195: All Eyez on Me | Web3 in Hollywood with Alex Amartei and Antara
Alex Amartei is an Irish entrepreneur originally from Shannon and is also an investor, film writer, and producer. He recently won the Hollywood Icon award and the Monaco Streaming Film Festival Award alongside James Cameron and Mark Wahlberg. Alex is the producer of Antara - the first major DeFi Hollywood movie in history financed by NFTs and the power of web3.
This episode of MoneyNeverSleeps is sponsored by SecuriCentrix. SecuriCentrix is a trusted cyber security company with offices in Dublin, Cape Town and London. SecuriCentrix provides expert advisory services, primarily in the finance and fintech industries, with tailored security solutions to fit your specific needs and regulatory challenges.
With a strong background in equities, real estate, corporate finance, and an extensive Hollywood network, Alex has built a brand around the democratization and decentralization of the movie business through web3, community, and blockchain.
In addition to launching the Antara Movie NFT, Alex also carried out the NFT campaigns for Arabian Camels, David Bowie, and Queen, and is soon to launch the full physical DC Comic collection onto blockchain.
Alex has also been a governmental advisor on the future of industry as it convergences with web3, tokenization, DeFi, and blockchain.
In this episode, we dive into:
- Alex’s view on entrepreneurship as a self-exploratory path where purpose, business, and passion all come together in an interesting way.
-What triggered Alex to dive into the massive project to bring Antara to life, both as a movie and as an ecosystem merging IRL and virtual experiences with intellectual property (IP).
-How success in the film space is dependent on both creative minds and business minds, and how having a balance of both can be helpful - “it’s not just about the dream - you need to make the dream stack up financially”.
-Uncovering a gap in the typical Hollywood storylines with the inspiring story of Antara, the famed 6th-century Arab poet born a slave in the desert 80 years before the Islamic era.
-How Alex’s background in traditional finance enabled him to make sense of NFTs and DeFi and lay the foundation for financing the Antara movie and IP-driven projects. - “I just thought this would be an amazing story to not only do as the first major movie in Hollywood history financed by NFTs, but to also be the most modern example of the future of Hollywood.”
-How the Arabian Camels project is providing owners with the experiential opportunities to go on set while filming Antara, get producer credits and go to the film premiere, while also acting as a masterclass on the future of Hollywood for actors, aspiring producers, and financiers.
-How the lore and mythology of the Antara story support the broader IP ecosystem integrating NFTs with physical merchandise, web3 gaming, IRL experiences, graphic novels, comics, and even a line-up of potential sequels (and how this is all reminiscent of the Disney Flywheel).
-The opportunity to apply the whole Arabian Camels vision across big Hollywood brands such as Star Wars and the Marvel Universe - “Imagine a one-thousand-person limited edition club owning the IP of Darth Vader - that’s where we’re going.”
-Alex’s view on modern-day alchemy - “Humans have the ability to turn ideas into reality. It's better than turning stone into gold. You can turn an idea into a multi-billion dollar situation, and that's really fascinating for me.”
LINKS:
Learn more about Antara the Movie and the Antara NFTs on the Arabian Camels website
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Episode title inspired by All Eyez on Me by 2Pac
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We've got an Alexander.
I'm Marty CEO of Arabian.
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Camels, Alex is an Irish
entrepreneur originally from
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Shannon and it's also an
investor and film producer.
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You recently won the Hollywood
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streaming Film Festival, award
alongside James Cameron, and
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Mark Wahlberg, Alex is a
producer of on Tara.
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The first major defy Hollywood
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Real estate, corporate finance.
And an extensive Hollywood
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network is built a brand around
the democratization and
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decentralisation of the movie
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community, and blockchain, in
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movie and of T.
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campaigns for Arabian camels,
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soon to launch the full physical
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Finally Alex has been a
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governmental advisor on the
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in this episode we dig into how
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the incredibly unique
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That is Alexander amarte, all
right here on money, never
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So Alex, listen, welcome to the
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Awesome to have you on.
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So thankful to Nile Donaghy for
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Shout out to Nile.
He was episode number 11 of this
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podcast and you're going to be
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Good you.
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together at a conference
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on some panels and con and I
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one of them and then I had to go
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just got talking.
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All right, cool, awesome.
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some great people, so thank you
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You play more.
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off lines, really good guy, very
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So listen, probably to get
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Alex, could you share some of
the foundational experiences
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that you've had in life that it
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where you are today?
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will potentially brought answer
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specifically with n ftes or into
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what I would say with how you
got started in this space and
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what got you to the point of
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We'll listen, I'm going to get
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movies through nft.
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to myself, I think
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the entrepreneur is a very sort
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purpose business, you know,
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passion things that you're very
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comes together in an interesting
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different projects, maybe every
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involved in different things.
I initially started in the
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equity space and and you know,
whilst I was in the stock
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market, we did some corporate
finance for various companies
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from oil companies.
Or what have you?
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But one of them was a film,
Denzel Washington film.
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And then, as you know, I like,
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I did some corporate finance for
one of the producers who did
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Merchant of Venice and we always
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coming from the city which is a
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how do I explain it?
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metals, you know.
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to back down of this sort of
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Everybody's talking about the
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there's just a whole different
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just got the movie bug.
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From then I think it happens
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they have the idea to go into
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certain stage.
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first small film in 2018 and
then when covid happened, I
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think it's squeezed a new
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happen to the equity space and I
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put my head down and I did the
script rant our wow now it's
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amazing and And because I know
what you mean about, you know,
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starting off in financial
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And, and then being at the point
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streak in you that whether it
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expressing it in other ways that
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me that it was around 2016 where
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different direction after a long
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many different forms.
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It's an art, but it's also in
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people have can have the same
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in all different fields.
