This is the last submission ID if needed: 180916-211028-098000
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Thank you for providing the submission ID.
Nevertheless, only IIMDb staff can view it. Would you mind sharing what you are attempting to do precisely? And what effect/response do you get from the system?
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I'm trying to add a new movie. I'm getting "Badly Formatted" response every time I try it but I did everything it wanted, wrote explanation, filled the required fields. I don't know why it's contantly rejected.
Movie is "Freedom Fighters: The Ray". There's a series last year with this name but I explained why this movie is different than the series and should have its own movie page. Here is an article: http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/freedom-fighters-ray-bluray-release-date-announced/
Its relationship with series is exactly how it's between Vixen series and Vixen: The Movie.
Vixen The Movie has its own movie page so Freedom Fighter's feature length release should have its own movie page as well.
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Give it a try!
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Meka, please follow Jeorj's advices, but please state what you are entering as well!
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- Mandatory Information
- Release Dates
- Miscellaneous Link
- Basic Identifying Information (2 items required)
- Country of Origin
- Languages
- Color / Black & White
- Genres
- Directors
- Production Information (1 item required)
- Budget
- Official Sites
- Distributors
- Production Companies
- Major Credits (3 items required)
- Cast
- Writers
- Producers
- Composers
- Cinematographers
- Editors
OK?
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Full Summary
- Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2018) (TV)
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Plain Title: Freedom Fighters: The Ray
Type: tv
Sub-Type: movie
Status: released
Year: 2018
Source: ...none of the above
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Country: USA
Date: 28 August 2018
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Type: MSC
Url: http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/freedom-fighters-ray-bluray-release-date-announced/
Desc: article
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USA
- Languages - Add
English
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Color
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Animation
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Name: Spaulding, Ethan
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Company: Berlanti Productions [us]
Company: Blue Ribbon Content [us]
Company: DC Entertainment [us]
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Name: Tovey, Russell
Character: The RayName: Mitchell, Jason (XVI)
Character: Black CondorName: Benoist, Melissa
Character: OvergirlName: Valdes, Carlos (II)
Character: Cisco RamonName: Whyte, Scott (I)
Character: Blitzkrieg
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Name: Certo, Lauren
Name: Guggenheim, Marc
Name: Hernandez, Sarah (III)
Name: Kim, Elizabeth (VII)
Name: Ortega Aldrich, Emilio
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Name: Geda, Curt
Occupation: producer
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Name: Chan, Daniel James
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Name: Stafford, Kyle
- Running Times - Add
Time: 73
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Can you tell us what it is please?
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There is only this. There is nothing I can find on the website that refers to the DVD Blu Ray etc.
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GMJ, Champion
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The page link you provided indicates the title was released on BluRay. The title type should be Made for Video, not Made for TV. This may be one reason why the submission was rejected.
Another possible reason for the rejection is that the TV series has the same title but a different release year.
"Freedom Fighters: The Ray" (2017)
I'm wondering if you acknowledged the yellow warning message, which lists the same or similar titles stored in the IMDb? If you have not done so, click the checkbox to the left of the following statement at the bottom of the list:
This is not an existing title.
Considering the BluRay release combines all of the episodes from the web series into one movie, IMDb reps may have rejected the title. In this particular case, the BluRay release information could be added to the TV series title page.
Distributor: Warner Brothers [us] Year (2018) BluRay
On another matter, for an animated feature, the term (voice) should be added in the Attribute section for the cast.
I hope this may help to explain why the title may have been rejected. Please wait for a response from an IMDb representative on this matter.
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Yes I clicked "This is not an existing title" and provided explanation as well why it should have its own movie page.
It should have its own page because its sister series and movie Vixen has exact same release scheme and its Bluray release has its own movie page. So Freedom Fighters should have it as well.
Oh I didn't add the term (voice) to the cast. Maybe that's the reason. Thanks for point that.
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Please also see https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/when-will-my-update-be-added/GEK...
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Michelle, Official Rep
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I was able to review the most recent New Title submissions for "Freedom Fighters: The Ray", and noted that based on the information provided within the title form our editors were unable to accept the title due to not meeting our current eligibility criteria.
If you have further online evidence to help verify your title's eligibility, please include this information within the title form, re-submit the title and our editors will take another look.
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Michelle, Official Rep
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To be eligible for a separate title listing from the primary series, there must be substantial differences between the original content and the new content (which we identified in the "Vixen" titles), which our editors review on a case-by-case basis. In this case, we couldn't identify any substantial differences that make the new title eligible to be listed as a separate title, so you will need to submit anew release date to the existing series title page with the attribute DVD release to recordthe release of the new title.
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Are you sure that Freedom Fighters: The Ray was given that treatment? I keep close eye on all the CW Arrowverse shows and I haven't heard about this one re-edited as a movie. Constantine: City of Demons was announced for a movie re-release recently, but with fewer details attached.
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Yes, Freedom Fighters is given that treatment as well, that's what I'm trying to tell the whole time. It has slightly different editing and it has at least 10 minutes additional scenes.
Now let me lay out runtimes here, and you decide:
2 seasons of Freedom Fighters has total 65 minutes runtime, and that includes opening sequence and ending credits for each episode.
Now blu-ray release of Freedom Fighters has 73 minutes runtime. And it has only 1 ending credits and it's not more than 3 minutes and opening sequence is less than 1 minutes and it's different than web releases.
That means at the very least 10 minutes additional scenes.
I'm telling all you guys since the beginning, it's same as Vixen: The Movie and it should have its own movie page.
Now can any of you experienced guys use that info I provided and send a movie title request to IMDB please?
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