February Production Update

We just sent out our February Production Update to Starbox investors, supporters, wellwishers, and gawkers. It is copied below for your reading displeasure. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an e-mail to support@boxofstars.com, and we'll gladly spam ... err ... inform you of our goings on.

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Greetings Starbox Pictures Supporters,

We didn't put out an update for January because were waiting for some big
news on our fundraising and screenplay before flooding your inbox with
movie spam. We've tried to capture all the latest news in this update.
If you have additional questions, as always feel free to e-mail Adam or
me at any time.

In this Issue

* What Can You Do to Help?
* Script Update
* Fundraising Update
* Production Update
* Marketing PR/Report
* Web Update
* Copyright Note

What Can You Do to Help?

Many of you have been asking lately, what can I do to help?

We are moving along in both the creative and business side of
production, and are putting all the pieces in place to get “Suicide
Squad” off the ground in May. We're still fundraising in earnest and
spreading the word about our project. The area we need the greatest
assistance in right now is in marketing. We're pushing a viral marketing
campaign primarily through Blogger and MySpace, but we are only two
people. The way this campaign will really take off is if we get more
evangelists for our cause.

You can help this by telling your friends about us, about our film, and
about our Web sites. Forward them this update, send them the link to
www.boxofstars.com, tell them about our blogs or MySpace sites.

Adam's put together a small teaser, which is available on all our Web
sites, and on Google Video and iFilm. Some of our potential editors are
also putting together teasers for us. Look for these in the coming weeks.

Also, if you know of anyone else who might like to invest in our
project, spread the word to them as well.

Note: There are about 150 of you on this mailing list. If each of you told
10 people about our project and Web sites, we'd have a chain letter.
And we know how much everyone like chain letters!

Script Update

I just completed draft 6 of the Suicide Squad script. This may not be
the final yet, but should be pretty close. Many of you have offered some
great tips and advice regarding the script, many of which have been
included in this version.

Fundraising Update

For those of you who've been watching the fundraising thermometer on our
blog, you've probably noticed a big spike in the past week. Our Internet
marketing campaign brought in $11,000 and leads on several other
potential investors.

We've also picked up a new Co-Executive Producer, who has asked to
remain a silent partner until the film is completed.

We are offering some additional perks for any of you who've currently
invested at the Associate Producer level, who would like to upgrade to
Co-Executive level. E-mail me for more details.

We now have $26,000 in the Suicide Squad bank account; and with our
commitments to date, we are looking to have over $40,000 raised by the
end of the month.

Production Update

Production is slated to begin in May, and last 15 days. This will give
us almost three months for post, and allow us to complete the film in
time for festival entry.

We've decided to shoot in HD, and have narrowed down our list of
potential DP's. We're hoping to make a final decision in the next two
weeks. We've also narrowed down our list of editors, which we also hope
to finalize in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more details on both of
these positions.

We've locked sound, craft services, and other miscellaneous crew. We'll
send a full crew list when we're completely crewed up.

Marketing PR/Report

We've slowed our press releases in recent weeks as our focus has been
more on personal communications with potential investors than on mass
communications. However, Adam has a big interview coming out in April in
a local Santa Clarita magazine. The interview focuses primarily on his
work on Suicide Squad.

E-mail Adam for more details.

Now that Draft 6 of the movie is complete and we're nearing our
fundraising goal, I am going to re-focus my efforts on marketing and
public relations, and start shotgunning press releases again.

We've locked a publicist who's willing to work pro bono after reading
our script. Her name is JoAnna Levenglick, and she's a New York-based
producer with great leads in the business. We also have a lead on a
Chicago publicist and are searching for an LA-based publicist as well.

If you have media contacts and want to help in this area, please let us
know.

Web Update

Our official movie site at www.boxofstars.com is steadily growing. We're
averaging about 150 unique visitors to the site per day. Our mention in
the Wall Street Journal and www.1deal1day.com campaign have definitely
helped our traffic, as we are drawing in about twice as many hits per day
as we were a month ago.

You can help with this, too, by spreading the word about our sites.

Copyright Note

We have some concerns about our working title “Suicide Squad,” as DC
Comics has copyrighted the name for their comic books. We are currently
researching copyright laws to see if the title is still available for a
feature film in a completely different genre. Our current legal counsel
is not a copyright specialist. If any of you know a tame copyright
lawyer, please let us know. We need to have this nailed down soon so
that we can change the title if needed.

Also, in the event we have to change the title, we'll be looking for
some creative suggestions for a new name. If you have any ideas, please
let us know.
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That pretty much covers everything from a creative and business
standpoint. Thank you all for your continued support.

Regards,
Glenn & Adam
Starbox Pictures

As always, you can track our activities on the Web at:

* www.boxofstars.com
* http://starboxproductions.blogspot.com
* http://suicidesquad.blogspot.com
* www.myspace.com/starboxpictures
* www.cafepress.com/starbox