Blacklist Rachid Moussadek/Worldlight Pictures

[GhostMan]

This fool is not who he says he is. He has zero to no true connections, never pays writers what he owes, ignores contracts because he knows no one will sue him for not paying the measly 3,000 dollars the contracts state for a draft. He will not call you back when you come looking for the money owed. Don't be a jerk and sign a contract with Rachid Mouussadek. Don't even get involved with him at all. He brought big problems to my life and I've only heard about him in very negative ways.
He is an ******* who gives Hollywood a bad name!!!!!!!!!
Don't let him get away with continuing his charade. He is a menace!!!

[Rathmon]

This fool is not who he says he is. He has zero to no true connections, never pays writers what he owes, ignores contracts because he knows no one will sue him for not paying the measly 3,000 dollars the contracts state for a draft. He will not call you back when you come looking for the money owed. Don't be a jerk and sign a contract with Rachid Mouussadek. Don't even get involved with him at all. He brought big problems to my life and I've only heard about him in very negative ways.
He is an ******* who gives Hollywood a bad name!!!!!!!!!
Don't let him get away with continuing his charade. He is a menace!!!

If it sounds too good to be true....

After reading some info elsewhere, I gotta ask... who vouched for him at CAA and why aren't they getting named and burned as well?

[ScriptShadow]

Did you just have a bad experience with him or did a lot of people? If a lot of people, are there testimonials somewhere online? Is he still employed? And why?

If I were to go on names alone, his sounds very shady.

[LIMAMA]

This bozo contacted me as well months ago, just off his e-mail I got a very bad feeling....

[GhostMan]

Rachid knows Matthew Snyder at CAA, an agent.
He should be contacted by all Rachid has messed with using his name.
Rachid has never produced anything anywhere anytime.
He is NOT employed by anyone, so he can't get fired.
He is not a legitimate film person.
He thinks he can get scripts for basically free from struggling writers to show to anyone he can contact.
Unfortunately he doesn't really have any contacts.
He doesn't return calls when he promises.
Offers very shady contracts which appear to be phony.
He is a scrub loser. Period.

GOOGLE Rachid Moussadek and discover for yourselves how many people have been hurt by this devious individual.

[siritsod]

I don't deny anyone's experience, but I would like to go on record saying I had (still having) a good experience with Rachid. I read all the negative message boards and I knew what I was getting into. I went in knowing it was possible to get screwed so I just didn't let it happen. A lot of what I read here (and elsewhere) happened to me as well.

Initially, I called CAA and spoke to Mathew Snyder's assistant John. John said that Rachid wasn't represented by CAA, but Rachid was in good standing and Matthew would vouch for him completely. John told me he had never produced anything, but he was definately out there meeting people, and working his ass off.

Rachid offered me a book. He said he had the rights, but after quizzing him it wasn't exactly true. He takes books that are still available for purchase, has someone write the screenplay, and if it's good he brings it to Matthew who then has the power to purchase the rights.

I got his contract and I didn't like it. I negotiated with him and it was surprisingly easy! I got a deal I was satisfied with. It wasn't a lot of money, but I paid my rent and bills for a month. I did get frustrated when I found out he had only read the first couple of chapters of the book I was adapting, and that he didn't like the way it ended. He threw that idea out before I even started a first draft. Then he wanted to start over. So guess what guys? I was paid for writing an outline. Then we started over from the contract stage and did it again.

This process happened 3 times until I got frustrated and contacted Matthew himself. Mathew repeated all I had heard from John.

I've considered writing a note like this on one of the negative message boards for months, but always thought "What if I get screwed and have to eat my words?" Well now I feel confident. My lawyer is currently reviewing an Option/Purchase agreement for one of my scripts. Matthew is behind Rachid, and even my lawyer says it's not such a bad deal. Yes, there are things he wants changed, but he's also sure Rachid will happily agree to the alterations.

The story isn't over yet, but so far I'm pretty happy. If I do get screwed I will be happy to tell all of you and eat my words.

As far as him having not produced anything ever... Well... it's true... but you have to start somewhere right? I don't see why a hungry producer plus a hungry writer can't equal success.

Anyone else had any new experiences?

[Mac H.]

Rachid offered me a book. He said he had the rightsSo, in another words, he lied to you.

The same lie that he told everyone else.

And this is your positive information about him !?

So far, he hasn't been honest with you. And you suspect that the accounts of him screwing other writers out of what he owed them are true..

Yet you are confident that he will stick by the Option/Purchase agreement you've made with him?

Good luck,

Mac

[ThrillerGuy]

Rachid offered me a book. He said he had the rights, but after quizzing him it wasn't exactly true. He takes books that are still available for purchase, has someone write the screenplay, and if it's good he brings it to Matthew who then has the power to purchase the rights.


So... you have a "work for hire" contract to adapt a book for which your producer/employer has no rights?

Also what constitutes "good standing" with an agency where he is not a client, does not own the material, and has not produced any product?

