NOVEL NEXT HWI 43
Hollywood What If Chapter 43
1995 was an average year for Hollywood. Unlike two years ago when Universal Pictures released Jurassic Park, movies in 1995 didn't have a strong global impact.
Note that the worldwide box office for Jurassic Park was over $1 billion! It was a very difficult feat. Countries around the world have since realized the power of Hollywood.
Obviously, this kind of achievement was hard to replicate. Only the madman who destroyed a ship could topple this achievement.
The first movie on the global box office list this year was Die Hard: With Vengeance with $366 million worldwide.
Toy Story came in second with $365 million. The first computer animated film. The one that started the revolution in the animation industry.
Third on the list was 007: Goldeneye with $356 million. Obviously, James Bond was famous all over the world.
Fourth on the list was Pocahontas with $347 million.
Fifth was Batman Forever at $336 million.
Sixth was Apollo 13 with $335 million.
Seventh was Se7en. Pretty ironic, $328 million. After five months in theaters, the movie had earned more than $300 million worldwide. This amount would still go up. The statistics of Se7en continued to rise steadily.
The top 13 was Napoleon Dynamite with $210 million.
It surpassed Braveheart, which had 209 million dollars, to become the top 13 on the list. Unfortunately for Braveheart, it started to lose its edge after a few months. The movie was about Scotland and most people didn't know about William Wallace.
Although Braveheart could regain its popularity if it won an Oscar.
As for Napoleon Dynamite. Because of its genre, comedy, people believe that the movie would surpass $250 million in the next month.
"Fuck! Carl Morin! What the fuck is wrong with you?"
WMA vice-president Lawlor Dean shouted after throwing the documents at Carl Morin.
The WMA has two branches, one in New York and one in Los Angeles.
As one of the Vice Presidents assigned to Los Angeles, Vice President Lawlor Dean wanted to prove himself to the Chairman.
However, he could not believe that one of their former clients had become successful after leaving the WMA.
To make matters worse, it was a director!
Everyone knows that director and producer are the heart and brain of a film crew. They have the authority to choose the actors and actresses they want to participate in the movies.
A superstar director is much heavier than a superstar actor!
"Carl! Explain to me why Kazir Grey left our company! You fucking retard, you let a talented director like him leave WMA! What is wrong with you?"
Everyone would be angry.
Kazir's two movies made more than $500 million at the box office combined! In just one year! Of course, Vice President Lawlor Dean was furious.
"..."
Carl Morin kept his mouth shut. He just lowered his head and let the Vice President yell at him.
"Tell me! Tell me!!"
"S- Sir. You said Kazir didn't deserve William Morris because he spilled water on your suit."
Left with no choice, Carl Morin answered the question.
"Hah!? So you're putting the blame on me!? Are you crazy!? Answer me!"
"No, sir."
He gritted his teeth.
"This bastard... Directors are important."
Vice President Lawlor Dean sat down with a scowl on his face. Whenever he looked at the newspaper, his face crumpled because of the good news about Se7en and Napoleon Dynamite. He felt as if he had lost a diamond.
To make matters worse, Kazir Grey became a client of CAA! Their rival!
WMA and CAA have a lot of friction with each other. Especially now that CAA is getting stronger.
"I don't care what you do, I want Kazir Grey to come back to WMA as soon as possible. Give him a suitable contract, something that will entice him to jump to another agency."
"Yes sir."
Carl Morin walked out of the office with a dark face.
He was confused as well. He hadn't expected that Kazir actually had a talent for filming comedy.
'Had I known, I would have forced him to do comedy instead.'
Like Vice President Lawlor Dean, Carl Morin also regretted it.
If he had known that Kazir Grey would be successful, he would have hugged his legs tightly.
Unfortunately, he didn't know the future. Otherwise he would be a great agent with a talented director under him.
Carl Morin sighed and thought of a plan to convince Kazir to change agencies.
Anyone would kneel in front of money. Especially agents, these people have thick faces.
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"Congratulations Kazir!"
"David!"
"Cheers!"
David Fincher and Kazir clicked their wine glasses and laughed. They were both successful directors now!
They were being contacted by movie companies here and there.
"David, I thought 20th Century Fox had excommunicated you?"
They got invited by 20th Century Fox. Napoleon Dynamite was a huge success and the whole crew was there.
"20th Century Fox invited me because they are interested in my next movie."
If Kazir was right, David Fincher's next film was The Game, starring Michael Douglas.
"To be honest, I'm still not sure. New Line Cinema has been good to me these days.
David Fincher attended the banquet just to meet Kazir. He wanted to support his friend.
"So this woman is...?"
"Hi, I'm Reese Witherspoon. I'm Kazir's friend."
Reese Witherspoon was actually standing next to Kazir the whole time. She was his partner for tonight's banquet.
"I see, 'friend', huh?"
David grinned at Kazir.
Kazir just kept smiling. Reese introduced herself as his friend, so he could not deny it.
[Author's Note: There will be no update tomorrow.]