Hollywood What If Chapter 26
"Good m, Mr. Semel."
"Good m."
The receptionist greeted the CEO of Warner Bros. and bowed her head.
CEO Terry Semel was in a good mood, so he returhe greeting with a smile. He was in a good mood because Time Warner had acquired TBS (Turner Broadcasting System).
This acquisition would make Time Warner even stronger. In addition, another piece of good news greeted him today.
Now that Time Warner had acquired Turner Broadcasting System Inc., the pany naturally took over New Line ema.
Of course, Time Warner would not interfere with New Line ema's way of doing business. After all, the pany was making money.
Besides, the test movie released by New Line ema was well received. Even though Terry Semel didn't have trol over New Line ema, he was happy to see the pany thriving. At least New Line ema would not be a problem for Warner Bros.
Terry Semel walked into his offid asked his secretary t him a neer. Specifically, the news about the movies being released this month.
[ ... "Se7en" is unique iail of its stru. It brings the killer onto the s half an hour before the end and gives him a speaking role. Instead of simply being the prey in a car chase. He is revealed as a twisted but articute antagonist who has devised a terrible pn for the clusion of his sermon. (The actor who pys the killer is not identified by name in the ads or opening credits. So I'll leave his identity as another of his surprises.) "Se7en" is well done in its details. Unpromising in the way it presents the disturbiails of the crimes. It is certainly not for the young or the sensitive. As good as it is, it misses greatness by not quite finding the right way to end. All the pieces are in pce, all the characters are in pce, and then - I think the way the story ends is too easy. Satisfying, maybe. But not worthy of what has gone before.] --Roger Ebert. Chicago Sun-Times.
Even a famous movie critic like Roger Ebert had said his opinion about the movie. Roger Ebert gave it two thumbs up.
Of course, Terry Semel khat this kind of movie review had to do with New Line ema's promotion.
'I wonder how much mohey gave Roger Ebert this time.'
Terry Semel chuckled and read another article.
[It's not the identity of the killer that gives Se7en its kick - it's the way Fincher raises the mystery to the level of moral provocation. If Pulp Fi gave us a taste for such a challenge, we have Tarantino to thank, not to bme]. --Peter Travers. Rolling Stone.
When Terry Semel read the critics' review, he nodded in agreement. He had seen the film at its premiere and was impressed. It was said that the early sings of Se7en had received a mediocre response. But the first-week box office said otherwise.
The midnight premiere box office was 3.6 million.
On Friday, it went up to 4.2 million.
On Saturday, it was 3.1 million.
On Sunday it was 3 million.
The opening week of Se7en grossed 13.9 million. In his opinion, this result already exceeded his expectations for the movie.
Se7en was dark, gritty, and bloody. Obviously, families would never choose it to watch with their children.
Still, it did well in its first week.
"Kazir Grey? Have I ever heard of this person?"
While reading the articles about Se7en, Terry Semel realized that the swriter's name was Kazir Grey.
Terry Semel decided to call his secretary instead.
"Emily, do you know anyone named Kazir Grey?"
"No, sir."
"Is that so? How about cheg with the other departments? Maybe they know this person."
Everybody knows everybody in Hollywood. This circle is small. So there was a good ce that some people iher departments would know Kazir Grey.
"Yes, I will ask them, sir."
The secretary named Emily was fused as to why the CEO was asking about this Kazir Grey. She didn't know this person too.
Anyway, it was an order from the CEO, and it was her job to ask the other departments. This kind of thing was not that difficult.
Using the phone on her desk, she started to tact each department.
"Me? CEO Terry Semel's is calling me?"
Enrico Pusi was fused as to why the CEO of Warner Bros. was calling him. Enrico was one of the producers in the produ department. His job was... well, to produce movies.
Usually, he would attend the meeting to select scripts with high profitability. Ohe script was studied, they would send it to other departments to study the other aspects of the script. Then the higher-ups would attend the meeting to approve the start of the project.
Sometimes he would take over ahe producer of the movie.
Right now, Enrico Pusi was busy promoting their uping movie, which was Batman Forever.
"Sir, Enrico is here."
"Let him in."
Enritered the offid found Terry Semel reading the paper.
"So Enrico, I heard you met this Kazir Grey?"
"..."
When Enrico Pusi heard what Terry Semel said, he instinctively swallowed. He realized the reason why he had been called.
"Don't worry, I don't bme you. I asked my secretary to give me the Se7en script that was in our script library. My answer is the same as yours, the script does not have strong profitability."
"Yes sir..." Enrico sighed in relief.
"However, I heard that Kazir Grey has a new project. If you have time, maybe you get in touch with him. If the movie is iing, you know what to do."
"I'll do my best, sir." Enriodded his head. At least he didn't get any nagging.
"That's good. You may leave now."
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