Hollywood What If Chapter 594
August, despite being the last month of the summer schedule, still released some of the big movies this year. Some kids and teenagers might already be attending school this month, but it didn't stop Hollywood from releasing box office hits.
On August 7, G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra was released. This movie was based on the action figure toyline of Hasbro. Kazir received an invitation to direct this franchise, but the director declined, he didn't even bother to entertain it. Starring Channing Tatum and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the movie grossed $391 million.
On the same day, August 7, the film Julie and Julia was released. Starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, this comedy film grossed $185 million. The movie was distributed by Sony-Colombia.
On August 14, District 9 was released. Distributed by Sony-Colombia, the sci-fi suspense/thriller grossed $269 million.
On the same day, August 14, The Time Traveler's Wife was released. This sci-fi drama starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana grossed over $138 million. The movie was produced by New Line Cinema and distributed by Warner Brothers.
On August 21, Inglourious Basterds was released. Starring Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz and directed by the amazing director Quentin Tarantino, this movie was produced by The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures. The movie was also distributed by The Weinstein Company (United States) and Universal Pictures (International). The movie grossed over $416 million. It was the highest-grossing movie released in August 2009.
Aside from movie releases, Hollywood also tackled some problems, particularly the wildfire that happened in Los Angeles, California, on August 26. Wildfires were common in Los Angeles.
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Harold Witsend was driving his expensive car. Being a producer of many box office hits, Harold was considered rich. In every movie he worked on, he earned at least $1 million per project. It all depended on how much profit the movie earned. Harold might not have had a share in the profits, but it didn't mean he was earning less. Many people would commit crimes just to get Harold's position.
Besides, he knew that most of his success was because of Grey Pictures. To be precise, he owed everything to Kazir. His friend was the reason he reached this status.
Harold knew that if he worked on other projects, the chances of success were not guaranteed. Only Grey Pictures had a high assurance of box office hits. So even though many studios were eager to hire Harold, he didn't leave Grey Pictures, because he knew that most of his success was because of the company.
So yeah, he was rich now. It explained why he was driving a Lexus LS 600h L... Harold had no idea what the name really implied, but it sounded good, so he decided to buy it. He didn't know much about the specifications since he was not a car enthusiast. He just knew that he had to buy a luxury car to impress people, since he was now a top star producer. He bought the car at the price of $105 thousand... Yes, spending $100 thousand on a car was considered a rich move. Only people who earned millions were comfortable spending that amount on a car.
While driving, some people looked at his car with envy and interest. Some women who were basically nothing even tried to flirt with him, but Harold was a married man, so he didn't entertain the idea of cheating. He wanted to maintain the peace.
He visited Kazir a few days ago and found his friend enthralled with taking care of the twins. It was something that Harold didn't expect to witness in his life. It seemed that Kazir could genuinely smile. He was happy for him.
This further strengthened his idea of protecting his family and providing for them.
In his line of work, it was tough to stay loyal because this industry was filled with sexy women who could seduce him. Furthermore, a few years ago, Elizabeth Cohen almost made him fold.
Even though Elizabeth was in her 50s, she was still a bombshell, and she could seduce any man as long as she wanted to. Harold did his best to fight the seduction, and he was successful. In the end, he kicked Elizabeth and Mara Cohen out of Hollywood. As for where these mother and daughter were, Harold didn't give a fuck.
"Man, I can't imagine that I almost fucked my mom's friend. That sounds disturbing if you didn't know the context."
Even if you know the context, it was still disturbing.
This just showed that Elizabeth was a dangerous woman, and she deserved every hardship that was thrown at her.
"I just hope that she will not appear in front of Kazir with the excuse of meeting her grandchildren. Elizabeth didn't even meet Aaron's children, so she doesn't have the right to meet Kazir's twins."
Was this a foreshadowing or not? Nah.
While drinking, Harold recalled the meeting that executives had today. Kazir didn't attend the meeting, so Harold and Stella led the discussion.
In this meeting, they talked about the release date of Ninja Assassin and its possible results. 20th Century Fox and Grey Pictures agreed to release this CCU movie in November, a less popular schedule compared to summer.
But despite being less popular, many huge movies would be released that month. This was the topic that their meeting tackled, what might happen in November regarding the box office of Ninja Assassin?