Guys... GUYS!!! WE HAVE INFO!!!

Guys... GUYS!!! WE HAVE INFO!!!
youtube.com/watch?v=7ZznY1kfuVQ

can I get a tl;dr?

I never realized how complex this got

>Guy who probably runs a bunch of get-rich quick schemes decides to make a SpongeBob movie for a quick buck
>Pulls it quickly to avoid legal trouble
>Sup Forums finds out about it and starts digging, causing most of the company to get scared and deny everything
>Eventually Internet gets interested as a whole, keeps digging further
>Eventually, people track down original scam artist, who seeing the ridiculous interest in this stupid product decides to try and make a buck, besides its not going away on its own
>Decides to set up crowd funding for money

Tldr: The Kickstarter for the movie should start sometime in June.

They got a hold of the head of Regal Films who also works for an organic soy company, and is listed online as a massage parlor that gives handjobs.

The phone call was really shady. "Spongebob Squarepants? Yes, we don't have a copy of that particular film however we're may...we're about to release it later this year."

How many scams does this guy have going?

I bet the kickstarter is just going to be this guy pocketing the money and running.

The community around lost media is so autistic yet so fucking interesting.

Nice

>>The phone call was really shady. "Spongebob Squarepants? Yes, we don't have a copy of that particular film however we're may...we're about to release it later this year."
Somehow it sounds more like a money laundering type of thing going on here. The movie was never actually made and the studio filed for a loss or something.

Why don't people try to find some better lost animation-based media such as...

Jerzy Kular's Krakken: Adventure of Future Ocean

Kaj Pindal's Caninabis

Jon Foulk's Organ Cranker

Shelley McIntosh's Dream Geometry

Gail Noonan's The Menopause Song

Henry Selick's Seepage

William the Callfag here. I took the Lorenzo call, and am rather excited about ADWSS' release. Me and the search group are a tad skeptical though, due to Mr. Holley's hesitance.

I dunno, man. We seem to think it's legit, due to their other productions. We initially thought it was a 'Springtime for Hitler' type of thing, but as we went forward, we just found it to be something else entirely.

In the call (you may not have heard it, due to the shit mic quality I had), he claimed that he made one version, and was not happy with how it came out (which we find kind of suspicious, but whatever), and claimed he wanted to re-do it.

It may be legit but there are many of these ghost companies that exist for tax dodging reasons that put out weird or crappy shit to try and stay out of public and in turn government eye.
What I'm guessing this is since I've seen something like it before is that he's using it to dodge taxes or more likely is a fall guy/name signer for some rich prick who is dodging taxes for a "fee" and probably doesn't want his benefactor think he's compromised or sees this as another good way to make some side money
worst case scenario he's money laundering for some criminal and that's why everyone is afraid to talk which is most likely the case

Possibly, but people HAVE talked. We had quite a few people talk about their experiences with Reagal, some even working on screenplays and such.

what if we involve the FBI?

Don't think we should. We have no proof of any wrongdoing.

Why didn't you ask him more questions?

I just followed the script given by the other members in the group. In brutal honesty, I didn't even help until about the last minute.

callfag seemed like he didnt know what to ask, like a deer in the headlights, the calls were very awkward really.

Anything relating to people not existing would spook him though.

My theory is that it's a front for some kind of laundering ring, MAYBE a prostitution ring if the massage parlor means anything. The fact that nobody wants to talk and the guy has been as evasive as possible proves that they've done something illegal.

>that cosby pic
>the cosby rapes
spoopy

That whole call was really awkward and cringey. Hearing your side though, I don't blame you; the other autists should have thought this out better. Who knows if this will be the last chance you have to talk to this guy.

In all honesty, I was nervous as hell. I did NOT expect him to pick up. I just called one of the numbers related to a business of his. I just expected a representative to pick up or something.

Um, user?

Hm?

>The fact that I'm 15 doesn't help.

Yeah the silences were pretty akward.
Are you new?

...Come back in three years dude.

Nope
.I literally only came to answer questions and give my personal opinion. No harm, no foul.

Don't say your under 18 unless your kidding. Or you'll be banned.

You're kidding, right?

Riiiiiight?

Not exactly.
Wasn't aware that was a rule.

>scam your way to wealth by making subpar to shitty movies
>try to jump on the SpongeBob bandwagon for easy cash
>get slapped with a C&D from Viacom
>get scared and cancel it
>years later, all the neckbeards and tinfoil conspiracists of the internet rise up to find this one shitty movie because they're convinced it's the key to busting a snuff film ring or some shit
>you and your associates get scared and refuse to talk and fake obliviousness, afraid that the internet will blow the lid off your scam
>finally, Sup Forums autists call you directly
>you make up a lie on the spot about how the movie is going to be released via Kickstarter just to shut them up
>immediately begin plotting to change your number and go off the radar so the autists won't find you again

Is that what this is in a nutshell?

HOLY CRAP IT'S HAPPENING

That means he's totally not 18. H-he's just joking is all! Please don't ban this young adult man, modds!

yes

You need to be 18+ to post here, little man.

That said, what IS your personal opinion on this, if you have one.

Enjoy your b&

mooods
do not delete this!

I'm a goofy goober.

C'mon mods, it's for a good cause! and Sup Forums is sfw. Well, sort of.

Nah, he probably will start the kickstarter, then run off with the stupid shits' money who think it actually still exists in some form. (assuming it ever got passed a few minutes of work)

true except
"they're convinced it's the key to busting a snuff film ring or some shit"
They just want closure because it's "lost media"

>years later, all the neckbeards and tinfoil conspiracists of the internet rise up to find this one shitty movie because they're convinced it's the key to busting a snuff film ring or some shit
>>you and your associates get scared and refuse to talk and fake obliviousness, afraid that the internet will blow the lid off your scam

It's also a possibility they don't want anyone else besides the law finding out. With scammers like this, esp ones who have their hands dipped in so many venues, it's possible they cut deals with other criminals or scam groups for money they had no way to pay back.

