Hollywood What If Chapter 290
Kazir tio draw on his storyboard. He was not a fan of drawing, but his sketches were very reisable.
If he did not bee a director, perhaps he would work in ics or other hand-drawed jobs such as animation. Too bad, because Walt Disopped their hand-drawn animation, while the other animation studios were not so good.
Anyway, Kazir was good at drawing... Just like that. After w in this position all his life, Kazir learned a lot.
"All of the crew are here."
He stopped drawing when he realised that most of the crew had arrived. Their flight numbers would be announced a few mier.
Kazir saw a stall selling neers and decided to buy one so he wouldn't be bored during the flight.
He saw something iing and it reminded him of a certain future.
'... John Carter, huh?'
Kazir bought the neer with John Carter on the cover.
[John Carter! The blockbuster! The future of ema!]
The article was very fident in the movie.
Walt Disney had ied heavily in this project, and the film's budget was a whopping 250 milliohat news came from someone who worked at Walt Dishe budget was really huge, but this kind of thing would bee the norm a few years ter.
Films would bee super expensive, especially the big ohat the Big Six were iing in.
Kazir read the article. It seemed that Walt Disney was very serious about this projed romoting the film almost everywhere.
Last February, John Carter's first trailer was shown at Super Bowl XXXVI. Millions of people watched the trailer and it was well worth the money spent on advertising.
Kazir also watched the trailer and firmed ohing... It was basically the same as his previous life. Even the cast was almost the same. Kazir had a premonition about this.
The premiere of John Carter was scheduled for the first Thursday in May, two weeks away. By that time, Kazir and the crew were already shooting The Revenant.
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In a dark, deep forest with little greenery and tall trees, a man walked quietly, aware of his surroundings.
The forest was almost silent, as if there were no life in it.
In his thick fur clothing, Hugh Gss sehat something was wrong. He raised his old long rilfe as if danger were closing in.
He had u hair around his face, showing how haggard he was. His thick beard was quite greasy.
Breathing slowly but deeply, Hugh Gss turned slowly to look around.
He saw two bear cubs walking. The bear cubs were just passing by, looking adorable.
He lowered his rifle and turned around, only to see a huge grizzly bear ing at him.
The bear pounced on him and knocked him to the ground. His gun flew out of his grasp. Hugh Gss grunted and struggled babsp;
The bear began to attack him on the ground without merbsp;
"OK, cut!"
Suddenly the bear stopped moving and Tom stood up with a bit of dirt on his face. He wiped his fad looked at the bear.
"Sorry about that, Tom." The bear said. There was someone ihe bear, a real person. Kazir khat the bear didn't look realistic, but they were going to use motion capture teology a it.
The teology was expensive, but Kazir was willing to spend money on it. The grizzly bear had to look realistid scary. They hat wow factor.
"No, it's fiom replied to the man in the e. He khis se was going to be dirty. He didn't like dirt, but there was nothing he could do about it. He was an actor and he had to do his job.
Fortunately, the clothes he was wearing were and smelled good despite their dirty appearahe e design team should be thanked for that.
"Let's take a break." Tom said. He didn't have a problem with what was happening.
First of all, he liked his current appearance. He could feel that he was deep i, and for a few seds he felt like he really was Hugh Gss.
Perhaps the atmosphere in the crew affected him in a good way.
He saw a strong camaraderie betweehey all worked together perfectly. The trust they had in Kazir Grey might be the reason.
It was a trust that had slowly built up over the years. They followed Kazir's orders without hesitation, knowing that Kazir could provide them with another masterpiece. Moreover... The bonus they received after the filming was pleted and the film was successfully released at the box office motivated them to work hard.
It seemed that Grey Pictures was quite good to its crew.
"Kazir, what do you think?"
"Amazing, Tom. Your immersion in the role is gettier aer and your performance is perfect. I have nothing bad to say."
Kazir was serious. As expected, Tom Cruise was a great and dedicated actor. It was just that he had chosen to tih almost the same roles throughout his career because he was afraid of losing his status.
Most of Tom's filmography was about him being handsome and cool... That was basically it.
But now the person in front of Kazir looked exhausted but alert, like a real warrior.
"This is just the first take and I feel like I do better if we have aake." Tom replied.
"Take 2?"
"Take 2." Tom nodded.
After that, filming resumed and The Revenant tinued.
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Meanwhile, Hollywood, just over a thousand miles away from ada, had begun its usual summer release schedule.
On May 2, 2002, more than five films were released simultaneously. But only one film romising.
Walt Disney had already annouhat they would release John Carter in the first week of May, and the other studios decided to give them that date.
There was no reason to fight Walt Disney if they could find another week to release their films.
The result of John Carter's first weekend was quite... Meh.
The film was not bad, but it was not that good. It didn't have much of an audience appeal, despite the heavy promotion that Walt Disney did.