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Legendary Film Producers launch unique film fund | With rare opportunity to participate in new major franchises.
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Bedarf: €0.00
Min.: €0.00
Zinssatz: 25% +2%
Zeitraum: 12 Monate
Finanziert
Ziel: €75 000
Mindest. Ziel: €25 000
Öffnet: 2020/10/19
Läuft ab: 2020/11/16
Art: Specialized
Lage: Los Angeles - Riga
Investitionen: 634

Summary

CROWDESTOR is excited to announce a new investment opportunity in the movie industry.

"EMH Globale" is a Joint Venture established between Hollywood movie production company EMH Consulting Films and a leading Baltic film production company Forma Pro Films. As collateral, the Hollywood-based EMH Consulting Films is contributing its 8 fully owned film projects, which are pledge on behalf of CROWDESTOR investors during the loan period, to the joint venture to be further developed and monetized.

The EMH Globale has found a unique market opportunity - to develop film projects and shoot the movies in Latvia where the lockdowns are less severe, and selling them to the international media and entertainment companies. The mission of EMH Globale is to create content during the challenging times for the world and Hollywood.

EMH Consulting Group was founded by the two Hollywood veterans Cary Granat and Ed Jones. The EMH Consulting team is responsible for over 90 films, launching over 25 new franchises, and building 2 multi-billion-dollar entertainment studios. 

Cary Granat is a renowned producer, having worked on over 58 movies, with over $5.8Bn in revenues, like Chronicles of Narnia, Scream, Spy Kids, and many more. Carry has been co-founder, and CEO of Walden Media, acting president and COO of Miramax Films’ Dimension Division. 

Ed Jones is an Academy Award winner for special effects (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), worked in over 100 films as an animation and special effects professional. 

Two Hollywood heavyweights are leveraging their experience industry recognition in the movie capital of the world have co-founded a company together with Forma Pro Films (FPF). FPF brings to the joint venture local knowledge, equipment and vast experience in movie shooting and production.  

In this fundraising campaign, CROWDESTOR investors are offered to contribute the total amount of up to 250 000 EUR, with a loan term of 12 months and a fixed annual interest rate of 25%. As Success fee investors will also receive 2.00% from turnover during operations in first 24 months.

Total funds to be raised in 4 - 6 months: 1 100 000 EUR.

Funding is placed into the special purpose entity (“SPV”) formed by EMH Consulting Films, leading Baltic film production company Forma Pro Films and CROWDESTOR. CROWDESTOR during loan period holds 25% of shares, and has rights to delegate 2 board members in the SPV.

Please see the video below to explore the major films these producers have made. These are the same types of projects offered in our slate.

Unique selling point

The experience of Carry Granat and Ed Jones as well as direct contacts with Hollywood and the world's largest film distributors and streaming companies, which now more than ever are in need of movie content. Prices for a finished movies have increased already and continue to grow.

COVID-19 has made shooting in Hollywood difficult / almost impossible.

The experience provided by the local partner will help to implement the projects as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

COVID-19 Impact on the Entertainment Industry

  • The rising popularity of on-demand video services has long before COVID-19 negatively affected the global film industry.
  • Consumers across the globe (except China) demonstrated a declining preference for cinema attendance.
  • The global pandemic has challenged the movie industry even further, closing cinemas and stopping the production processes.
  • Even the streaming services will feel the shortage of content, as the pandemic lasts. Netflix admitted that the biggest priority right now for business right now is to restart production.
  • World Economic Forum has stated that the proprietary content is the most valuable asset in the changing media industry right now.

 

LOAN

Minimum target: 25 000 EUR
Maximum target: 250 000 EUR
Investment period: 12 months
Interest rate: 25% per annum 
Success fee: investors will receive 2.00% from turnover during operations in first 24 months
Loan repayment: at the end of the loan period;
Interest payment: paid monthly, for first 6-month interest paid in bullet together with the principal payment
Crowdestor Provision fund: Yes
Location: Los Angeles - Riga
Security: EMH Consulting Group will be investing in the EMH GLOBALE its 8 fully owned projects and other partly owned projects. These projects will be pledged on behalf of CROWDESTOR investors during loan period until projects are sold

 
Remember - interest rate payments start calculating from the day you make your investment!

