HOLLYWOOD WHAT IF

[Pujimaki]

Hollywood What If Chapter 282


Joaquin Phoenix had a great filmography in recent years. Perhaps his best recent role was in Ridley Scott's Gladiator. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards for his role as Commodus in Gladiator.

A few years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Joker/Arthur Fleck. He won many awards in his career and everyone knew that he was a talented actor.

Looking at the information thanks Kazir read, he knew that casting Joaquin Phoenix was not a problem.

The expected budget of The Revenant was at least $85 million and Kazir had no problem casting someone like Joaquin Phoenix.

For the same reason, Tom Hardy and Shia Labeouf were good choices.

Tom Hardy made his film debut in Black Hawk Down, but after that his career was unstable. He could not get any promising roles. If Kazir had not known about Tom Hardy's future, he might not have gotten a role in The Revenant.

Tom Hardy's usual roles were about buff, strong guys. This Means War, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Dark Knight Rises were just a few of the movies he starred in. His role in these movies was the buff strong guy.

Out of interest, Kazir decided to give this up and coming actor a chance to work with him.

The same thing happened with Shia Labeouf. Shia Labeouf was a famous actor in the mid 2000s and early 2010s but his career was dying for some reasons after that.

At first his career was going well, at a young age he got roles in Constantine, I, Robot, the first trilogy of Transformers, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Eagle Eye and Fury. It was amazing, he was part of so many blockbusters. Maybe one of the reasons he got steady jobs was because of his race, but that was debatable and probably not true.

Well, his presence in Hollywood slowly disappeared after accusation and controversy.

Kazir had heard some stories in his past life, but this and that were two different things.

The Shia Labeouf of 2002 was just an aspiring actor trying to find his way in the industry.

Shia's agent recommended that he audition for The Revenant and Constantine. So far, his role in Constantine was already set, but filming would start in September, which was 9 months later.

The main reason Kazir was interested in Shia Labeouf was to know his current attitude as a young actor. He also knew that Shia could act, his range as an actor was quite wide. As for the reason why Kazir was interested in Shia... It might because of Transformers.

For these reasons, Kazir felt that casting these three actors was not a problem.

One thing was for sure, Tom Cruise had no problem with the cast. None of the actors were more famous than him, and he was confident in his acting abilities as well. He had been in the industry since 1981. His experience was enough to face such talented actors.

Besides, Tom knew that Kazir would never betray him. He would definitely give Tom more screen time and let him showcase his acting skills.

... It was actually written in the contract. For this role, Tom decided to grow a beard for the first time. He even studied bears to understand them.

He might even go so far as to meet a real bear and possibly have a boxing match with it. Tom Cruise was a professional actor and he was known for his stunts. (Note: I'm still skeptical about this. If it's true, no insurance company is going to sign a contract with Tom Cruise. He probably only does stunts that are safe).

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"Nice to see you again, sir. I thought you had forgotten me." Vance Goodhood greeted Kazir after three years of no contact.

Kazir became busy and didn't have much time to return to the investment firm. However, when he contacted the company, he found that the investment firm had been hit hard by the bursting of the dot-com bubble and 9/11. As a result, they filed for bankruptcy.

So Vance Goodhood decided to apply to Goldman Sachs, and he was accepted. His credentials were good. Because of Kazir's warning, Vance pulled out his investment before the stock market crashed. He made millions and was very grateful for Kazir's opinion.

As expected, Kazir Grey was a genius. He was a genius director and even in the financial sector he was making money.

So Vance visited Grey Pictures because Kazir wanted to invest in tech/internet companies again.

This time Kazir was willing to invest $150 million. This was a huge amount, and Vance met with Kazir in person because of the seriousness of the situation.

"Are you sure you want to invest in these companies, sir?"

Kazir had three companies in mind: eBay, Apple and Amazon.

eBay and Amazon were both online sales services, and their growth was promising. Only Kazir knew the exact history of how these companies would become worth billions or trillions of dollars.

