Hollywood What If-Chapter 399

20th Century Fox had their reasons for putting 2 Fast 2 Furious in April instead of a more popular schedule.

The Day After Tomorrow, a disaster movie produced by 20th Century Fox, was scheduled for release in May. The promotion was intensifying. Sci-fi disaster movies were very popular. A lot of people loved watching them and making theories about events that could destroy the planet.

So 20th Century Fox was obviously putting more effort into that movie, scheduling it for the first month of summer. They couldn't afford to release 2 Fast 2 Furious in the same month of May, as it could affect The Day After Tomorrow's box office.

"Deep Impact, 2012, Armageddon. Even Independence Day, War of the Worlds, and Godzilla are recognized as disaster movies. These films all made a lot of money at the box office alone."

Kazir muttered while working on some documents.

Disaster movies were profitable, and 20th Century Fox wanted to cash in on The Day After Tomorrow. A story where a second Ice Age attacks the planet and covers the world in ice, snow, and blizzards.

In June, 20th Century Fox also had another movie lined up. It was Garfield: The Movie... Do I have to explain it?

Garfield could attract children and teenagers to watch the movie. Families would love it for their kids. Surely, another profitable movie.

In July, 20th Century Fox planned to release I, Robot, starring Will Smith. I, Robot was a story about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence toward humanity. With Will Smith, an actor who had strong box office appeal, as the male lead, the movie was expected to make a profit.

As for August, the last month of summer, 20th Century Fox would release Alien vs. Predator. The success of the CCU forced 20th Century Fox to come up with this project. A battle between two dangerous creatures from outer space. The idea was interesting, and surely, people would buy tickets to watch it.

Honestly, the movie lineup this year was promising. 20th Century Fox was cooking well this year.

Grey Pictures might be part of 20th Century Fox, but the company would prioritize its own projects. Naturally, they would give the best schedules to their own movies.

Since 2 Fast 2 Furious was scheduled for April, then Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2 would be released in either September or October.

These two schedules had already been planned last year based on the completion dates of the two CCU movies. That's just how business worked.

"Perhaps some people may believe that 20th Century Fox is sabotaging the CCU, but that's not true. CCU has enough influence to make money in unpopular months. We've already proven that many times."

In fact, Taken was released in September and grossed over $500 million.

As for the grudge that 20th Century Fox was holding, Kazir had an idea on how to fix the relationship.

Kazir was known as a talented director. All the movies he directed were box-office successes. Even his three old horror movies were now popular in the DVD and rental markets.

However, Kazir was also famous for being a great screenwriter. The scripts he wrote were all profitable.

"Tom Rothman might hate me because I decided to work with Warner Brothers, but surely his hatred will disappear once he reads these scripts."

The documents Kazir was reviewing were scripts he planned to sell to 20th Century Fox at a reasonable price, lower than the market rate.

Everything was an enemy in front of money. But everything was also a friend in front of money.

As long as money was on the table, Tom Rothman would easily forgive Kazir. The director was confident of that.

His value was high enough for that to happen.

"I can't believe I'm going to sell this kind of script. Well, they're not mine anyway... I just copied them." He sighed.

Final Destination.

Paranormal Activity.

300.

Two of the scripts were from the horror genre, while the remaining one was an epic based on comics/history.

Kazir felt like it was time to take a step forward. He didn't want to be a coward anymore. He was tired of hiding.

This was his first move in the horror genre after so many years, the genre he ran away from.

"One day, I'll film a horror movie and face my fear."

Final Destination never happened in this timeline because Kazir had been holding onto the script. Now, he wanted to sell it to 20th Century Fox.

These three movies didn't need large budgets. As long as 20th Century Fox understood how the filming worked, they wouldn't have to spend much.

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"Hmm, now that I think about it, Tobey Maguire can be the protagonist of the first Final Destination. He fits the character."

Kazir liked Tobey and wanted to help the actor.

"What Tobey needs is to change his image. Horror movies can give him that. As long as Tobey won't be compared to Peter Parker, then it's a success."

Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man left a strong impression on everyone and it destroyed Tobey's career in exchange. He needed a transition. Final Destination could be the key to helping Tobey move his career forward.

"I'll recommend it to Fox later."

There was a knock on the door, and Kazir stopped talking to himself...

"The door's open."

"Sir, are you looking for me?"

Erica entered the office.

Kazir passed the documents to her.

"I want you to personally send this to Tom Rothman's office. These are scripts, and they're confidential."

"I understand."

Erica placed the documents in a manila envelope and nodded seriously.

"You can end your work for today once you've delivered the envelope to Tom Rothman."

"Thanks, sir." Erica's eyes lit up with excitement.

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An hour later, Kazir received a call from Tom Rothman.

"As expected, Tom can't ignore it. Not when I gave him a delicious treat."

The director smirked before answering the call. Grey Pictures wasn't so simple anymore. Even the CEO/Chairman of 20th Century Fox would personally call him.

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[I will post another chapter later so that we can reach the 400th chapter today.]