Hollywood What If-Chapter 431

Kazir rarely saw Fremont and Brianna lately. The two were busy making their own movie.

Based on what he heard, Fremont, Ryan, and Brianna were practicing constantly because the genre they were stepping into was not their forte.

The time they spent on training was practically 24/7. They knew their weaknesses, after all.

Fremont studied music and musicals, while Brianna and Ryan practiced singing and dancing. Thankfully, Brianna was a theater actress and already knew how to sing and dance. She just had to practice the dance steps and songs.

Salvatore pitched the project to Paramount Pictures after 20th Century Fox disagreed with it. 20th Century Fox was the initial distributor and investor of La La Land, but the deal didn't materialize.

It was a good thing that Salvatore was a respected agent. He immediately found another studio to work with.

For clarification, the production crew working on La La Land was no longer Grey Pictures. Grey Pictures couldn't handle more than three projects per year.

So Kazir decided to sell the script to Fremont instead. For $3 million. Then, Fremont and Paramount signed a contract and sold the copyrights to Paramount Pictures, since Paramount Pictures would shoulder all of the financial burden.

Buying the copyrights was the usual formula in Hollywood, otherwise, the studio wouldn't promote and distribute the movie.

Anyway, Kazir got his money, and he would also receive some scrap money once a year, depending on the profits of La La Land. For someone like Kazir, a few thousand dollars was indeed scrap money.

La La Land would probably be released in November or December, depending on how Paramount Pictures set the schedule.

Even though La La Land was a script written by Kazir Grey, only a few studios were interested in acquiring the copyrights. After all, La La Land was a musical, and everyone knew that musicals were not Kazir's forte.

If the movie had been a comedy or action film, the studios might have gone crazy.

The only good thing was that Fremont Smith was the director, and Brianna Evans was the leading lady. Together with Kazir as the scriptwriter, La La Land had a strong lineup and a powerful box office appeal.

As for why La La Land was scheduled to be released in November or December, it was because they wanted to premiere the movie at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

One of the requirements for getting nominated for the Academy Awards was:

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2. The film must have completed a weeklong theatrical run in a commercial theater of a qualifying metro area (LA County, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami, or Atlanta).

Paramount Pictures wanted to do both, so they decided to compete in a film festival...

Paramount Pictures would probably pay money to make sure La La Land won some awards.

The purpose of La La Land was to compete at the Academy Awards. But Paramount also believed that the movie would bring them profits.

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s for La La Land started appearing on the streets. Kazir even saw some posters of Ryan Gosling and Brianna Evans dancing.

"Not sure if they're going to win, though. I know La La Land is a strong card to play, but the Academy Awards might vote for other movies. It depends on how Paramount will promote the film to the old farts." ṚαNȪΒÊs̩

Kazir was a member of AMPAS, so perhaps he was also part of those old farts. After all, his real age was over 80 years old if you included his first life where he was gruesomely sandwiched by a truck.

October had just passed, and Kazir had already started filming Batman Begins two weeks earlier. Filming was going great, and next week they would travel to Iceland to shoot the winter scenes for Batman Begins, the scenes where Bruce Wayne met the League of Shadows for the first time.

Since Kazir was single again, he didn't have a problem going to foreign countries. He also missed traveling the world.

While the trip to Iceland was confirmed, Kazir had to attend a meeting first before leaving the country.

The fate of Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2 was smooth sailing. The movie didn't encounter any bumps at the box office.

After 31 days of screening, Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2 earned more than $276.16 million at the North American box office.

October didn't have a strong lineup of movies, except for a few.

Shall We Dance?, starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez did well, grossing $33.94 million by the end of October. By the way, this movie was produced by Miramax, a subsidiary of Walt Disney.

Aside from that, The Incredibles was also released by Pixar, or more precisely, by Walt Disney.

The Incredibles was a well-known animated movie, and people loved it. It wasn't a surprise that the film earned $93 million after just seven days of screening.

Also, The Machinist, which starred Christian Bale in a shockingly thin state was released in October. The movie didn't do well, earning only $141,000 in two weeks. Christian Bale was ashamed to show himself on set and stayed in his trailer most of the time.

The Machinist didn't have any box office appeal, so it was clear why it didn't make money. Its genre and plot weren't meant for wide theatrical release. The film might earn something in the DVD and rental markets, though.

If there was one movie that surprised everyone in October, it was probably Saw.

This small-budget movie made history. Even Kazir praised it in an interview.

[Third chapter of the day.]