[Shout out to Arka B, Herson B, Toros S, Chris A, Mariano R, and Bast Z!]
Hollywood What If Chapter 51
"Sigh..."
Producer Enrico Pusi ehe room in a bad mood. He sat dowo Kazir, who was redrawing his storyboard.
As a director, Kazir has a siderable talent for drawing. He had already fihe storyboard. He was just polishing it. So that ohe shooting started, he would never waste time on experimental shots.
Especially when the project signed an insurance tract with Merrill Lynch. He knew how pesky the insuranpany was. As much as possible, they would do their best to keep the produ costs within the quota.
Sometimes directors hate insuranpanies because they stifle their creativity.
Perhaps one of the directors the insuranpany hated was James Cameron. This man would never hesitate to overspend just to get the best shots.
"Sigh..."
"Why are you sighing?"
Because of their positions, the two o have clear unication. So they talk to each other almost every day to make sure the project runs smoothly.
The job of a producer in general was to oversee the produ process in film, television, or other ercial produs. This includes anizing, managing, and overseeing every single phase and aspect, including talent, creative team, deadlines, executives, and finances.
To be ho, their job was much more tedious than that of the director. So having a talented producer who could trol the entire project was an important part.
"roblems with Ed Helms' sary."
Enrico Pusi talked to Ed Helms' agent for the sed time, and the result wasn't good.
"Are they still asking for aravagant amount?"
"5 million. Hell, even Brad Pitt didn't make that much when he was in Se7en!"
Kazir just shrugged as he listeo his producer's grumbling.
The more time he spent with Enrico, the more he realized that he was serious about his job. He had worse eye bags than Kazir right now.
'Maybe he wants to use The Hangover as a springboard for his career.'
It was not a bad iion. Everyone has his own motives.
'At least he thinks The Hangover will be successful.'
"I don't uand why they do that. Everybody knows Ed Helms is not that famous. Why are they asking for the impossible?"
So far, only Napoleon Dynamite has been Ed Helms' biggest role. In fact, most of the success came from Kazir, who directed the movie. He had a good vision of what he wao make.
Kazir just listened. He didn't bother to expin why this situation happened.
'It's probably because I rejected the "siy" of the WMA. That didn't sit well with them, so they're trying to kick me in another way.'
However, both sides uood that this was not the right thing to do.
Kazir was able to find another actor to py Stu. He didn't have to be so attached to Ed Helms.
WMA also uood it. If they tried to py tough, Ed Helms would lose this project. If things got worse, Ed Helms might jump to anency. Because t messing with his decision.
"Enrico, I suggest you tell them that Ed Helms is not our first choice. We have a lot of actors to choose from."
"But I thought you wao hire Ed Helms?"
"Let's not kid ourselves. Yes, I want him to work with me again. But I put the project ahead of him. I think WMA and Ed Helms uand that, too."
Kazir said while drawing the se where Mike Tyson hits An.
'Speaking of Mike Tyson, the legendary boxer was released from prison st year. '
Mike Tyson is a different animal after his time in jail.
If there's one person who kill a person with one punch, it's probably Mike Tyson.
Fortunately, Enrico Pusi vinced Mike Tyson to make a cameo in the movie.
Enrico told them that they could use the movie to promote Mike Tyson's fight against Bruce Seldon.
Like movies, boxing fights need promotion.
"I am going to talk to Ed Helms tomorrow. I will tell him that 1.5 million is the best I offer. If they don't agree, we'll find another actor. By the way, you reend anyone?"
"Hm...? I think there's an actor who auditioned for the role of Stu and made it to the third round. If I'm not mistaken, his name is Steve Carell. We tact him if the iations with Ed Helms don't work out."
"Okay... Are you really sure you want to keep the movie R-rated?I know the pervasive nguage and some sexual tent is a must in this kind of movie, but why don't you to down?"
"Enrico, we have already discussed this with Terry Semel. We both agree that the movie will lose its power if we keep it PG-13."
Kazir stopped what he was doing and stared into Enrico's eyes.
Like most directors, Kazir didn't like it when someoried to stifle his creativity.
He wao make the movie as close to the inal as possible. So making it PG-13 would be disastrous.
"O- Okay. I will alk about it again."
Enrico Pusi realized that he was overstepping his bounds. He knew so many directors who would fight the producers just to keep trol of the filming.
So far, his retionship with Kazir had been good, and he wao keep it that way. He believed this would not be the st time he worked with Kazir.
He sighed ahe room after telling him his problem with Ed Helms' sary.
"Oh, before I leave, Nokia has agreed to sponsor the movie. They would pay us 1 million initially. Ohe movie makes over 100 million at the North Ameri box office, they will pay us another 1 million."
"What about the global box office? Do they have ditions?"
"We are still iating. But we already have an agreement that they will sponsor the movie."
"That's good to hear."
Just like that, the 35 million budget of The Hangover made back 1 million. Product pt is one way to recoup your iment.
'This does not mean that it is easy to get 2 million. The box office of "The Hangover" has to reach a certain number.'
[Visit my Patreon if you want to read more:]
- 96 advanced chapters of TOFD
- 89 chapters of MNPOTS(PLETED)
- 65 advanced chapters of RDD
- 41 advanced chapters of HWI
https:///Puji_maki