Hollywood What If - Chapter 295

Chapter 295

June 9 arrived and it was Sunday, The Hangover Part 3 made another $14.62 million.

Combined, the first weekend of The Hangover Part 3 grossed $40.91 million.

If this trend continues, perhaps The Hangover Part 3 could recoup its investment in just one more week.

Warner Bros. was confident in this movie after all these years. Especially when the writer was Kazir Grey. You couldn’t help but be confident when someone like Kazir wrote a script. Because all the scripts he wrote were successful.

So far this year, three big-budget movies have been released. Star Wars Episode 2, The Hangover Part 3 and of course John Carter.

As far as John Carter is concerned, the movie already ended its run in just 50 days. Cinema Alliance felt that it was useless for John Carter to have 300 theaters. It would be better if those theaters were allocated to other movies that seemed to be profitable, such as Star Wars Episode 2 and the newly released The Hangover Part 3.

After all, John Carter grossed $68 million at the North American box office. To make the situation even crazier, it seemed that Walt Disney was desperate to recoup its investment and was still adamant about an international release.

Michael Eisner found himself in a perilous situation where he could lose his job. The atmosphere at the Walt Disney was bleak and dark.

“Again, who said John Carter would be the start of a cinematic universe?”

Roy Disney gritted his teeth and muttered under his breath. The executives heard him despite his muttering.

“We need to understand and study this failure so it doesn’t happen again.” Robert “Bob” Iger was the one with the most influence in the company right now.

This guy started going head to head with the two Michaels, and he even kicked Michael Ovits out of his position as CEO.

Now Robert Iger was the CEO.

As for the chairman, Michael kept his expression and acted like this was not his fault.

“The times are changing and we need to innovate,” Robert Iger began his plan.

“I say we make a live-action Snow White.”

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Simple, but it seems good. At least. The executives were listening.

“Of course, there’s a catch. We’re going to make Snow White Hispanic, and the seven dwarfs aren’t dwarfs at all, they’re just regular people.” Robert Iger added.

“You’re out of your mind if you think that will work. In the first place, Snow White is named Snow White because of her white, pale skin! What’s your second idea? You want to make the Little Mermaid black?” Michael Eisner replied.

“I know, that’s why we have to be innovative. By the way, your idea also seems to have merit. We can make a black Little Mermaid.”

“The audience isn’t stupid, Robert. We’re just being racist at this point. They know we are making fun of them. Disney is making fun of them!”

“No, the audience are stupid. People are stupid, and they’ll buy tickets just to see our stupid movies. Why is that? Because we are Walt Disney. We can make any kind of movie and we will call it revolutionary, no, woke is a better term. We will make woke movies.” He paused to take a breath.

“Remember, the founder of Walt Disney is a racist and Nazi supporter.”

“This is outrageous. This is not how Hollywood works!”

Robert was like a delusional man, believing that people were mindless creatures who would follow the will of the media.

“When it comes to 3D animation, I say we teach kids how to twerk. Damn, I suddenly want to see She-Hulk twerk.”

Yes, Walt Disney is crazy, and they deserve all the backlash they are currently suffering.

“I have an idea,” the unnamed executive said, raising his hand slightly to get the attention of the executives.

The man began to speak, and his plan was more pleasing.

“Since we’re looking for a cinematic universe, why don’t we just acquire Grey Pictures? They’re the first in the industry to make one. I’m sure they can keep up a steady stream of movies. We can also hire director Grey to make movies for us.”

When he said that, a lot of people nodded their heads and thought it was a great idea.

But one person didn’t agree.

“Fuck no! I’d rather rape no-name actresses than agree to that!” A fat guy slammed his fists on the table in anger. His saliva flew around out of rage.

“Harvey, we all know you rape no-name actresses anyway, so your statement is stupid.”

“My answer is still no.”

Harvey Weinstein kept a low profile after what happened with the Blair Witch Project. He was still the CEO of Miramax, but he usually hid from the media because of the backlash from the Blair Witch Project.

“Let’s do this, let’s vote on this possible venture.” Michael Eisner initiated.

He was also on the side of acquiring Grey Pictures. He hoped that the executives would focus more on the acquisition, rather than finding fault with his administration.

Acquiring shares of a billion dollar company was not that easy, so this vote was just an initial proposal.

A few minutes later, more than 70% of the executives agreed to the acquisition of Grey Pictures. Many of them believe that Grey Pictures could help Walt Disney in terms of its weakness, which was live action movies. After all, Walt Disney was focusing more on animation and children’s movies.

After this meeting, the executives had one more thing to do. They have to do their own research regarding Grey Pictures.

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After the premiere of The Hangover Part 3, Kazir returned to Canada to continue filming The Revenant.

He was a little disappointed that he couldn’t get in touch with Angelina at that time. He even went to the studio building where How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days was shot. However, the security guards didn’t let him in because the scenes of the movie were supposed to be kept secret and unauthorized people weren’t allowed inside.

Eventually, Kazir returned to Canada. It took another two months to complete all the shots, Tom Cruise and the cast were on fire because of their great performance. So the filming ended sooner.

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[This chapter is very sarcastic and I made it that way on purpose. I turned Disney’s executives into stupid people because that’s how I perceive them. I think Disney knows the formula for making a great movie, but they don’t do it anymore and I don’t understand why. They can make Star Wars better by listening to the fans, but they don’t. They also kicked out Johnny Depp out of Pirates Of The Caribbean without hearing his story. The last Disney movie I enjoyed was the third movie of Pirates of the Caribbean. I don’t enjoy movies either, so my opinion is invalid, I guess. By the way, I didn’t see the first movie of Pirates Of The Caribbean, so…]