Like, you know, ultimately, yes
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I was a creative, but I think
the good thing about coming into
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the movie business from the
corporate angle, as you come in
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with a corporate backbone and
that commercial products.
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And that's really what helps
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Well in the movie business, a
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film space, maybe they lack
that, and it might make their
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lives a bit difficult because
they don't have the corporate,
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the end of the day, it's
business.
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It's not just a dream, you have
to make the dream financially.
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We stack up so so let's go to
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Yeah, yeah, I hear you.
I had this conversation a couple
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years back with ambra suberin,
who is the CEO of the business
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in Paris called Keiko, which is
a cryptocurrency Data Business,
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and our chat went along the
lines of during her career, in
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Investment Banking that she kind
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creativity at least, looking at
how in Investment Banking that
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there had been a period that the
market went through with
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derivatives in the 90s and early
I swear that was creative and
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that was engineering, and that
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and then you kind of hit 2010
2011 and saw through what we
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kind of done everything we can
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And that's how she jumped to
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So lots of yeah.
How much storylines here?
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Yeah, yeah, options.
And cfd is, were like a big,
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20-year blow up.
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And then, yeah, absolutely.
But listen, tell us about on
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Tara.
This is a really interesting
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movie that you've written and
that, you know, tell Tell us
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about the idea of the financing
of the movie through n FTS and
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kind of where that came from.
And you know how you perhaps
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started going down the block
chain Rabbit Hole to figure, all
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this out, cool.
So I'll just tell you that.
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I mean, in terms of the story
itself, I was on a plane back to
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London and a friend of mine used
to always talk about, you know,
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he's a, you have different
friends, you talk about
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different things, but this
particular friend, we talked a
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lot about character human heart,
and what is it in?
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Somebody that makes So different
than you know, for example, what
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is it about Michael Jackson that
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anymore?
He has to go It Alone.
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You know, I mean, what is it in
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just makes them so, uniquely
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But you know what, in whatever
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So, he'd always talk about
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type of person and he just said,
if some clever young guy can
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just go to Hollywood and get
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greatest epic of all time, and I
don't know, the words just hit
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me and I kind of sat back and My
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I said you know what?
I'm going to do it.
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Wow.
And then that's how it happened.
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I mean, just the backstory of
antara.
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He was a black slave.
Who was born in the desert?
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This is the pre-islamic era.
Maybe 80 years before this time
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Akira and he was the son of a
black concubine from Ethiopia.
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She was a princess, and his
father was an Arab Noble
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Chieftain.
So the law of the land is if
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you're born as a to a concubine,
you're born as a slave and
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that's your lot in life.
And he For whatever reason, he'd
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resent the did it so much.
He had such a chip on his
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shoulder about the fact that he
was born into slavery and he
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knew he was Way Beyond, he could
never accept it.
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So, his whole life was about
number one freedom.
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And number two, he wanted to
marry the princess.
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And I either it was like a match
made in heaven type of thing or
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he may be, she was a symbol for
him getting out of the slavery
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and being accepted in the ranks
where he thinks he belongs.
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It'll mean.
So the whole movie is about him
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getting that freedom.
Mm.
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And he becomes the most famous
poet in all of ancient Arabia.
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So even on till this day if you
study in Oxford or Cambridge or
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Yale or whatever you study, the
literary works of antara and
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what's unique about him is he
was not just a like there was
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great Poets of ancient Arabia.
But what's unique about him?
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As he was also a night, he
became a nice and a warrior and
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he was the most feared Warrior
of all.
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So if you read his poetry, its a
mix of like romance.
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But then you know, this sort of
self praising about his Warrior
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culture and Hold and, you know,
his bravery, his son of his own
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personal code of conduct, it's
really fascinating stuff, and it
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remains true until today.
Because everybody knows what
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it's like to be the underdog and
everybody knows that they have
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potential inside them and for
whatever reason, they don't
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always achieve it.
But they all want to, you know,
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so he's like a quintessential
Underdog, you know?
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And it's interesting to know
that a black slave became the
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Apex of Arabic language in the
6th Century that's quite
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interesting, you know for a
slave to become your
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Shakespeare.
Here and Define the standard of
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language in your, in your
nation.
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You know how?
So I just thought it was packed
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with inspiration.
It's true story and, you know,
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and I just thought commercially
and I'm moving on to the nfc's,
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lot of things in the commercial
side of things, you know, coming
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from a corporate background.
I know things need to make sense
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with dollars and cents and I
thought commercially where we
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are in the world.
A black hero in Hollywood is a
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thing.
Middle East has never had that
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breakout era like Crouching
Tiger Hidden Dragon House of
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Flying Daggers here.
They represented a new shift in
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thinking, in China, breakout
from the Raymond Chow era and
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they stunned the world that
their costumes, the, the
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quality, the, you know, they
really stunned the world.
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The Middle East has never had
that, you know, and I thought to
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do the Alexander the Great of
the Middle East and the Romeo
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and Juliet of the Middle East,
which is on Tara, that's the
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story commercially.
It makes a lot of sense not to
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do an epic.
Like Troy Gladiator, I just
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thought everything Stacks up
with this.
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Yeah.
Well then on the NFP side of
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things, Things.
I was initially going to do a
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crypto Finance race and there
was just too much regulatory.
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Red tape every different
jurisdiction as a different
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stance on crypto and proud
funding, and things like that.
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And the nice I was looking at
some of these NFC projects and
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some of them are doing like 40
million, 50 million and was the
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greatest respect to the
founders.
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They just put that money in
their pocket and feel good
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prayer plated and they they did
a good project and they made a
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lot of money, whatever.
But I thought, okay, with five,
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ten thousand people and fifty
million dollars.
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You can really move.
Mountains.
