Company Profile (AI Text) Name: Calculated Sequels Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels Updated at: 2026-06-05T05:00:42Z Tagline: Own part of ONEDOOR's next major-studio global Young Adult trilogy franchise! Elevator pitch: Calculated Sequels exclusively develops the young adult Calculated book series into a wide-audience global motion picture franchise for distribution by major global studios, distributors and streaming systems. Key claims: - Total raised on Wefunder: 942461 | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-total-raised - Total investors: 559 | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-total-investors Verified facts: - Total raised on Wefunder: 942461 | observed_at: 2026-06-05T05:00:42Z | expires_at: 2026-06-06T05:00:42Z - Total investors: 559 | observed_at: 2026-06-05T05:00:42Z | expires_at: 2026-06-06T05:00:42Z Computed metrics: - total_amount_raised: 942461 - total_investors: 559 - team_size: 8 - featured_investor_count: 1 - faq_count: 5 - recent_post_count: 10 Quick facts: - The raise continues on our REG A site at https://www.onedoorstudios.com/projects/calculatedsequels | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-1 - A film franchise is based on a top-rated novel series, released by a leading publisher on Amazon. | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-2 - 1st tranche 110-125% planned early preferred return on investment before production begins. | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-3 - 2nd tranche: 50% of the development company's ongoing profits (investment not guaranteed). | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-4 - A $7.2MM development fund for 3 motion pictures. Plan for banked production funding at $60MM each. | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-5 - A team that has worked on 23 studio-released movies and series earning over $4 billion in revenue. | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-6 - Studio relationships Sowith Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Disney, Paramount/CBS and Lionsgate. | citation: https://wefunder.com/calculatedsequels#claim-fact-7 FAQ: - Q: I have many questions about the sequels: 1) In the overview, you say that you are expecting to raise $7.2 million for the sequels. This equates to $2.4 million per project. Why is it more for the sequels? Wouldn't you be able to use the same screenwriter, director, actors, and... A: Thank you Laura for your astute questions! 1a) In the overview, you say that you are expecting to raise $7.2 million for the sequels. This equates to $2.4 million per project. Why is it more for the sequels? During 2020 and 2021 there was an industry-wide increase in the cost of talent of about 20%. Thankfully, to counterbalance that, there was also an increase in the profits seen by productions, much of it due to the DTU nature of streaming that resulted (case study: 1) Wouldn't you be able ... - Q: just wondering how this investment pays out. assuming all 3 movies are successful do we start getting any payout after the 1st movie or after all 3 movies are complete and are these continuing payouts like royalties or one time payouts based on the initial success of each movi... A: Great question Gary. To start, I'm going to restate the terms, then explain them a bit. First, tranche 1) 110-125% (depending on the amount and timing) of your investment will be paid to investors out of each motion picture's bank-provided production budget (about $50 million each). So, for example, if you invested 1000 into Sequels, when OneDoor gets the bank financed production funding for Simulated, then you will receive at that time $366.66. That's 1/3 of your total 110% return on your $1... - Q: 05/10/22: (copied/pasted what I sent to Wefunder support here). I have tried several times to edit my amount reservation for Calculated Sequels (adding $$) but after clicking " Edit Reservation", this is what it says: Oops, there was an error and we couldn't complete your Rese... A: Thanks Martha, we appreciate you too. I'll send this out right away to our WeFunder support team. - Q: 1) You mentioned to Gary Katelansky that once the first sequel goes to production 1/3 of the initial investment +10% is returned. So to get 110% of the initial investment an investor would have to wait until the third film goes into production? 2) what is the current projected... A: Great Question Eugene. Keep in mind that you'll also be sharing in the proportional share of the profits from each of the sequels. So while the final sequel film may still be in development and you wouldn't have received the 10% return from that film yet, by that time you would also already be sharing in the profits from the 1st sequel. The 110% return is merely the beginning risk mitigating factor. I wouldn't be excited about the 110% after six years either, but the entire investment picture... - Q: I do have a question: why don’t you guys finish the first movie and verify how much success is going to have? Funding a sequel without releasing the first movie doesn’t make sense to me. Have you guys also take into consideration that the only blockbuster movies that people ar... A: Thanks for your great questions Raul. If you have not had the opportunity to read the novels yet, we highly encourage you to do so. We believe it will do for you what it did for us in making you a believer in the power of this story to sweep the world off their feet. I'll start with your last questions first: Have we taken into consideration that the only blockbuster movies that people are paying to watch in cinemas are superhero movies, children movies or sequels for successful action movies... Recent posts: - Merry Christmas Update for Calculated Sequels Investors. (2025-12-22T19:19:41Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/234848 - It's official (almost)... (2024-11-25T20:53:46Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/177751 - Calculated October Update (2024-10-11T22:47:48Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/176668 - Calculated in Iran! (2024-01-22T15:56:46Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/157554 - Christmas 2023 Update (2023-12-14T22:13:49Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/169482 - Script Update! (2023-10-25T05:02:03Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/154146 - You may have seen that the Calculated Sequels offering is closing...but don't worry. 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