Hollywood What If

Chapter 337

Wanted 2 was scheduled to be released in the summer of 2003. It was directed by Fremont Smith. The production started in November of last year and it was currently nearing the end of filming.

Fremont Smith adapted to Kazir's style of filmography and he felt that his filming style was much faster now.

Fremont was the director of Taken 2 and John Wick 2. And now he was the director of Wanted 2. Everyone could see that Fremont was following in Kazir's footsteps by continuing the movies that Kazir started.

But that didn't sit well with some people. Some said that Fremont was just riding on Kazir's success by making sequels to Kazir's successful movies. Fremont still hadn't proven himself to the industry.

Fremont heard these rumors and he was concerned. He understood that the reason he achieved his status was because of Kazir. He considered Kazir his mentor. So he was grateful for what he did. Filming Taken 2 and John Wick 2 was not a problem for Fremont because he wanted to return the favor. Also, the salary was great for someone like him who only had two movies on his resume.

However, after hearing the rumors, Fremont understood that he had to step up. He wanted to prove that he was not absorbing Kazir's success. He wanted to start his own project.

So once Wanted 2 was finished, he wanted to talk to Kazir and Salvatore about his next step.

He respects Kazir and he wants to achieve what Kazir has achieved... Especially the Best Director award.

After Kazir won the Academy's Best Director Award, Fremont realized there was more to being a director. Making money and creating a legacy...

He decided to look for scripts that could be turned into art films. But making art films could wait.

For now, Fremont wanted to prove himself by starting his own project without the label of Grey Pictures and Continental Cinematic Universe.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

His contract also allowed him to make movies and work with other production studios. The contract stated that Fremont had to make five movies for CCU within 15 years. Obviously, he had plenty of time to do so.

Four months had just passed and he was about to finish shooting Wanted 2. He was happy with the results and also with his fast and efficient work.

What he didn't expect was that Kazir could surpass his work ethic. By the end of March, Kazir was already 3/4 of the way to the end of shooting. The talented director began production on Pirates of the Caribbean in the last week of February. But a month after that, the scenes they filmed were a lot.

Well, Kazir understood that Pirates Of The Caribbean was different from his usual projects.

Just like Spider-Man, Pirates Of The Caribbean needed a lot of special effects. So the sooner they finished shooting, the more time they had to edit the movie.

According to Kazir's calculations, editing and adding special effects to the film could take at least three months... That was longer than the time he spent shooting the movie.

With Grey Pictures now working for 20th Century Fox, the production studio had a better relationship with Industrial Light & Magic.

Industrial Light & Magic was under LucasFilm and LucasFilm was the producer of Star Wars. Star Wars was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The two companies had a close relationship.

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Kazir yawned as he awoke from his brief slumber. As a director, he had to watch the footage to make sure they didn't make a mistake. There were times when they failed to record the scene and had to start over. Sometimes the memory cards or film reels they were using were defective and they had to change them in the middle of shooting.

Kazir decided to check the newspaper lying outside his apartment door.

Kazir was not in Los Angeles. The crew was in Haiti to shoot the scenes with an ocean background. Using real backgrounds was better and cheaper than using CGI at that time. To top it off, Haiti was in the Caribbean, so they were actually shooting Pirates of the Caribbean in the Caribbean. Authenticity at its best.

Kazir knew that the newspaper he was reading was published yesterday and late. Well, he couldn't be picky.

March didn't have any interesting movies except Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah. As of March 31, the movie has already grossed $100 million, which is amazing considering it was released in March. The film was distributed by Walt Disney. It seemed that this mid-budget ($33 million) movie was profitable.

Kazir turned the page and sighed as he read the terrible news...

[In March 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq, vowing to destroy Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein.]

Kazir knew the outcome of the Iraq war... It was tragic. The United States basically destroyed the country and its beautiful culture.

Was it for 9/11?

Or was it for oil?

Kazir just shook his head. After all, he was just a regular guy working as a director in Hollywood.

Like everyone else on the planet, he had to work to support himself and his loved ones. He should focus on his life because that was his priority.

"... Am I being stoic or something?"

He got up to take a shower to start his day. After that, Anderson picked him up early in the morning to drive him to the location. The beach where three pirate ships were floating on the sea.

On his way to the beach, Kazir received a message from Stella Willow that someone was interested in Game of Thrones. His face frowned slightly as he read the message.