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With a common vision.
You know you so can my fault.
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Yeah.
And and was it your background
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in equities, you know, like you
said, it needs to be financially
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sound.
But what was it that led you to
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build up your own fluency?
In this space, to the point
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where you became comfortable
using this as a key financing
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mechanism for the film?
It's inevitable, helplessly the
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future blockchain and
unencrypted and you know, just
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digital digital assets.
And the digital world is
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inevitably the future and I
thought Initially be coming from
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a traditional background.
I thought when people talk about
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Bitcoin and like Guy, come on,
guys get a real job play with
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the I you know in a funny way
just come on.
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It's a fad, it's a bubble.
But then when you Ponder upon
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the efficiency of it, you know,
and economic speed and
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efficiency always wins and cuts
through to the Chase.
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And it dawned on me that this is
this is going nowhere.
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This is the it's the future and
whoever is the most literate in
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this space and whoever has the
most dominant within the space,
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they're kind of on the future.
It's this is a technical.
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This is the age of science.
Uber power and Technical power.
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It's no longer the age of, you
know, the hundred thousand army
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men.
This is a tour cyberpower and I
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thought commercially politically
economically everything.
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So I just thought this would be
an amazing story to not just do
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the first major Hollywood movie
in Hollywood history.
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Financed by n FTS but to be the
most modern example of the
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future of Hollywood, what is the
future of Hollywood look like in
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terms of ownership?
And with with in the normal
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world you pay money and you get
something in return with the nft
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space you're paying For the nft
when you're buying three or four
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things with the potential of
five six, seven other things,
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depending on your level of
involvement, how much you help
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Market the project, how what you
do here and there, and it's very
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multi-dimensional.
He's and you know, right now
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we've got the SEC looking at you
collapse and board Apes, right?
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Because they when they issued a
coin or it was a dow that was
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arm's length related to.
There you go Labs that it As
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well, is a little bit too close
for comfort.
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The fact that you've got Yuga
Labs which issued the board
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Apes, the nft holder, then gets
a claim on each coin when this
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other arm's length Dow issue
date coin.
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So the SEC is saying can this be
perceived as a dividend and if
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it's perceived as a dividend
that it can be classified as
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security?
It's classified as security,
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then you need to follow
Securities laws and all those
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types of things, right?
So how'd you dug into that at
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all?
I'm just curious if you if you
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You don't into that space at
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Yeah.
And the way I looked at it is
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lfts are not a security not even
a commodity.
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They're still to some degree,
undefined, what they actually
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are like it or not people by NF.
T, is most of the time because
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they want to make money, that is
the reality.
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They came into the space to buy
any of these and flip them and
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make money people do it.
Without of Teasdale, do it with
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classic cars which are not
regulated.
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They'll do with, with art,
whatever way.
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Perceive that they can make a
profit that you know they can do
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it but some of the area's you
know like I think the SEC of not
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have now seen that this is
turning into the shape of
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something called an asset or an
investment because that's the
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largely the intention that's
driving this Market.
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Yeah so kind of make sense for
the SEC to sort of approach it
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like that.
This is narrower people are
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investing making money and
trading and therefore it has to
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sort of have some but you know
what, I mean, we were in
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Parliament speaking about this
and ultimately how can you
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regulate something?
Which number one does not yet
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defined, exactly a particular
say, exactly.
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And to something you don't
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Some of the people who are in
the space don't even understand
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either because it's just so up
in the air, I want.
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Well, it is, and I was writing
this morning because someone who
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is doing some Communications for
one of the companies I'm
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invested in and said, listen,
you know, do you think this, you
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know, you collapsing is an issue
at all and it's enforcement in
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the absence of policy.
Right?
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So they have like you said, they
haven't yet defined.
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What's going on here and what
they want to see is just like,
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okay you've got Securities laws
written in the 1930s when
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technology exactly yet exist.
And now you've got this new
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thing over here.
That so, you know, Europe is
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doing pretty well.
And getting some definitions
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down at the ground about this
with with the market crypto
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assets.
Regulation coming in, but the
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u.s. is still a little bit
behind the curve.
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So you hit the nail on the head,
you got Securities laws from
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1930s and we're in an era where
even the whole legal framework
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surrounding intellectual
property?
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It's now becoming honestly, it's
like going from 2D to 3D and
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that's shift is going to take,
you know, could I don't know if
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it's going to take one year or
ten years because it's that
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multi-dimensional We don't have
systems systems yet in place to
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really get a grip on that.
I always say.
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Web one is like a triangle web
tools like a pyramid.
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Web 3 is like spear made from
all these pyramids put together
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and that's really the best way
to coin.
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What exactly what's happening at
the moment.
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There's all these so many
Innovations flooding the space
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from every different industry
from Real Estate.
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From shipping from Payment
Processing from investing
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everything.
It's been flooded via the new
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web three world and it's
happening at such a pace.
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How can institutions keep up
with?
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They can, you know, it's
difficult stuff.
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Typically used to be
institutions front, ran, all of
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this with technology and bring
that to the world and it
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technology evolved and
institutional hand to begin
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with.
And then eventually, it became
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something that individuals could
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And now it's going the other
way, because it's smartphone,
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right?
It's in our hands to begin with
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Really interested in your
roadmap for Arabian camels and
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the antara nft series that goes
along with a movie.
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Can you talk a little bit about
what a Nifty holders, get as
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part of minting and antara and
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How is that all unfold?
Sure.
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So, in terms of the utility
again, wants it to be
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experiential, so some people can
get a part in the movie, some
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people can come on SAS when were
when were actually filming some
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Vulcan come location scouting
with us when we're going with
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the director.
And, you know, other things like
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getting a producer credits and
being able to come to the film
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Premiere in, can think, you
know, wherever we do the
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primary, things like that.
