Hollywood What If

Hollywood What If Chapter 350

The use of digital cameras was becoming popular, and most production studios preferred to use them instead of the old cameras that needed film reels to record video.

Digital cameras only needed SD cards or DVD disks, but SD card was the most popular method.

Of course, Kazir immediately followed these changes, knowing that digital cameras would dominate the industry and that people who used traditional cameras and film reels in their projects were just using them for novelty.

Now, Grey Pictures didn't have to use a truck to store their reels when they were shooting outside the studio.

They also didn't have to change the reels every few minutes because the SD cards had more storage despite their small size.

Reels, or should I say films, were also used in theaters.

The Big Six and other film distributors would print thousands of copies of movies and give them to Cinema Alliance to release in thousands of theaters.

Week by week, the number of theaters showing the films would decrease and the reels would be returned to the Big Six.

Then the Big Six would send those reels to foreign countries to be used in their theaters to show the movie.

But now things are getting better. More theaters have adapted to using SD cards because they are easier to use than film reels, which are big and heavy. IMAX and 3D technology also became popular.

This made it easier to distribute movies.

If 20th Century Fox followed the same procedure as they did with X-Men 2, Wanted 2 could be released in foreign countries at the same day.

Of course, the cost might be higher, but the company was confident in Wanted 2. This was the franchise that grossed $1 billion at the box office. Surely its sequel would do just as well.

Kazir thought about it and had no problem.

"We'll give priority to English-speaking countries, most of their theaters have already adapted to the new technology."

"That's fine with me."

He knew that this conversation was not yet in effect, with no official contract and all. After all, this was a meeting to prepare for Pirates of the Caribbean.

As for why Kazir didn't ask for a wide release of Pirates of the Caribbean, he knew that 20th Century Fox was still skeptical about the film. They were not convinced that spending a lot of money in the early stages would be good.

The meeting ended and the promotion was set in motion.

Although Kazir had just finished the meeting, he didn't have time to rest. He went to a place to find the set of Game of Thrones.

Right after he finished the post-production of Pirates Of The Caribbean, the filming of Game Of Thrones officially started.

Kazir was greeted by the crew and cast, dressed in medieval garb.

He nodded at them, glancing at Emilia Clarke, who had dyed his hair silver-white. Kazir admitted it, but the woman fit the role perfectly.

Since the release of Game of Thrones was earlier than the original timeline, Kazir had to change some things, like the nude scenes. He is not allowed to show any dicks, nipples or private parts that could jeopardize the ratings... Those stuffs would be exclusive on the DVD version. Yeah, a great business idea.

The censorship of the TV networks was quite serious in the early days. Unlike two decades later, when showing dicks and breasts in TV shows was the norm... Netflix might be a mild porn site because of its dubious censorship in this regard.

Still, Kazir wanted to keep the original as raw as possible, so he might have to film a lot of skin and humping...

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July arrived and The Matrix Reloaded hit its break, making only hundreds of thousands per day. The movie was past its peak. The total box office for The Matrix Reloaded was $269.76 million. This was only in North America. The international performance was still ongoing and currently stands at $217 million.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was released on July 1, 2003. The movie starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and was distributed by Warner Brothers. Unlike the usual Thursday midnight release, Terminator 3 decided to have its release on Tuesday instead and made $4.03 million.

Its first week was amazing, grossing $72.38 million after 5 days in theaters.

Warner Brothers was happy with the results of Terminator 3. However, they couldn't help but be nervous...

On July 9th, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl would have its premiere. Even though it was a pirate movie, Warner Brothers had to take it seriously.

Because the director of this movie was none other than Kazir Grey.

Last year, The Revenant made over $500 million despite not being a mainstream genre. Even if Pirates of the Caribbean wasn't a popular genre, its performance could still threaten Terminator 3.

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The TCL Chinese Theatre was buzzing tonight as the red carpet was already laid.

Reporters flashed their cameras at the cast as they arrived one by one.

Fans of the movie were also waiting for their idols.

Some were fans of Johnny Depp.

Some were fans of Orlando Bloom.

Some were fans of Kazir Grey. They call themselves Grey fans. For this premiere, Kazir promised to have dinner with his ten most loyal fans.

"Woohoo! Kazir, you're so handsome!"

"Kazir, baby! Give me baby! Impregnate me! I'm a femboy--!!

Some of the fans shouted as Kazir, wearing a black tuxedo, stepped out of the limousine.

As usual, Kazir was accompanied by his girlfriend, Angelina Jolie. They kept their smiles on despite the deafening screams and blinding lights.

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[There will be another chapter a few minutes later, maybe half an hour later.]