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khamanna
Posted: April 7th, 2017, 8:01am Report to Moderator
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Oh wow, "from there to here and here to there, funny things are everywhere"
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So, this Frankie Hopkins thing continues - a little bit on the backstory, Frankie Hopkins (google him) is a notorious film and screenplay thief, along with promoting a fake comedy tour (yes, he thinks he's a stand-up comic, too). He's, on numerous occasions, claimed he's performing at certain FAMOUS comedy clubs and yet, nobody has heard of him or ever seen him on stage.

Well, this dude stole "Morphine", is trying to get funding for it (he also reportedly took a passage from a short film also posted on Simply Scripts and passed it off as his own on Reddit). He tried pulling the opposite and is accusing me of stealing HIS screenplay.

I had a spat with him on Twitter and he claims that his lawyers have been in contact with me and that I am ignoring court orders lol. Nope. Haven't heard from anyone but him. So, he lied about that.

It's kind of a joke at this point... I told him FROM THE START that I no longer control the rights of the script as it has been under option with Pathfinder Pictures since 2013 (a few months after I wrote it). It is STILL under contract. I've explained this to him IN WRITING numerous times.

So, now, apparently he has a podcast and he decided to call me out by name (starting at the 19:11 mark). He claims that I am CURRENTLY trying to sell it and that he contacted a production company out of "New York or London" -- wouldn't the accent give that away? What an idiot. And he says that he made the company aware that the script was stolen by me and now they won't touch the script.

So, yeah, he lied about that, too. The company is based out of LA. And I told him REPEATEDLY that the script is controlled by Pathfinder Pictures and even gave him the contact info. They have not heard from him.

https://soundcloud.com/stillsmokingpodcast/episode6

I really want to make a Troy Duffy-style documentary about this guy.

--Michael


THE SUICIDE THEORY (Amazon Prime, 79% Rotten Tomatoes) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2517300/?ref_=nm_knf_i1
RAGE (Coming Feb. 2021) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8874764/?ref_=nm_knf_i2

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AnthonyCawood
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Oh wow, he's clearly psychotic!!!

Anything we can do to out him on social media etc just let us know...

Have you thought about trying to get this onto one of the bigger podcasts, Scripts n Scribes, Scriptnotes etc - just a thought...


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
Screenwriting articles - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles
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stevemiles
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Riveting stuff...  You think they knew the tape was recording..?

All the same I'd be hanging onto a copy.  This guy's really not the sharpest.


My short scripts can be found here on my new & improved budget website:


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TonyDionisio
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Been Around


Damnit, get to the point!

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Unreal some people.
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spesh2k
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So, Frankie Hopkins said that he apparently never heard of Simply Scripts before his "producer" got a link to Morphine. Because of the easy access to the script, of course he would have access to steal it. He still can't explain how I would steal it from him, though (yes, he tried pulling the switch-a-roo and saying I stole Morphine from him).

Anyway, he claims he never heard of Simply Scripts. Yet, here is a link to a very crappy short he posted in 2010. Poorly written, poorly executed. And you know what? He probably stole that, too. http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1289524417/

He also posted on Reddit an excerpt from a short film he was "writing" called "Amore". Yeah, he stole this excerpt from a short script that was posted on Simply Scripts a while back. https://www.reddit.com/r/writers/comments/5zgllv/excerpt_from_a_short_film_i_wrote_called_amore/

Beware, he lurks this site. I highly recommend registering with Library of Congress AND WGA. This dumbass continues to text me about how I stole "his" script and continues to post about me on sites (of course, HIS sites - the only people who go to his sites are people he stole from in the past). He claims he has a copyright from 2011 (which is hilarious because it's VERY easy to check) and has posted publicly about how I'm ignoring court orders from his "lawyers" -- lawyers that don't exist. Lawyers I've never heard from.

But even with a copyright, even THAT won't stop him from taking your shit and passing it off as his own. People like him are fucking it up for everyone else who want to workshop screenplays on public sites such as Simply Scripts. Be careful. Be very careful.

-- Michael


THE SUICIDE THEORY (Amazon Prime, 79% Rotten Tomatoes) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2517300/?ref_=nm_knf_i1
RAGE (Coming Feb. 2021) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8874764/?ref_=nm_knf_i2

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AnthonyCawood
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I think you need to get a lawyer to send him a cease and desist type letter.

Given everything he's involved in seems to be a fantasy, I'm not even sure what his aim is!


Anthony Cawood - Award winning screenwriter
Available Short screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/short-scripts
Available Feature screenplays - http://www.anthonycawood.co.uk/feature-film-scripts/
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