So just, you know, the
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experiential factors important
because a lot of people who
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joined our community, who either
actors aspiring producers
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financiers and who are sort of
treating this as a use case in
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the master class and first-hand
experience of what's going on
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for, you know, in the world of
Film Production and most of the
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people in our community, not No,
that ups and downs that we've
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been through in terms of dealing
with Distributors, dealing with
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Freelancers, dealing with
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casting.
You know, that it's quite
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interesting from their angle as
well.
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And then we wanted it to be, you
know, for everyone to be able to
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own part of this project.
We wanted to be able to share
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the intellectual property with
people and with the intellectual
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property, the good thing is that
Distributors have to pay, you
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know, licensing fee to the IP
holders if that's you or if
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that's me.
So it's not us sort of Here's
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some shares in the movie.
It's, you know, sharing our
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intellectual property, okay?
To kill people in the firing
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line, to be able to, you know,
do things with that IP.
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And and that will could either
be a free mint or an airdrop or
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things they can do to earn that
and to be able to you know,
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participate in the actual
production itself contributing
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creatively and actually doing
things to help out in the
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production to be to, to be
eligible.
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Let's say for royalties.
So, you know, it's early days,
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you know, where the first to do
this and it's You know, Marcia
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fit peeping, you know, in a
press release about us.
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She said she sees this being
like a use case in Harvard in 10
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years.
Yeah, absolutely.
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I'm seeing a number of folks
that are financing creative
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Productions throughout of teas,
right?
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I think we mentioned when you
and I first spoke about steaks
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who are one of the companies
that I invested in through Tech
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stars that are financing musical
Productions.
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And whether that be the
recording of an album or single
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or that is the live production
that the upside of That
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production, whether it be for
recorded music through
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royalties, or whether it be for
live events for ticket sales
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that the upside goes back to the
Token holders, right?
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So, creating that community and
its, but taking it into a movie
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with a 40 million dollar budget.
Is that the number that's you
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guys are working with right now?
That is a bigger thing.
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Yeah, 45 million.
You know what?
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We could have done three movies
by now, you know easily.
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I could have done like a 200k
movie, you know.
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Get tax credits.
Get up to 400 k, whatever we
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could have probably done two or
three by now.
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So when we launched, but we
thought for going to introduce a
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new system to the space, we got
it.
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Do with something of Epic
Proportions because it's kind of
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like what kind of McGregor did
for the UFC before that UFC was
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just skinheads making each other
bleed, and it was a bit gory or
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whatever.
But when McGregor came in, he
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came in with a whole new
dimension of entertainment.
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And was that grand?
Your factor that really put UFC
428
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:53,100
on the map for, you know, and I
think if you're going to do
429
00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,500
something We're introducing a
new whatever, it's good to do
430
00:21:56,500 --> 00:21:59,500
with something big like the
story of entire a big epic.
431
00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,000
The whole world can relate to an
epic.
432
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000
It's different.
If you do like and Harry Met
433
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,300
Sally or, you know, Groundhog
Day, it's kind of maybe a bit
434
00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:10,100
Niche or whatever, but an epic.
We all understand that ancient
435
00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:14,000
symbology swords and sandals
horses, War, peace, you know.
436
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,700
Yeah.
I love Groundhog Day, man.
437
00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:18,000
I can never see that enough
times and I think that it's a
438
00:22:18,008 --> 00:22:20,500
point watch it over and over and
over again.
439
00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,300
The same thing happening over
and over and over again.
440
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:23,800
Don't drive angry.
Greer.
441
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,500
I say that to my kids all the
time that they're driving but
442
00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:32,800
you know, I got it.
I got it looking at, you know,
443
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:37,100
how this all Blends together as
we were talking about a little
444
00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:38,900
bit earlier on the web three
side.
445
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:41,400
I know that you have a
partnership in place with
446
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,800
vampire on a play to earn game
that will accompany all of this
447
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,900
and that, you know, looking at
web three, one of the big
448
00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:52,700
opportunities is what is
referred to Simply as blockchain
449
00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:54,800
gaming or what Gaming.
And that's where you can
450
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,900
monetize your in-game
performance.
451
00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,900
IE play to earn, right?
So, you know, you could also
452
00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:04,100
take your in-game assets and
I've teased with you.
453
00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:07,300
When you go to other games, it's
not necessarily taking your back
454
00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:09,700
to the future.
What is it DeLorean and driving
455
00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,500
that into Grand Theft Auto,
right?
456
00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:15,100
Because just the technology to
support that just isn't there
457
00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:17,900
yet.
But it's perhaps bringing, you
458
00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:21,800
know, your Nike Runners out of
Roblox and bringing them into
459
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,700
decentraland and that you You
know, just having them with you
460
00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:27,100
when your wallet and having the
Central and being able to
461
00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:29,400
recognize that there with you in
the wallet, perhaps not
462
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,700
rendering your Nike sneakers on
on your feet.
463
00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:34,800
Like perhaps, you know,
recognizing that they're there
464
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,400
and perhaps opening up certain
opportunities for you to join a
465
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,200
Nike party and decentraland.
Right?
466
00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:42,300
Whatever.
Yeah, so but one of the big
467
00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:45,500
hurdles with blockchain gaming
and shout out to Lauren Walsh
468
00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:48,300
because she's the one who said
this to me initially, was that
469
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,600
needs to be fun, right?
The game needs to be fun and
470
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:55,600
what makes a game popular is
Lower the mythology around that
471
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,500
believing in the characters and
getting into all of that.
472
00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:04,600
And the storyline by packaging
this up, Alex, with an Epic
473
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,300
movie, that you've already got
that Lauren mythology there, the
474
00:24:10,300 --> 00:24:14,000
story line around the game,
should be that much more fun,
475
00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:16,800
and that much more immersive.
