FCP 5 & Motion2 question

Hi All, hope this question isn't a silly one.
When I go to the send to (motion) option in FCP the media goes off-line, once I am in Motion I get asked the question to reconnect, however the name of the file it asks for is not the exact same one I am working on, for example if I am working on Jack & Jills video it will ask me to reconnect to Jack. sorry for sounding silly but it is the best way for me to explain it. Any help would be great.

Hi Patrick
I will try dropping any non alphanumeric characters today, I feel confident that this could be the answer to my problem.
Thanks Alot, and I will get back to you with the result.

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