As for Apple, now that Steve Jobs had returned to Apple, Kazir knew that this company would usher in the era of smartphones. By the way, Steve Jobs was also a shareholder in Walt Disney because of Pixar.

Kazir would continue to invest in Apple and Amazon, while eBay was only short-term.

Actually, he wanted to get a piece of Google, but the company still showed no interest in his money. Google would not go public until 2004.

At the same time, Facebook did not exist until 2004.

'Maybe Mark Zuckerberg is open to investment.' Kazir thought to himself.

Vance Goodhood was not sure why Kazir was interested in Apple, but he decided to keep his mouth shut.

This was a $150 million deal and Vance didn't want to screw it up. He tried to offer Kazir alternatives, but the director was adamant. In the end, Vance Goodhood respected Kazir's decision and took care of the $150 million by investing $50 million in each company.

'As for Netflix... Meh. I'll only invest when their online streaming service happens. Right now, Netflix is still a small company trying to copy Blockbuster's business strategy. I don't want to disrupt and potentially change their trajectory, so I'll just wait until they're stable.'

Being in this industry, Kazir knew that Netflix was going to struggle for a long time. Kazir didn't want any of that part.

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[Author's note: I know this has nothing to do with the novel. But I want to say that we will miss you, Detective Amelia Watson of Hololive. Man, I'm sure going to miss your gremlin screams].

 

[Lillie Jones]

thanks for the chapter

 

[Pujimaki]

Hollywood What If Chapter 283


The cold breeze still lingered, but not as cold as in December. Last year's event was something that many people would never forget, and perhaps it affected people's perception of the weather.

Now that another year has come, it is time to move on and let go of the past. Suffering has always been a part of life, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to look forward to. New year, new life.

With that in mind, there was no promising movie in January. This was to be expected as January has never been a famous month for Hollywood to release movies.

Still, it was kind of disappointing that of all the movies that were released in January 2002, only one movie made more than $100 million.

It was Snow Dogs, released by Walt Disney. And yes, it was about dogs...

The fact that The Count Of Monte Cristo and A Walk To Remember were released in the same month and didn't cross $100 million was discouraging. Because those two movies were pretty good.

The Count Of Monte Cristo was based on a famous novel of the same name, and yet it didn't work at the box office.

A Walk To Remember was also based on a novel of the same name, but it didn't do well either.

While January was bleak for Hollywood, Kazir was very busy that month. He visited the production sets of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and The Bourne Supremacy. He also had his own project to work on.

Even though Kazir was still in the USA, he didn't have much time for himself. Much more about Angelina.

Kazir knew that love was important, but his love and passion for filmmaking was stronger than any kind of love. He left his home in the first place just to be a filmmaker. That alone was enough to show how much he loved movies.

Most of the time, Kazir spent more time at work than with Angelina. It caused a bit of a fight, but the couple was mature enough to understand each other.

Two bad, because in March, Kazir would leave the country to go to Canada and start filming The Revenant. Their relationship was a bit rocky and they only had a month to fix it.

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days would also start shooting in March and Angelina would be busy as well. Both of them won't have time for each other after March.

So to make things better, Kazir and Angelina attended a party together. This party was none other than the celebration party for Spider-Man.

Angelina and Kazir entered the party hand in hand and were greeted by many people, mostly people related to Sony-Columbia.

People congratulated Kazir for his outstanding ability to create blockbuster after blockbuster. Just as they predicted, Spider-Man successfully surpassed $900 million in the first week of February.

To date, Spider-Man is the highest grossing film of 2001. John Wick Chapter 2 came in second with $621 million.

In third place was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with a current worldwide gross of $620 million. This was followed by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with $582 million.

2001 was a bad year and people used movies to escape reality and have fun. Many of the audience preferred these four movies mainly because of their special effects, magic or supernatural aspects and cool action stunts.