And enjoyable for people these
476
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,500
was this all part of the the
formula.
477
00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,300
And you know, how do you see
this all unfolding?
478
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,400
Overall in the industry now
really, really great points, you
479
00:24:27,408 --> 00:24:29,100
made there.
I mean that's initially why I
480
00:24:29,108 --> 00:24:31,300
started this, and this is why I
started Arabian camels.
481
00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,500
It was just the launch.
The IP of Ontario and that's why
482
00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:35,600
it's called camels.
Because I don't spoil the movie
483
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,800
for you.
But he said a big task by the
484
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,600
king.
He and Tara wants to marry his
485
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,200
daughter.
He's just got his freedom now
486
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,700
and he wants to marry his
daughter and he says yeah, sure
487
00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:46,800
you can marry my daughter.
If you bring me a thousand
488
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,800
camels from King Newman and
these were like very rare black
489
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,300
camels, most lauded commodity of
the day and it was slightly.
490
00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:55,600
Like yeah, right?
As if you're going to do that
491
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,300
and the end of the movie comes
quaking, through the desert with
492
00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:02,100
these thousand camels.
So, I call them the nft project
493
00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,700
camels, and I called Arabian
camels, and that was just to
494
00:25:04,708 --> 00:25:07,300
sort of kick start this, you
know, and give people utility of
495
00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:09,700
been involved in the movie and
things like that and gradually I
496
00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:11,700
realized.
Okay, we can do graphic novels,
497
00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:14,200
we can do Comics, we can do
games, we can do merchandise,
498
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,100
toys licensing, all sorts of
things.
499
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:21,500
And I saw the nft spaces being a
huge fertile ground to be able
500
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:24,400
to grow new eyepiece.
Because you've got all of that,
501
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,700
sort of variation that you can
sort of play with over sort of
502
00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:31,500
10, 15, 20 years.
So with the movie, it will
503
00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,800
support the game with the game
that supports the movie.
504
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,600
And like you say, the law is
there, and the story of antara.
505
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,400
I mean, it's the kind of
character you let your kids sort
506
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,200
of, you know, you take example
from him, all about chivalry,
507
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,800
generosity honesty being true to
your word like this great
508
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,500
lessons in there for the whole
world.
509
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,700
Actually, there's some adults
need this lessons more than
510
00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:54,100
kids, but, you know, so to be
able to start with the Aim with
511
00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:55,700
the Empire, it's going to be
played to earn.
512
00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:58,300
We're gonna have our token
launch for that and use the
513
00:25:58,300 --> 00:26:02,100
Arabian camel to play the game.
So to is your vehicle in within
514
00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:04,400
the game.
So the cool thing about it is if
515
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,900
you're an mft holder of, you
know, if you only Arabian camels
516
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,400
and you're not a gamer can still
rent out or at least your nft
517
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,200
two players around the world
like a scholarship model.
518
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,300
So what's interesting about that
and I hope it will be
519
00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:18,500
successful.
Is we're targeting places around
520
00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:21,200
the world as we're working.
People will play to earn and
521
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,300
they'll earn more from there.
From playing the game than their
522
00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:28,000
normal daily income from you
know, some parts of the world
523
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,300
where they're doing Street
trading or the economy is not so
524
00:26:30,308 --> 00:26:32,500
established.
You know, if they're earning $30
525
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:36,000
a day in the places where they
earn $5 a day that is a very
526
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,700
cool situation and that changes
the world in many interesting
527
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:40,300
ways.
So so if you are renting out
528
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,800
your nft you're doing a good
deed maybe for some people who
529
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,400
are learning and they split
their earnings with you as well.
530
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,600
So, you're earning passive
income, just from owning a camel
531
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,400
type of thing.
So, yeah, and then we'll go on
532
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,500
from, you know, from the movie,
of course, we've got sequels for
533
00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:54,000
it.
We've got the In the world
534
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,000
already in talks with people for
the graphic novels in the
535
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,600
comics, we can do series, we
could do things with Disney.
536
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,800
I mean, I don't reveal
everything, but there's really
537
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:04,000
cool things we can do at this IP
and that's why I chose this one
538
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,500
to focus on rather than, you
know, another small production.
539
00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:11,100
Oh, yeah, because we've got you,
I mean, imagine imagine Batman
540
00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:12,600
comes along and says, we're
going to do a sequel.
541
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,000
And, you know, the Public's
going to Old 50% of the IP or
542
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,800
Star Wars says we're putting the
intellectual property of Darth
543
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,700
Vader alone or Luke Skywalker.
You know, 4,000 people People
544
00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:28,200
thousand, limited-edition Club
will own the IP of Darth Vader.
545
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:29,700
Anything relating to Darth
Vader.
546
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,500
That's where we're going to
mazing.
547
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,500
I'm I be at the front of the
queue and you mentioned the
548
00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,200
magic word Alex, which is
Disney.
549
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:43,200
And you mentioned the
connectivity between different
550
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:49,100
mediums of of Ip, right?
And that which gets me think
551
00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:51,700
about the Disney flywheel if you
familiar with the Disney
552
00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:53,900
flywheel.
No, it is.
553
00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:59,600
The flywheel goes, you watch the
movie and you, then enjoy the
554
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,700
movie, and you want to go with
the theme park and then you go
555
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:04,900
to the store and you buy the
March.
556
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:07,100
And when you buy the merch and
get it home, you want to watch
557
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:09,500
another movie, you want to watch
another movie, go to the theme
558
00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:11,900
park and it goes around and
around and around and around.
559
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:13,800
Yeah, I've been working on this
in the, what?
