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Hollywood What If Chapter 258



Kazir spent the months of December and January in New York, filming Spider-Man.


While in New York, he spends some time bonding with his family.


Most of his energy was put into the film since this was a project that he didn't want to mess up. His family was very supportive of him, his father told him that he was so proud of his son. 


He was so proud of his two sons, they were now living their lives and had achievements. 


If there was one thing he was for... He wanted to see his son start a family and possibly have a child. 


To be precise, Victor Grey (Kazir's father) wanted another grandchild to pamper! 


You see, Aaron and his wife decided to take things slowly after having a daughter. They have no intention of having another child for the time being. 


Now that Victor experienced having a granddaughter, he realized that life was worth living for. So yeah, out of his selfishness, he wanted Kazir to have a child or two. 


It depends on Kazir if he wants to marry again. After all, his son experienced the same thing as him. The heartbreak of divorce. 


Victor met Angelina a few times and he didn't have a problem with the woman. She seemed sweet. If Kazir and Angelina wanted to marry and have a child, he would gladly support them. 


For an old grandfather who didn't have much in life except work, Victor felt like having grandchildren was the best. 


As for Kazir, he was still not sure about his future path. He was traumatized by the divorce and he couldn't imagine marrying again. At least not now. 


As for having a child. He didn't know how to be a father. He was not sure if he would be a good father. He had a chance to be one of but his ex-wife aborted the baby. He didn't know it at that time and couldn't stop it. 


He and Angelina had a good relationship but it was not enough to determine if they were sure about marrying much more than having a baby. Besides, Angelina's career was just taking off and pregnancy might affect her blooming career. 


Now that we look into the past, Angelina and Kazir started their relationship over a year ago. They had their first night together in December, Christmas Eve to be exact. They decided to become a thing after that. 


And now, the year 2000 just passed and it was already February 2001. Time sure flies fast whenever you're so busy. 


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"Congratulations. Not only Wanted, even Bruce Almighty that you've written had a great performance."


"Thanks, George. I have to keep motivated to remain relevant. I'm not like you who created a culture in the United States. The influence of Continental Cinematic Universe is nothing compared to Star Wars."


Kazir visited Industrial Light & Magic to see the progress of the special effects. The project regarding special effects was already 85% done and they just needed a few edits. Of course, Kazir had to put all of these shots into one complete movie before everything was done. So he probably had to spend another month or two in post-production. 


"Give it some years, your movies will have the same treatment."


Kazir shrugged at George Lucas' response. 


"Anyway, I know that you declined Star Wars Episode 2 because you are interested in Spider-Man. But how about the Episode 3?"


"You sure are adamant about hiring me."


"I can't help it. You're the most profitable director right now. If you directed Star Wars, I'm sure the box office will be over $1 billion."


"I can't promise you anything." 


Based on his opinion, the romance between Padme and Anakin was kinda forced. He had an idea how to fix it but he wanted to keep it in himself since he was not sure if he was going to work with Star Wars. 


The progress of special effects for Spider-Man was on the right track. Most of it was about Spider-Man swinging by the buildings in New York like he was Tarzan. 


'I can't believe that we spent millions of dollars for this eight to ten minutes of detailed animation.'


CGI was very expensive back in the early 2000s. But if you compare it to the recent movies filled with CGI such as Marvel movies, the early 2000s movies had better CGI. 


After checking with Industrial Light & Magic, the man decided to return to the studio that Sony-Columbia gave to him to edit Spider-Man. He had five editors to work with, with one having the head editor whom Kazir talked to the most. 


Another thing was that one of the staff from Marvel Comics would be in the editing room to watch the whole job. And sometimes tell his opinion. 


Kazir thankfully got the full editing rights. Giving him the power to use his full creativity in the project. He already proved himself in this industry so Sony-Columbia gave him the power. 


As the perks of being a successful director. Everyone believed that your movie would make money. 


Perhaps the only thing that Kazir could be proud of was his strong memories of movie-related stuff. Being his most devoted hobby and job, Kazir rarely forgot a scene. That helped the process of post-production a lot. 


"Use our third footage for this one. I think it has the right angle and the emotions are expressive."


"Yes, director." 


While Kazir was busy editing Spider-Man. One of the Big Six expressed its intention to buy Grey Pictures...



[Aight, the time has come. Honestly, I'm still stuck on my opinion of selling at least 30% of Grey Pictures so that the company can latch on to one of the Big Six. Because realistically, if Grey Pictures keeps making successful movies, the Big Six would join together to destroy it. DreamWorks, Lionsgate, and even I can even say Miramax and New Line Cinema suffered because of Big Six. Let's not forget 20th Century Fox, this company was now under Disney. So the Big Six became the Big Five.] 


[I want to hear your opinion on selling some shares of Grey Pictures to one of the Big Six.]


[And yes, two chapters tomorrow, but I won't promise it though. Just gotta write what I can write.]