Everyone wants it to be a snuff or cp ring because that sounds more sinister and creepy I guess.

Callfag, email me if you are still alive with a screencap to prove you posted your post.

My email is [email protected]

If you're not banned, then just post something.

meant for obviously

I wonder how badly that guy shit himself when he got a call asking about his past business scams, before realizing that it wasn't someone he owes money to.

First the guy says it wasn't finished, then he says that they want to release it later this year and make "a better version"?

Yeah, he's going to take the money and run. He thought of that Kickstarter idea because he was cornered and had nothing else to offer.

This entire video could have been half as long as it was if this guy didn't repeatedly abuse the "long delay and muttering to himself" gag.

I was interested in the topic, but holy shit was the delivery of the information poor.

I feel like I'm going to be assassinated for watching this video

True. As I said, Mr. Holley seemed really hesitant during the call. We do have one loose end that we STILL can't seem to tie up.

The funniest part is that it will probably work, since there are so many kids blindly obsessed with this thing.

>there will be people, maybe even people looking at this very thread, who will donate to this Kickstarter expecting this guy to honor his word

Also, I am alive and well. I do appreciate the concern.

how else is he going to settle his debts?

>yfw Sup Forums ends up indirectly murdering the guy by raising attention to him and prompting all the criminals he owes money to to come out of the woodwork looking to collect

As I said, I am extremely skeptical, but I am very skeptical in nature, so my intuition may be wrong.

>one loose end

What's that?

I would donate 5 bucks. Not because I expect him to actually do it, but because I don't mind giving someone 5 bucks for a con. It's just 5 bucks.

If you're willing to go to that much effort Mr. Conman, you can have 5 fucking bucks.

A man by the name of Charles Rand. Records state that he's dead, but we have found evidence to his work with Reagal as a producer. He had an unknown arrest, and allegedly died in '04. We did have one lead on him, but fuck if I remember what it was.

Our main theory is that he either faked his death or that Charles Rand is an alias/psuedonym.

The audio bugged me. I'm not sure if the music getting progressively louder wail he mumbles is a joke or not. Otherwise, I enjoyed his delivery.

This is amazing. Just imagine if tomorrow you woke up and saw "Clevely Disguised Drug Cartel Sleeper Cell foiled by online Autists looking for a cartoon"

Calling it now; Gawker writes it.

It's still rulebreaking if you say it's a joke

I can actually see this happening. Everything about this is sketchy as fuck and no one wants to speak to anyone asking questions.

The Lost Media Wiki people won't stop though and the more they badger the more weird shit they're finding.

The golden rule of Sup Forums is "Don't ask, don't tell."

wait, why's everyone saying the CEO is involved in prostitution?

True. We're currently searching for a different piece of lost media at the moment. To say it's an uphill battle is a vast understatement.

What is it? I thought ADwSS was the Lost media holy grail.

So no one bothered to ask him to restate what the movie was about.

It is. One of our search members is REALLY interested in finding 'Pokemon Live!', so we're indulging her. Plus we did a vote. 'Him' just barely lost.

one of the addresses linked to their studios is a "massage parlor". if they're using diet food and movies as a scam fronts, i don't think it's an unreasonable assumption that they'd be willing to break into the sex industry too.

why no one is taking this information to the cops is a better question.

We did. He basically reaffirmed what we knew.
We believe this may be a troll who found the lead before us. Literally the only way we could find out is if we go to said apartment.

>why no one is taking this information to the cops is a better question.

It wouldn't be the first time we'd killed someone over a cartoon.

Remind me who that was?

Can't remember the name or even the situation, but it had something to do with leaking new episodes of The Legend of Korra. I think the story was someone claimed to have them but didn't deliver, and they were tracked down and accidentally revealed as a pedophile or something.

okay, so it's a few scam artists. good to know.

YOU
KNOW
NOTHING

Well then... that's something. Can someone else give me the full story?

this goes deeper than you will ever fucking know. Just walk away before the truth destroys you.

Oh yeah I remember that, I wish I kept that screencap.

>Brings up a really messed up Sup Forums event
>Dosn't deliver
You really suck sometimes Sup Forumsmrads...

Sorry. I was hoping somebody else would have it.

because we're actually getting somewhere here

dumb tripfag

what this thing?

guys i did some digging and and found the regal films gut has been dead since the 80s

>dude delays a Korra episode release by like a week
>Sup Forums ruins his life

That looks like it. Thanks.

Could be a guy who's using a dead guy's identity

you're welcome fampai

How are we ever gonna get more info on our stupid bootleg spongebob movie if the guy is in jail

I believe you but I still need a sause.

Of course. We've thought it could be Witness Protection as well. Didn't add that in because I thought it was redundant.

WHY THE FUCK WOULD ANYONE EVER CARE ABOUT THIS?!?!?!

NO FUCKING SERIOUSLY?

I'm interested in the lost media stuff but this creepy obsession with some bootleg spongebob DVD is so fucking bizarre. Can't you autists go look for some real cartoons?

Dang what got deleted?

>ADWSS thread
>not deleted

wew lad

But does the original version of Sponge bob exist!!! I don't want the remake

I wonder how much of this laundering media/tax dodging media will exist in the future

Whoever that guy is, I'd bet he's ditching the phone number after this

I think it was just some underage fuckboi.