560
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,500
Three space you could pick any
part of the flywheel to start
561
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:17,300
the story.
Okay.
562
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:20,600
So you, you're interested in the
whole production in the whole
563
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,800
story and the whole lore and you
by the end of tea, T.
564
00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:26,700
Okay, you buy that nft and then
you want to go see the movie.
565
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:29,300
You go see the movie then you
want to go play the game.
566
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,700
You are bringing your nft into
the game.
567
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:36,000
So because of the way that
blockchain gaming works in the
568
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,400
way that entities work in the
way, all this data is trackable
569
00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:44,000
that you get massively good,
insights from that data on where
570
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:48,300
the footfall is in, yes.
How people are using the end of
571
00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:50,100
tea?
What are they doing with in the
572
00:28:50,108 --> 00:28:52,100
game and that then informs your
next?
573
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:55,800
And of She wants or perhaps
informs the next movie script.
574
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,700
Yeah.
Or the next graphic novel or the
575
00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:02,100
next comic or the next cartoon
series and like the toys, you
576
00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:05,300
know, and you hit them that you
articulated a very well.
577
00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:07,300
And that's the ultimate sort of
vision of what we're doing with
578
00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:09,300
this.
And you know that the biggest
579
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:12,200
challenge in this space is
you've got small, mediums, like
580
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,800
Discord, Twitter spaces where
you don't get everybody going.
581
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:17,700
You've got maybe 12,000 people
in Europe in your Discord, but
582
00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:19,600
you might get 80 of them at a
time.
583
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,100
I've had people who've bought,
like maybe 12 camels and he had
584
00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:24,700
no, Idea, we even had a movie,
you know what I mean?
585
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,600
And that's the challenge of
communication within the space
586
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,800
and it's so clamored in the so
congested.
587
00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:34,000
It's hard to sort of get that
air time, you know, to make
588
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,600
people understand, truly your
vision, but you hit the nail on
589
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:39,700
the head.
It's really getting a big IP
590
00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:41,600
like that and creating a whole
ecosystem.
591
00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:45,900
And, you know, and as well, what
you mentioned about using your
592
00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:48,200
Nike Runners and descent around,
and going from here to there,
593
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,800
that's what I meant about
different pyramids, all coming
594
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,100
together to form a sphere
because If you put all of these
595
00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:58,000
factors together the next five
years looks like so insanely
596
00:29:58,500 --> 00:30:01,300
different, a little bit
exciting, a little bit scary but
597
00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:04,300
says that many innovations that
are flooding daily that when you
598
00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:07,400
put them all together in five
years, it's like a whole new
599
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:08,800
world like literally.
Exactly.
600
00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:10,600
So, exactly.
It's a new language were all
601
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,100
learning and that's the thing
and it's, you know, this all
602
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:16,000
harks back to gaming.
And I've talked about it on the
603
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,300
show before that having read the
book metaverse and how it will
604
00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:21,900
revolutionize everything over
the past.
605
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,700
You know, I read Over the last
few months and that, you know,
606
00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:28,200
the technology just isn't there
yet for us to be able to all
607
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,500
step into these metaphors zones
that you see in movies.
608
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,000
Like ready player one?
Yeah.
609
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:36,500
But all these things that we're
doing right now with IP by
610
00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:40,100
enabling things to start move
around in this 2D virtual world
611
00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:45,200
that we call a laptop, a
browser, you know, a TV screen
612
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,400
that we're playing video games
on all of that are the building
613
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,800
blocks of this.
So yeah, you know, I was with
614
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,200
them, I was In recently just
after out of Boyd Allan Poe, it
615
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,400
was the guy who was supposed to
be the CEO of Microsoft.
616
00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:00,600
There was something there where
he was going to be the CEO and
617
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,500
then it turned out to be Bill
Gates or something like that.
618
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,500
And but he's been building,
these type of things for 20
619
00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:08,700
years, he's not new to this and
he was speaking on stage.
620
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:11,600
He spoke he made a very good
point because I'm I'm a little
621
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,300
bit.
I don't understand antimatter
622
00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:16,500
verse but I don't treat it as
this new heaven that we're all
623
00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:18,700
running towards him like a can't
wait to let you know we're all
624
00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:20,000
in there.
I like a walk in the park.
625
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,700
I like to get outdoors and I
like to, you know, I don't Well
626
00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:24,700
I don't like to look towards a
world where we're all going to
627
00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:28,200
be just wired up and on front of
a screen all day every day.
628
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,300
Because look at what social
media is done to people you know
629
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:33,000
dinner table.
Everybody's got their phones.
630
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,800
It's change people in many many
different ways but with
631
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,500
metaverse multiply that by
hundreds, that's what I've sort
632
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:39,700
of us.
It's extremely dangerous.
633
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:45,000
So it's extremely it's worrying
that my kids may be walking
634
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,200
around with VR goggles on their
head.
635
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,300
Not the big clunky ones that are
in market right now, but the
636
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,400
ones that look like ski goggles,
right?
637
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,200
Pitted and ready player one.
And that's all that they do and
638
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,600
that we need to keep the kids
outside.
639
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,800
We need to keep the kids playing
sport, right?
640
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,100
But he made a very good point
though.
641
00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:06,000
He said rather, he thinks the
metaverse is going to come into
642
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,600
our world and what he means by
that is these VR experiences
643
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,900
that it's going to be more
rather than just sitting in
644
00:32:11,908 --> 00:32:14,500
front of your screen all day.
It's going to be more how can
645
00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:17,700
that world come more into our
world and interact with?
646
00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:20,000
They are and very intelligent
and that is a very good point
647
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,500
you made and it's inevitable as
well.
648
00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:23,900
So Be good to have some sort of
balances.
649
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,300
I definitely definitely.
Yeah.