Founders

Cary Granat, CEO

Cary Granat is an American film producer and studio executive. He is best known for co-founding and serving as CEO for Walden Media from 2000 to 2009 and acting as president and COO of Miramax Films’ Dimension Division from 1995 to 2000. 

While at Walden Media, Granat secured the rights to C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series and oversaw production on the successful first film of the franchise, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Granat's other films include ScreamJourney to the Center of the EarthScary MovieAmazing Grace, and Spy Kids. 

Cary launched Walden Education, which for six years was the only studio-sponsored educational program that served school and youth groups between the ages of 8 and 13. Granat is a board member of the World Information Transfer of the United Nations and organizes an annual conference on Children's Health and the Environment every December. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Granat
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334665/ 

 

Ed Jones, President

Ed Jones is an Academy Award-winning industry leader and pioneer in digital media, specializing in 2D and 3D visual effects and animation. Jones began his career with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) spending 13 years there in creative and management roles, breaking ground with accomplishments such as 2 ½ D look for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. While at ILM, Jones contributed to over 90 films including blockbusters Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Ghostbusters I &II, Ghost, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and the Indiana Jones trilogy.

In 2001, Warner Brothers chose Jones to build and run ESC Entertainment, an AOL/Time Warner subsidiary, which was the primary studio responsible for Matrix Reloaded, Catwoman, and Constantine. Jones has received the industry’s highest accolades including an Academy Award® as Executive Producer on Happy Feet an Academy Award® and BAFTA awards for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and for The Witches of Eastwick. 

 

EMH GLOBALE

EMH GLOBALE is the new vehicle for the production of Film and Media projects.  EMH GLOBALE will be owned by Cary Granat, Ed Jones, FORMA Pro Films, and CROWDESTOR. The JV is seeking to raise EUR 1.1 mil in debt financing in tranches to launch self-sufficient operations for developing and producing “Hollywood” quality films for USA and World-Wide distribution.

As collateral, the Hollywood-based EMH Consulting Films is contributing more 12 film projects, which are pledge on behalf of CROWDESTOR investors during the loan period, to the joint venture to be further developed and monetized.

 

Financials

Use of the Funding:

  1. First tranche of EUR 500,000 to purchase the EMH "Survive" asset shares and establish operations for the JV.
  2. Thereafter, EUR 120,000/month for ongoing operations for 5-months (EUR 600,000 total).

Investor’s Reward:

  1. 25% interest per annum.
  2. Success Fee - 2% from the Turnover during first 24 months.

Collateral:

  1. EMH Assets
  2. 25% of EMH control rights for “Survive” revenues of sales outside of US territories.

Revenues

The JV forecasts to receive EUR 54 mil in revenues within the first 24 months of operation from 17 projects in the slate.

Project and date

Revenue

Survive: International Theatrical in Q2 2021.

$4 000 000

Amrita: Q1 pre-prod start, EMH Prod. Fee

$750 000

Project sapphire: Q2 2021

$1 500 000

Christmas Journey: Q3 2021 pre-prod.

$9 000 000

Family Survival Guide: Q4 2021

$6 500 000

Book of life: Q2 2021

$3 500 000

Silk Road: Q4 2021

$3 500 000

Atlantis: Q4 2021

$2 250 000

Survive 2: Q3 2021

$1 850 000

Memory Box: Q2 2021

$2 250 000

Ninja Monkey Spies: Q4 2021

$3 000 000

Family Business; Q1 2021

$3 250 000

Songs for Elizabeth: Q1 2021

$2 000 000

Flintheart: Q1 2022

$2 750 000

AT2; Q3 2021

$2 250 000

Lucky: Q4 2021

$3 250 000

Appalachia: Q1 2021

$2 750 000

TOTAL EXPECTED INCOME during 24 months

$54 350 000

 

ASSETS INVESTED IN THE EMH GLOBALE

EMH Consulting Group owns the following assets which will be invested in the EMH GLOBALE and will be pledged on behalf of CROWDESTOR investors during loan period until projects are sold:

  1. “Survive” movie (25% profit share of Global Distributions outside of the USA)
  2. EMH Projects 100% owned and controlled
  3. EMF development fund (75% EMH co-own)
  4. EMH Joint controlled projects

Forma Pro Films

FPF will be contributing their 2.5% profit share of “Survive” Global Distributions outside of the USA

1) Survive

Storyline:

Jane (Sophie Turner) wants to end it all. Then a plane crash almost ends it for her. Now she’s crawling from the wreckage with Paul, the only other survivor, and a new drive to stay alive.