Hehe, it was also funny that the two currently highest grossing movies of 2001 were strongly related to Kazir Grey.

Kazir was the director of Spider-Man and he was also the writer/executive producer of John Wick Chapter 2.

However, with John Wick Chapter 2 already finished its run, there was no chance for the movie to increase its box office. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone would soon surpass this CCU movie.

"Congratulations Kazir!" Said Tobey Maguire, who was slightly tipsy.

"Congratulations, director." Producer Jezebel Salome was strict as always and didn't touch alcohol tonight.

"Yow, are money maker has arrived!" Willem Dafoe said jokingly and gave Kazir a big hug.

Angelina was happy to see her man doing well in his career. She was proud of him. At the party, Angelina decided to look around for someone.

Angelina was the type who loved to make fun of someone. It helped her boost her self-esteem and confidence. You see, she loved it when someone was jealous of her.

So yes, she was going to look for Kirsten Dunst. She knew that Kirsten had a crush on her boyfriend and she loved to jab Kirsten with that fact.

That was the reason why Angelina wanted to see Reese's reaction the last time. Too bad, it seemed that Reese had already moved on. Well, Angelina had a new target.

"Babe, I'll be right back. You can talk to your friends while I'm gone." Angelina told Kazir and the man nodded.

"Okay, take care."

Kazir said after kissing her hand. Angelina smiled and left her man to tease Kirsten.

Kazir and the others began to talk.

A few minutes into the party, two people approached Kazir. They were Stan Lee and Avi Arad.

Avi Arad was the current CEO/Chairman of Marvel Comics, while Stan Lee was the creator of many Marvel characters.

From the serious expressions on their faces, Kazir knew they were going to talk about the superhero copyrights that Grey Pictures owned.

After so many years in the industry, Grey Pictures has successfully acquired all of the MCU characters. Most notably the original Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. It was time-consuming, but Kazir knew their importance, so he acquired them.

Kazir excused himself and went to the garden to talk to the two of them. This was going to be a serious talk.

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[Author's note: Since it's the first day of the month, I want to promote my P@treon and Ko-fi for the nth time. If you subscribe to my P@treon, you can read 169 advance chapters of HWI plus 3 NSFW chapters (exclusive to Patreon only)].

[Second, there's an important poll on my P@treon that will determine Kazir's wife. So far there's a clear winner and I'm already writing about their relationship. However, if the result changes and the current winner is overthrown by landside votes, there could be a comeback. If you're interested, you can check it out. I respect your votes and I respect the outcome].

[One more thing, what do you think about Marvel movies? Should Kazir direct them? The winner of the poll last time was (redacted) and I think that company can acquire Marvel and Grey Pictures together so that the MCU will happen].

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[JustAnotherFan217]

Stay away from Marvel, just sell the rights back for a profit. The last thing this story needs is another franchise of copy and pasted remakes.

 

[Lillie Jones]

thanks for the chapter

 

[Pujimaki]

Hollywood What If Chapter 284


Most people knew that Marvel Comics went bankrupt a few years ago. And while Marvel Comics was in their deepest shit hole, Grey Pictures approached them to buy some of their characters.

The bank owned the company at the time and they made the arrangements and sold the characters for a few million dollars.

Now, the characters that Grey Pictures bought were mostly small superheroes that were not famous. Marvel's famous characters were Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and the X-Men.

The X-Men that 20th Century Fox made two years ago was successful. Marvel was impressed, but not enough to be excited or elated. After all, the film only grossed $296 million worldwide.

The impact of Spider-Man, however, was far greater. No, this was the most successful movie to come out of Marvel Comics.

Imagine a single character making $900 million at the box office. Because of this, Marvel Comics gained a little confidence in their characters.

The profits from comic books were getting smaller and smaller, and Marvel Comics would go out of business if they didn't solve the problem.