650
00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:28,200
And that's where, you know,
you're talking about spectacles
651
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,400
were you can see part of a
virtual image in front of your
652
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,400
face but you're still engaging
with the real world?
653
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,500
You know that.
So it's, but yeah, this can go
654
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:39,400
in so many different directions,
you know, Roblox is already
655
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,300
here.
That's something like 60 million
656
00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:43,600
daily active users.
It's interesting though, because
657
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,300
I was in Khan and we were, I was
sitting with a friend.
658
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:49,900
It was even in time we're on
the, you know, the beach up to
659
00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:53,900
of Jaws lounges and we're The
sky were thinking you'd be able
660
00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:57,600
to do so much advertising with
the sky above can under
661
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,800
thinking, how do you even
regulate, who shows?
662
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,200
What about this guy?
If you want to put some big
663
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,300
advertisement above Buckingham
Palace, who's gonna stop you?
664
00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:08,300
You know what I mean?
So it's interesting to find out
665
00:33:08,300 --> 00:33:10,000
how that's all going to be
placed in the future.
666
00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:12,300
I know and how you're going to
sell those digital rights of
667
00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,900
that digital airspace and you
know some it's like trying to
668
00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:18,100
make poetry without an alphabet
at the moment.
669
00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:22,200
Make Chloe without an alphabet.
Jesus we're getting it also
670
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,300
Territory here with creating
Elvish languages which some
671
00:33:26,300 --> 00:33:30,000
people say is the root of the
metal versus, you know, Lord of
672
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,700
the Rings.
So, but that's another story for
673
00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:33,700
another day.
Listen, you're an entrepreneur
674
00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:36,300
at the core.
Alex, what do you think are some
675
00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:39,600
of the key character traits, if
yours that have enabled you to
676
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,500
just persistent to drive through
this and to keep going, my
677
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:45,900
friend is a banker, he's an
economist.
678
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:48,600
He said, I hate creative people
and I hate artists because they
679
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,000
like things that are not logical
and he's a banker, he just, it's
680
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,400
just did.
It's in decimal points or
681
00:33:53,408 --> 00:33:56,000
whatever.
And I see myself as a bit of a
682
00:33:56,008 --> 00:33:57,400
mix.
I'm definitely, you know,
683
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,500
entrepreneurial inclined but I
am definitely a creative at
684
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:04,700
heart and when I do things,
there has to be a person for
685
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,600
like a mix of passion and
purpose behind it.
686
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,100
I could, you could make billions
of dollars being the most
687
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:14,900
dominant paperclip provider on
planet Earth, but it's boring as
688
00:34:14,900 --> 00:34:18,900
hell, you know, it's not about
the money honestly.
689
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,300
It's, if it was just about the
money, I had this, you know,
690
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,300
there's other Industries, right?
Just bury my head.
691
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:26,500
But, you know, I love people.
I love people all over the world
692
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:30,600
and I love the interaction and I
love the fact that, you know
693
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,000
what?
I've got an award in Hollywood
694
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,600
and I said something on stage,
which maybe I didn't articulate
695
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,900
it too well, but it's a very
good point, which is we all know
696
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:40,300
the Alchemist, which is about
turning stone into gold.
697
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,100
We've all read the book and, you
know, it's about the whole idea,
698
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,199
but what if you think about it?
Humans have the ibid ability to
699
00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:50,400
turn ideas into reality.
It's better than Turning Stone
700
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,100
into gold.
It's, you know, you can turn an
701
00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:53,900
idea.
A multibillion-dollar situation,
702
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:56,199
you know?
And that's really fascinating to
703
00:34:56,207 --> 00:34:57,300
me.
Something's just that is a
704
00:34:57,308 --> 00:35:00,700
little idea of the back of a
plane and then all of a sudden
705
00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:03,700
there's Awards and then there's
you know, your show up on set
706
00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:06,700
your in cinema, you're at the
Oscars, whatever, however, far
707
00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:10,000
the path goes, but you think it
all starts with a night with my
708
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,900
dear, I find that fascinating.
So when I do things
709
00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:15,700
entrepreneurially, I always like
to mix it with a bit of purpose
710
00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:18,500
and the journey and what that
Journey makes of you as a person
711
00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:21,100
as well, you know?
So when I'm gonna lie, yeah, I
712
00:35:21,107 --> 00:35:23,900
like to see that modern day.
Alchemy with Alex and Marte.
713
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:28,200
Yeah, exactly.
Your autobiography coming up,
714
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,400
we'll see, we'll see.
Listen, we're going to move to
715
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,700
the point of this show where we
ask everybody, the same closing.
716
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:38,400
Question Alex.
What is one thing that people
717
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,900
wouldn't expect to know about
you?
718
00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:45,400
One thing that people would not
expect to know about me.
719
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,100
I love words.
Okay.
720
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,300
Words is one of my biggest
Fascinations.
721
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,100
Can you speak backwards?
Depends on what I have to say
722
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:59,300
and how long are we to say?
It felt but might like those it
723
00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:01,600
Peter programmers from the
expand on that.
724
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,600
Loving words, you said earlier,
you know, few minutes ago.
725
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,900
But poetry without an alphabet,
right?
726
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,700
They get you started hinting at
that, but expand on that a bit.
727
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:13,500
Well, I don't know if I can give
an example.
728
00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:17,000
There's a part in the script of
Ontario where he's about to do
729
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,100
dual with another Warrior, and
he doesn't want to fight the
730
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:23,400
warrior but the Warriors
insistent upon it and Aunt, iris
731
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:27,400
is something very eloquent and
the other Warrior says, you know
732
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,000
what word, what you say, your
words against my sword.
733
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,900
But on Tara, says he, like
mockingly laughs at him because
734
00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,900
he doesn't understand.