Budget: $11.0M USD

Ownership: EMH’s 25% back-end of all revenues on the Worldwide rights, exclusive of the USA.

 

2) EMH Projects 100% Wholly Owned and Controlled

1) Appalachia: 1st Quarter 2021, $250,000 mil producer fee, $2.5 mil back-end.

2) Ninja Monkey Spies: 4th Quarter 2021, $1.5mil producer fee, $1.5 mil back-end.

3) Merry Fucking Christmas: TBD.

4) Family Business: 1st Quarter, 2021, $250,000 producer fee, $3 mil back-end.

5) Song for Elizabeth: 1st Quarter, 2021, $500,000 producer fee, $2 mil back-end.

6) Flint Heart: 1st Quarter, 2022, $1,250 mil producer fee, $1.5 mil back-end.

7) AT2: 3rd Quarter, 2021, $750,000 producer fee, $1.5 mil back-end.

8) Lucky: 4th Quarter, 2021, $250,000 producer fee, $3 mil back-end.

 

3) EMH Development Fund

The EMF development fund is a venture that controls IP of the projects financed by EMH & partners. EMH owns 75% of The EMF development fund.

Project Sapphire

Storyline:

In 1994, an American diplomat in Kazakhstan discovers the whereabouts of 1,300 lbs. Of nuclear weapon material and suddenly must race against the clock, along with the U.S. State Department, to get back to the U.S. Before the uranium falls into the wrong hands. Based on a true story.

Financials: 2nd Quarter 2021- start pre-production. 8-part series, sale to streamer network. $1.5m production fee + back-end buyout $1.5m

 

Christmas Journey

Storyline:

In the spirit of the journey to the center of the Earth and Narnia, a group follows the path of their great grandfather, the explorer Robert Peary, and discovers a real north pole village exists.

Financials: 3rd Quarter 2021-start pre-production. $1.5m upfront fee, $7.5m back-end

 

Family Survival Guide

Storyline:

A dysfunctional family finds themselves lost in Hell and now must survive through Dante’s inferno and the 9 infamous rings in order to escape with their souls.

Financials: 4th Quarter pre-production starts 2021 $1.5mil upfront fee + $5 mil back-end.

 

Book of Life

Storyline:

After the death of her father a high school student sets off on a journey to finish his research, which may have led him to a way to open the gates of heaven and see the Book of Life.

Financials: 2nd Quarter Streamer Series, $1.5 mil Producer Fee, $2 mil buyout

 

You Can Go Now/Memory Box

Storyline:

My Mother, My Son illustrates the power of love and a cruel twist of fate. A son who came from a struggling family that had little means was able to fulfill his mother’s lifelong dream to be successful, a “big shot” with all the status and trappings that entailed. Little did they know that her dream would end with a disease that had become an integral part of his livelihood.

Financials: 2nd quarter 2021, EMH is partners with financier Dwayne Clark, whose life the movie is based on. $750,000 producer fee + $1.5mil back-end.

4) EMH Joint Projects

Silk Road /Terra Cotta Warriors

EMH has Financiers who we need to pay back 120% of their development costs and they split 30% of EMH producer fees and back-end with EMH.

Financials: 4th Quarter, 2021, $1.5mil producer fee, $2 mil back-end.

Atlantis

EMH has a partnership with producers Brad Scott, David Benullo, and Broadgreen Pictures. They all own 50% and EMH owns 50% of the project. EMH still controls the project and will attain a $1 million fee.

Financials: 4th quarter, 2021, pre-production start, $750,000 producer fee, $1.5m back-end

Survive 2

EMH has several producers and co-control the rights with studio GunPowder Sky. The EMH fee is protected at $850,000 and a 25% back-end of all revenues on the project.

Financials: 3rd Quarter, 2021 start pre-production. $850,000 producer fee, 25% ownership of back-end.

 

 

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