[ColeBlackburn]

Psssst!
Maybe Rachid and Siritsod are one and the same.
Duhhhhh.
You think?
The Cole

[SBScript]

So... you have a "work for hire" contract to adapt a book for which your producer/employer has no rights?

Also what constitutes "good standing" with an agency where he is not a client, does not own the material, and has not produced any product?

This sort of nonsense is a lot more common than you might think. For example, I happen to know of a major producer, in fact a buyer who has won Oscars, who was at Cannes selling a project that didn't belong to him.

[ThrillerGuy]

Re: Blacklist Rachid Moussadek/Worldlight Pictures
Psssst!
Maybe Rachid and Siritsod are one and the same.
Duhhhhh.
You think?
The Cole




Naaa -- if it were truly him spinning his own marketing piece here, he'd have told us of his work on curing the common cold rather than simply owning up to the altruism of teaching us writers a valuable lesson about the industry.

[ThrillerGuy]

This sort of nonsense is a lot more common than you might think. For example, I happen to know of a major producer, in fact a buyer who has won Oscars, who was at Cannes selling a project that didn't belong to him.

Which only emphasizes the value of the DD Message Board...

[Code7Films]

I don't deny anyone's experience, but I would like to go on record saying I had (still having) a good experience with Rachid. I read all the negative message boards and I knew what I was getting into. I went in knowing it was possible to get screwed so I just didn't let it happen. A lot of what I read here (and elsewhere) happened to me as well.

Initially, I called CAA and spoke to Mathew Snyder's assistant John. John said that Rachid wasn't represented by CAA, but Rachid was in good standing and Matthew would vouch for him completely. John told me he had never produced anything, but he was definately out there meeting people, and working his ass off.

Rachid offered me a book. He said he had the rights, but after quizzing him it wasn't exactly true. He takes books that are still available for purchase, has someone write the screenplay, and if it's good he brings it to Matthew who then has the power to purchase the rights.

I got his contract and I didn't like it. I negotiated with him and it was surprisingly easy! I got a deal I was satisfied with. It wasn't a lot of money, but I paid my rent and bills for a month. I did get frustrated when I found out he had only read the first couple of chapters of the book I was adapting, and that he didn't like the way it ended. He threw that idea out before I even started a first draft. Then he wanted to start over. So guess what guys? I was paid for writing an outline. Then we started over from the contract stage and did it again.

This process happened 3 times until I got frustrated and contacted Matthew himself. Mathew repeated all I had heard from John.

I've considered writing a note like this on one of the negative message boards for months, but always thought "What if I get screwed and have to eat my words?" Well now I feel confident. My lawyer is currently reviewing an Option/Purchase agreement for one of my scripts. Matthew is behind Rachid, and even my lawyer says it's not such a bad deal. Yes, there are things he wants changed, but he's also sure Rachid will happily agree to the alterations.

The story isn't over yet, but so far I'm pretty happy. If I do get screwed I will be happy to tell all of you and eat my words.

As far as him having not produced anything ever... Well... it's true... but you have to start somewhere right? I don't see why a hungry producer plus a hungry writer can't equal success.

Anyone else had any new experiences?

Siritsod = Joe M****** writer/actor... in scripts from $1k - $40k

[Jake Schuster]

Rachid offered me a book. He said he had the rights, but after quizzing him it wasn't exactly true. He takes books that are still available for purchase, has someone write the screenplay, and if it's good he brings it to Matthew who then has the power to purchase the rights.

If this were one of my books, I'd sue him so fast he'd be blinking himself awake through his tush.

[LIMAMA]

Code7, can you PM me?

[GhostMan]

I'm here again to respond to the goofball who says Rachid is ok. What a sucker he/she is. Yeah, I actually thought things were going well with RM as well, even though there were a million red flags waving in front of my face. I'm sure we've all been delusional at times. The red flags included his terrible ideas for movies, his outright plagiarism of other scripts and movies (which he freely admitted) and the fact that he drives an old piece of crap car.
I've read that RM works at a car wash in Los Angeles. Now let's get serious people, if he works at a car wash then he has no freakin' money to pay anyone. I wish I'd known he washed cars for a living before I got into "business" with him.
The deal with Matthew Snyder is that RM gives MS free washes or details and Snyder "vouches" for Rachid. It's that simple and it makes sense. There is no way in Hell that MS actually thinks RM is a smart individual with good ideas. Snyder just wants to continue with the freebies.
Continue to spread the word about the lies Rachid Moussadek is telling out there and the horrible things he does to aspiring writers.
And be extra careful because he posts ads seeking writers on Craigslist.com>>> Now what "producer" advertises on Craigslist? None.
Go to Absolutewrite.com and check all the others who have complained bitterly about this jerk.

[GhostMan]

Just discovered another website with even MORE stories about Rachid Moussadek wasting writers' time, energy and ideas. Rachid is not a real producer. He is a dreamer with bad intentions. He posts on Craigslist to find poor individuals desperate to succeed as screenwriters. Sadly, with Moussadek you only lose.

[LIMAMA]

Rachid is like a Christmas fruitcake that you can't get rid of, it keeps coming back.