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Hollywood What If Chapter 185
With Stella Willow's persistence, she convinced 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros to drop their bad blood with Grey Pictures and focus their attention on DreamWorks instead.
It was amazing how the woman convinced the two movie companies. She used a variety of means, luring them with scripts, promising cooperation, and telling them that DreamWorks was getting better these days. The woman was very good at her job.
Even Kazir Grey could never do what she did.
As a result, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace was released in May. Even though the promotion was quite hectic, every fan was excited to see the iconic movie.
Companies were predicting that the film could surpass the $1 billion mark. With each passing year, Hollywood slowly understood that movies could indeed make $1 billion at the box office. Furthering the hatred of the European film industry.
The European film industry was the first of its kind, but it failed in globalization. Gradually, Hollywood movies influenced more and more countries until the European film industry could only release its movies in its own territory.
Of course, some European films made it to the United States, but they didn't have a strong reception. Also, most European directors have this fetish about sex in their movies. Their movies would be rated R and the tickets sold would be affected as well.
In the month of May 1999, only a few movies did well. Well, the summer schedule just started in that month.
The Mummy from Universal Pictures. It is estimated to make more than $400 million worldwide.
Notting Hill, a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. Estimated to make about $350 million worldwide.
Of course, the best movie of May was none other than Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. If the predictions are correct, this will be the third $1 billion movie in history. The hype for this movie was very strong. Even Liam Neeson had a role in this movie and his salary was quite good.
In June, The Matrix, Austin Powers, Tarzan and Wild Wild West were the winners.
"Haaahh..."
Kazir yawned, stretching his body. He stood up and looked around. He was in a room where a bunch of monitors were set up.
He rubbed his face to wake himself from his stupor. His eyes were a little sore from not sleeping well.
After filming ended in May, Kazir immediately began post-production on The Bourne Identity. There was no rest in between. He spent his time editing the film with Rector and the other editors. With his good memory, they started with the skeleton of the movie before cutting out the unnecessary scenes.
Fortunately, The Bourne Identity was not full of CGI scenes. In fact, there was no CGI at all.
Kazir didn't have to waste his time hiring a special effects team to render some scenes.
That was a good thing. Because if there was a CGI scene, it would take Kazir at least two months to create the special effects.
Time was now his enemy. He had signed a contract with Sony-Columbia for his film to be released in late July or early August. If he missed that, he would have to pay the penalties.
Even though Kazir was good at his job and he was fast. He couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency. Time was pressuring him.
Editor Rector was suffering from the same thing.
Rector was sleeping on the keyboard. His drool was dripping and his face was emaciated. It seemed that proper rest did not exist in him.
"... We finally finished the editing."
June was a busy month for many, and Kazir spent the month in the editing room. Even Erica Mendez was free most of the time.
Kazir sighed when he knew his month of suffering was over. He had to apologize to Rector's wife for kidnapping Rector for a month.
'I have to give this guy a bonus.'
Kazir left the room to get some fresh air, he looked out into the hallway and noticed that there was no one around.
'It's still early.'
Kazir went upstairs and went into his office. His office had a bathroom he could use. To freshen up, he decided to take a bath.
'20th Century Fox showed their goodwill by rescheduling Star Wars. As for Warner Bros, The Matrix was released in June. It seems that Warner Bros never intended to be on our bad side. It's understandable because I'm still in the process of writing The Hangover Part 3.'
Even though his position was only screenwriter, no one belittled Kazir. He was good at his job and everyone accepted his credibility. As long as possible, Warner Bros didn't want to bother him.
'But once The Hangover Part 3 is over, they will definitely try to do something. Then maybe I can find a way to survive.'
A few hours later, the Grey Pictures building was bustling again.
Erica Mendez walked into Kazir's office.
"Sir, this is the newspaper you asked for.
"Thank you."
Kazir was still tired, but he had to work for the company.
'Normally I would take a few weeks off to rest, but I can't do that now that I have another job to do.'
If it were not for Stella Willow doing most of the work, Kazir might die of overwork.
Kazir looked at the newspaper. He smiled when he read something interesting.
"As expected... They really are trying to swindle the whole country." He chuckled.
In his past life, the company that acquired The Blair Witch Project was Artisan Entertainment.
However, perhaps because of Kazir's interference in the timeline, the one who got The Blair Witch Project this time was Miramax.
In the newspaper there was an article about a group of college students who went to Burkittsville, Maryland and went missing. They interviewed people about the mythical Blair Witch and decided to go to the Black Hills near Burkittsville.
"If I'm not mistaken, the news will cover this story."