[Shout out to Joles!]

  Hollywood What If Chapter 199

  Fremont Smith lost weight. He was usually a positive guy who had a strong passion for movies.

  Right now, Fremont lost his happy mood and was very serious. He was still passionate about his dream of being a director. Now that he had bee one, he realized that it was not easy at all.

  He had worked under Directrey's crew and gained siderable knowledge. But standing in that position and taking responsibility for the possible failure of the movie was very stifling.

  Now he realized that Directrey, his mentor, was a monster for doing his job so well.

  Because of the pressure, there was a time whe would explode and sh out at the newbies. He found an outlet. A natural rea to such a situation.

  Fortunately, he didn't have much strong iion to say hurtful words... He just said some wild things, even calling the new crew members the N-word.

  Fremont was amazed that Kazir never got to the point of ag crazy o. Fremohat his behavior was not enough.

  Actually, a lot of directors in Hollywood were arrogant and had a shitty attitude. That was their way of adapting.

  As the director of a movie, he should be assertive and never show any weakness. Otherwise, the crew and cast won't take him seriously.

  As for shing out at the crew and cast, so many directors have dohat, almost endlessly if you list them. The beef between actors and directors were never ending.

  The small sing of Taken 2 was held in the private theater of Paramount Pictures.

  Fremont saeople from Paramount, most of them reted to produ and publicity ma. Even the higher-ups attehe little sing.

  Brad Grey and the others were watg Taken 2. Kazir Grey was sittio the CEO, taking the movie seriously.

  So far, everything was going well.

  Perhaps w with Kazir Grey for a few years had an effe Fremont Smith's filmography. He used a fast cutting style so often.

  Fast cutting is aing teique that refers to several secutive shots of short duration, about 3 seds or less.

  Taken 2 used the editing style a lot and made the tension build up.

  Fremont was nervous because the current movie they were watg was edited by him and his editor team.

  If this version was liked by Grey Pictures and Paramount Pictures, then this version would be the official film.

  If not, then Grey Pictures would hire ors and make another version based on their image.

  Fremont Smith cared so much about this project because it would affect his future.

  If the movie was successful with his version, then he would have more influen his movie. He would have more freedom to explore. He could fight for editing rights, something few directors could do.

  Frankly, Fremont Smith was grateful that Directave him the ce to direct a big project. Remember, Taken was the sed highest grossing movie two years ago and it had a huge impa society. Of course, Fremont didn't want the movie to flop.

  With his hands ched tightly, the movie ended and the versation in the small theater tinued.

  The higher-ups at Paramount nodded and began to talk about their pn. How to do the promotion and what to do with it. Trailers, advertising, anything that could help Taken 2 make more money.

  Fremont looked around, a little fused and nervous. He didn't know if their rea was good or bad.

  Suddenly, both Brad Grey and Kazir Grey stood up and shook hands.

  Kazir looked at Fremont and motioned for him to speak to them.

  "Brad, this is Fremont. He is the director of Taken 2."

  "o meet you." Brad Grey shook his hand before he left. People like Brad Grey were always busy.

  "Um, Directrey, the result... Should we edit the movie?" Fremont muttered weakly, very nervous.

  Kazir chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.

  "Fremont, 't you see that everyone around you has started taking notes? Even the critics are thinking about the articles they will write based on the movie. Don't worry, I haven't seen a single person who had a ive rea to the movie. You did a good job. We don't o edit the movie. So you are responsible for making the trailer. gratutions."

  "Y- Yes! Director!" Fremont Smith smiled sincerely. God knows how many sleepless nights he spent just to edit the movie.

  Unlike Kazir, who had 'refereo follow, Fremont relied on his knowledge and experieo make a proper cut.

  "Fremont, we are both directors now. Just call me Kazir."

  "You are my mentor in this industry and I have learned so much from you."

  "Well, calling me director is better than teacher or mentor... On sed thought, I think it should be better to call me director."

  Kazir was not used to being called teacher or mentor. First of all, he khat he was not a good director.

  Even though this would be the st time Paramount would distribute their film siheir traded, the pany put a lot of importan Taken 2.

  After seeing Taken 2, they believed that the box office would not be bad.

  "gratutions again," Kazir said.

  He decided to keep Fremont's cut because it was close to his expectations. Fremont's version was close to the inal Taken 2, which Kazir Grey watched in the past.

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  After the extensive promotion that Paramount and the cast of Taken 2 did, the first week of November arrived and Taken 2 would set sail at the box offibsp;

  In that month, the toughest oppos that Taken 2 would face would be Toy Story 2 and 007: The World Is Not Enough.

  As for horror movies, there were a lot of them, and moviegoers were divided on which horror movie to see.

  The highest grossing horror movie in November was Sleepy Hollow, starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricd directed by her than Tim Burton.