The solution they came up with? Create a Cinematic Universe. Which was the right decision because Marvel Studios is worth billions in original timeline.

Also, Marvel Comics had a good example to copy.

The Continental Cinematic Universe created by Grey Pictures was a huge success. Now every character in this Cinematic Universe has become well known, Bryan Mills, John Wick, Jason Bourne and Wesley Gibson.

There was nothing special about their appearance, but boys and men went crazy just to get their action figures.

In addition, Grey Pictures was negotiating with several publishers to produce novels and comic books about CCU. They were also talking about possible animated series.

It was still a rumor, but Stella Willow, the General Manager of Grey Pictures, was very busy because of these rumors.

One thing was for sure, Grey Pictures was doing well.

Marvel Comics wanted the same treatment, but they knew it would be difficult. Unless Marvel Comics got the same status as Grey Pictures.

A few weeks ago someone from Walt Disney contacted Avi Arad and said they were interested in buying some of the characters from Marvel Comics.

Perhaps Walt Disney was trying to copy the recent success of X-Men and Spider-Man... especially Spider-Man.

However, the characters Walt Disney was looking for were Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Hulk, who were already owned by Grey Pictures.

Walt Disney was willing to pay tens of millions just to acquire their copyrights, which was shocking but expected.

Even Universal and Paramount were interested in their characters after the success of Spider-Man.

So now Marvel Comics was facing some problems. They need money.

'We need to acquire these characters and resell them, or we can...'

Avi Arad stopped thinking. He was not sure of the outcome of this conversation. First of all, he knew that this was just their first conversation and no promises would be made. Especially when Kazir Grey was known for his cunning behavior.

While Avi Arad was busy thinking about business, Stan Lee's thoughts were all about the hopes of Marvel characters having their own movies.

Stan worked with Kazir on Spider-Man and saw the director lay the groundwork for the movie to be released.

In his opinion, Kazir was the main reason for the film's success. His clear vision for the film and his strict but consistent shooting. His authority and the respect he got from the people. Despite his achievements, Kazir was perfect for his career.

'If we are really serious about making a Cinematic Universe, then Kazir is the best option we have. He has already proven himself, and his credentials are unparalleled in that regard.' the old comic creator thought.

Kazir could make another Cinematic Universe with a high chance of success. That was for sure.

So yes, the two higher-ups at Marvel Comics have their own opinions.

Avi Arad wanted the characters back, while Stan Lee hoped that Kazir would start working on Marvel characters as he had promised.

Note that for Grey Pictures to acquire the copyrights for a small amount, they made a contract that Grey Pictures has to make a Marvel movie within 10 years, or else the characters would naturally return to Marvel Comics.

In addition, Grey Pictures must invest at least $50 million in the Marvel movie or the contract would be void.

Grey Pictures acquired the copyrights in 1997 and the deadline was 2007. If the studio failed to make a Marvel movie, the characters would return to Marvel Comics.

The two executives followed Kazir nervously into the garden, but they hid their emotions well.

Kazir stopped in his tracks, and the others stopped as well.

"I already have an idea of what we're going to talk about. So I want to make it clear, I'm very interested in doing a Marvel movie. We can renegotiate the contract if you're interested."

"..."

Stan Lee sighed weakly with relief. He was the co-creator of many Marvel characters and he hoped to see them in theaters.

"Kazir, I think we can talk about this seriously."

Avi Arad frowned. He had no problem with that, but he wanted the best for Marvel Comics. They had already sold the copyrights, but they could fight for the remaining benefits such as box office, DVD sales, and peripheral profits.

"I understand."

Kazir agreed.

At first, he only wanted the copyrights to the Marvel characters because he felt they would jeopardize the Cinematic Universe he envisioned.

But now that the CCU was successful and no one could compete with it, Kazir felt that creating the MCU was not a problem.

"Kazir, first of all, let me ask you this. Who's the first Marvel character you want to make a movie about?"

