the others? What makes your book special or unique?

Definitely! That's why I got a good recommendation from the board of editors and was told that your book is adapted to international cinema. His book received favorable reviews from Netflix.

Before the movie company will turn your book into a movie, we need a standard Hollywood script and movie trailer.

Do you have these materials ready?

Do you know the movie scripts? Right?

The script is the main requirement, this is the model of the film, it is the common ground that everyone in the film will work with from the beginning to the end of the production. It tells the complete story and contains all the action of the film and all the dialogue of each character.

We directors don't read books or manuscripts, we just read scripts.

Once the film company acquires the rights to your film, they will pay you to advance royalties ($400K - $2M). Usually 3% of the movie budget is the royalty part. Just like the last project I ran has a $41 million budget, our author partner gets a $1.2 million royalty. The bigger the budget we get, the bigger the royalty check. You understand me? Right? Excellent! Not to mention another 1% film gross once the movie is in theaters and available on TV channels.

Turning a story into a movie is really expensive, it will cost you an arm and a leg! Movie material usually costs $500,000 for an autobiography, other genres like science fiction even cost a million dollars just for a movie script. I have been in the film industry for over 20 years and can recommend a few film agencies that will help create Hollywood standard scripts at a very low cost, as little as $110,000, but will never compromise on the quality of the material.

I know that $110,000 is a huge amount to invest, but I can find a movie investor to help you finance at least 70% of the cost of your movie project. That means the investor can cover up to $77K and you will only handle the remaining 30%. The investor will usually get 20% of your royalty check. This means that if his royalty is $1 million, you will get 20% of it. ($200K to investor - author gets $800k) is a fair deal, right?

Netflix is looking for unique stories like yours that they can use for entertainment. This is a guaranteed movie in 2026.

Let me know your opinion on whether I will include your title for the 2026 movies as I have 3 other clients who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity!

Seize the moment because some opportunities don't come twice.

Welcome to Hollywood! For your success,

Alfonso Cuaron