He says, words can control a
735
00:36:36,908 --> 00:36:40,000
hundred thousand swords words,
build Nations World, build
736
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000
Empires, and And Destroy
Empires.
737
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,800
It's all words ideas, like what
we're doing now.
738
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,300
Movies music making a dream
happen.
739
00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:50,500
Nothing is possible without
words, so I find.
740
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,000
If I don't know, I'm quite
nuanced.
741
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,400
When it comes to understanding
words and the Power of Words and
742
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,300
what they can do and not do and,
and the power they contain.
743
00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:59,300
But the really they make the
world go around these little
744
00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:02,500
thing called words and so.
Yeah.
745
00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:04,400
And that you asked that right
combination.
746
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,200
That right.
Combination of the pen is
747
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,500
mightier than the sword?
Yeah, you know and words are
748
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:13,200
above them all.
So you know, if you say the
749
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,700
right combination of words you
achieve this, if it's the wrong
750
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,900
combination, you don't achieve
it if you are a new arts and
751
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,600
yeah, oh man I had spent the
prior life trying to just not
752
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,900
correct people's words but look
at the way they were saying
753
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:30,100
things and like, listen, I know
what you meant but the words but
754
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,800
you said it wrongly.
We can do this better.
755
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:34,700
We can do this better.
You don't always have the
756
00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:36,900
benefit of having a smiling face
behind the send it.
757
00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:39,600
To the words that are coming out
you need to actually sometimes
758
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:44,100
massage things a bit.
But and how can people find out
759
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:48,100
more about antara the movie onto
our the end of T's and Arabian
760
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:49,900
camels?
Alex, yes.
761
00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:52,600
So we've got a website Arabian.
Camels dot IO and there's two
762
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,200
videos there and one was done by
actually, they're both done by
763
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,400
Steven Spielberg's assistant.
He was with Steven Spielberg,
764
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,700
who maybe are many many years as
his right-hand man and he's a
765
00:38:00,707 --> 00:38:03,600
phenomenal editor.
So he made the sizzle reel that
766
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,700
shows pretty much the story of
Aunt, aeran four minutes.
767
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,800
So do take a look at that and
the website of course.
768
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,800
And then there's another one and
Tara movie.com.
769
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:14,300
That sort of sort of print out
our vision and of course,
770
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:18,000
Twitter Arabian camels and has a
lot of our updates, over the
771
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,700
past year, the awards we want
and where we've been and what
772
00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:22,300
we're doing and it's quite
interesting.
773
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:25,400
We got invited to speak and has
a Parliament House of Lords, the
774
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,600
cedar which is the center for
Economic and Development and
775
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,300
Affairs of Saudi government.
They will be one of the first
776
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:34,700
advisors on blockchain and
incorporating nft is and in
777
00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:38,700
business cycles that are speak
for Oxford students on their
778
00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:41,400
projects and things like that.
So it's been a really when this
779
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:42,900
is all in the past year.
Yeah.
780
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,300
Like all of this, it's kind of
strange.
781
00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:48,300
Like, it is a huge shift in
Direction and lot of things have
782
00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:50,300
happened.
So, so, yeah, I guess follow us
783
00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:51,600
in Twitter.
There's a lot of podcasts out
784
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,600
there and, you know, all right.
I can't get my WhatsApp number
785
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,500
if that's no, no, no need.
Now that could be extremely
786
00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,000
dangerous.
You never want to do that.
787
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,900
Like, giving your 12 words, he
tries out, don't do that either.
788
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,900
Yeah, we'll listen Alex.
Thanks so much.
789
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,200
It's been an awesome chat.
We went down a number of avenues
790
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:13,200
that I was unexpected.
So thank you and I always the
791
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,300
best way.
Absolutely.
792
00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:17,300
And I will be a fan, it cheering
you on and cheering.
793
00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:20,900
Ah, naintara, I was going to say
from the sidelines, but I might
794
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,200
be on the red carpet will see.
Yes.
795
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,000
Exactly or on set with us.
So, we're hoping to shoot the
796
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,200
film.
If we can get it done, by sort
797
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,400
of march-april, that will be
phenomenal before it gets too
798
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,800
hot in the desert.
We're going to shoot in a place
799
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,300
called neon, which is a world
UNESCO world heritage site.
800
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,100
Really?
Like the most dramatic, rock,
801
00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:40,700
formations, like Lawrence of
Arabia background you backdrop,
802
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:41,900
you know?
Oh so awesome.
803
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:44,500
Yeah, only one.
Maybe we can put a body armor on
804
00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:47,600
you and I am swinging.
Another story about body armor
805
00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:51,600
but we'll leave it there like so
much Alex pleasure.
806
00:39:52,000 --> 00:40:03,600
All right.
That does it for this week,
807
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,400
folks.
Thanks to Alex for opening up
808
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,000
his mind, to help us figure out
why he does.
809
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,300
What he does links to learn more
about the upcoming on Tyra, Epic
810
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:13,300
movie in the antara, and of teas
are the show notes for this
811
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,300
episode on our website.
Money never sleeps. .I so check
812
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:18,600
us out online.
Also, thanks to Conan Brophy,
813
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from create sound for mixing and
editing.
814
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,000
This episode Conan is an
excellent medium and to get in
815
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,700
touch with when you're thinking
about launching your own
816
00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:27,100
podcast.
As for me, I'm an early stage,
817
00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:29,900
startup investor focused on
where fintech meets crypto in
818
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,100
crypto meets.
Three.
819
00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:33,200
If you'd like to talk to me
about your business, drop me a
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00:40:33,207 --> 00:40:35,100
line on info at money.
Never sleeps.
821
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:38,400
That IE, finally, till next
time, thanks for listening, see
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you