Hollywood What If Chapter 476
Speaking of the Dark Knight Trilogy, Batman Begins had already grossed $500 million worldwide since its release in June. The movie was only showing in a few theaters in North America.
Warner Brothers felt like Batman Begins would probably not surpass $600 million based on the current statistics. It was disappointing, considering they had hired Kazir to direct the movie. Some members of management even believed that Kazir was trying to sabotage Batman Begins, claiming that $500 million was too low. Since Kazir and Marvel Comics had a close relationship, they suspected Kazir of being a spy.
They were crazy if they truly believed that. In the first place, a movie grossing $500 million at the box office was a very tough achievement.
So far, there were only six movies that had grossed more than $500 million this year. For Batman Begins to be part of that roster was already considered a victory.
Secondly, Kazir's passion for the Batman Trilogy was real. This was the first time he had signed a trilogy contract.
Sure, it was true that Kazir had no enthusiasm for working with DC to create a Cinematic Universe, but he never did anything that could endanger the franchise.
Compared to their past DC movies, Batman Begins was the best-performing film.
The people who were disappointed in Kazir's performance were simply expecting perfection. Perhaps they hoped that Batman Begins would be like Spider-Man, a movie that grossed $1 billion.
They needed to set realistic standards.
Aside from Batman Begins, which grossed $500 million:
Final Destination had already ended its screening. The movie grossed $282 million worldwide. Final Destination was a horror movie, and this kind of performance was already outstanding. There were a lot of horror movie fans, but the genre was also not popular with most audiences, especially for the whole family.
The third movie that had a relationship with Kazir was Kung Fu Panda. He was the scriptwriter and executive producer of the film.
At the North American box office, Kung Fu Panda had already earned $214 million as of September 10. Furthermore, the movie was released in some countries and had accumulated over $100 million.
At this point, the blessing wouldn't be broken. Whenever Kazir's name was written in the credits, the movie would perform well.
Some studios even thought of adding Kazir to their post-credits, just hoping that their movies would make money. Fortunately, they were in the right mind and not desperate enough to do it.
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Orlando Bloom was one of the leading cast members of Pirates of the Caribbean. His role was Will Turner, a blacksmith who was searching for his father.
His role in the series was a bit ambiguous. He was sort of the leading male because he had a lot of lines, and even his screen time exceeded 30 minutes per movie.
Still, he acknowledged that the actor who truly carried the movie was none other than Johnny Depp. And honestly, Orlando understood why. There was something unique about the role of Jack Sparrow.
Lately, Orlando felt like his roles in movies were being underappreciated.
Now that Lord of the Rings was done, Orlando Bloom had starred in many movies. Some of the projects he worked on were Troy and Kingdom of Heaven.
In Troy, his role as Prince Paris was hated by the audience. Prince Paris was a coward who seduced a married queen and basically started a war. It didn't help that Paris was the one who killed Achilles, the protagonist in Troy.
As for Kingdom of Heaven... Orlando thought the movie would be successful because he read the script, and it was amazing. Furthermore, the director was Ridley Scott.
But because of interference from the management of 20th Century Fox, Kingdom of Heaven lost its essence and failed at the box office.
Orlando Bloom sighed as he felt like his career had been rocky over the past few years.
If there was a saving grace, it was the fact that he was part of Pirates of the Caribbean. No one believed that this franchise would fail.
Kazir Grey was acknowledged as the director who never missed.
Orlando's confidence in this project was close to 100%, especially since Director Grey was the one handling the set.
But lately, Orlando felt like something strange was going on during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean.
For some reason, the male extras they hired were all handsome. Like, damn, was this a gay party or what?
He had seen a couple of hot men shirtless around the beach, and the female crew members were having a feast for the eyes as they stared at them. Orlando even noticed that some of the female actresses were staring at the extras as well.
'Who hired these people?'
Orlando thought to himself.
Orlando was a handsome guy, but he admitted that some of the extras were hotter than him. He didn't like that at all. Some of these extras might become a threat to his career as a handsome actor.
"Orlando, haha, I can't believe we're seeing each other again. Man, you're really famous now."
Suddenly, one of the extras approached Orlando with a wide smile.
"Oh yeah, you're…"
Orlando recognized the face, but he couldn't remember the name.
"I'm Aquino. We were in the same acting class in 1997."
"Yeah, I kinda remember that."
Orlando nodded. It was around the time when he decided to take acting seriously.
Orlando recalled that this Aquino guy was an arrogant prick who kept saying he had a close connection to Universal Pictures and used that to sleep with innocent actresses... Based on his current status, that "close connection" was pretty useless.
"Being hired in a movie like this is amazing. Orlando, can you introduce me to some of your contacts? Maybe your agent would be interested in signing me. We're friends, right?"
The heat of the sun was getting uncomfortable, so Orlando excused himself and returned to his trailer. Being the lead role in the movie, Orlando had his own trailer with an air conditioner.
Orlando was still confused as to why they hired so many handsome men as extras.