Since Kazir had already stated his intentions, Stan Lee decided to ask more.

"Hm, let's see... I'm interested in doing The Hulk and Iron Man. Although I prefer Iron Man first."

"Iron Man, huh..."

Honestly, Stan Lee thought Kazir would choose The Hulk because it was a famous character, on par with Spider-Man and X-Men.

Well, Kazir was a talented director, so he probably had a plan.

 

[Pujimaki]

Hollywood What If Chapter 285


Was it enough to work with Grey Pictures?

Avi Arad was still skeptical about the idea. Sure, he knew that Kazir was one of the best, if not the best, director in this new genre, but Avi Arad was still not confident in working with the studio.

He needed at least some assurance. Walt Disney was very serious about acquiring their characters and they were willing to pay a lot.

Although there was a downside to that, because Marvel wouldn't start their own Cinematic Universe if they sold their characters to Walt Disney.

And that was the problem with Grey Pictures. Even though the studio bought the copyrights to many of the characters, it didn't mean that Grey Pictures intended to start a Cinematic Universe about Marvel.

Maybe they wanted to make a stand-alone movie like Spider-Man. That was not enough to revive Marvel Comics.

Since getting the copyrights back would be cumbersome, Avi Arad decided to go as far as he could.

"I want to renegotiate the contract," Avi said, and both Kazir and Stan looked at him.

Kazir nodded, already expecting this. Avi Arad was the CEO of Marvel Comics and he had to do his job as CEO for the sake of the company.

"I want to hear your thoughts."

"Cinematic Universe. I want to make sure that Grey Pictures is committed to a Marvel Cinematic Universe. With at least one Marvel movie a year."

Kazir was not surprised.

'Well, since MCU was a massive success in my past life, I have no problem with that. CCU has a steady performance and I can focus on MCU for a while. However...'

"... And what can I get?"

Kazir didn't forget that he had the upper hand in this negotiation.

"If you don't, we'll kill every character you acquired in the comics."

Kazir grinned. It seemed petty, but surely Avi had his intentions.

"So you want to kill the Hulk? He's one of your greatest superheroes."

"We can kill him or we can change his image. We can make him a villain, we can make him a killer, a thief, even a rapist."

Marvel Comics had the rights to all the characters and they do what they want with them.

Surely Grey Pictures would never make a Hulk movie if he became a rapist in the comics, which was the canon plot. So the copyrights would just be useless.

"We both lose if you do that."

If Marvel were serious about this, they would just destroy themselves.

Avi Arad knew this. It was just a threat, but a threat that would never happen unless they were backed into a corner.

They love every character and they didn't want to make them bad.

"Avi, I know your intentions and I assure you that I'm sincere."

"We will extend the copyrights up to 15 years if you agree with our terms." Avi said.n

"I guess you want to use some of your people for this project."

"That's right, the writers should be from Marvel Comics."

"No problem with that. That's my plan anyway."

"Marvel wants to increase the 13% profit share to 15%. We need money."

Marvel was in a near death situation.

"The numbers should be discussed by our agents and so on. But I also have my proposal."

"Tell me about it."

Looking at the grin on Kazir's face, Avi knew that it could affect them.

"Marvel will shoulder at least 30% of the production cost."

Now this condition could be a double-edged sword. It could be good or bad for them.

"I agree, but Marvel should increase its box office share to 20%"

"No, our original agreement is that Marvel Comics can only get 13% of the box office."

"Then investment could be a problem."

"Then there's no Cinematic Universe."

"..."

Avi Arad and Kazir had a stare-down.

As for Stan Lee, he just stood there. He was a creative person and a great artist, but business was never his strong suit.

Actually, it was impressive that Kazir could do business. He had a talent for business management, otherwise Grey Pictures would not have reached its current greatness.

Too bad, because Kazir disliked doing business. If he had a choice, he would have let his agent handle those kinds of negotiations.

But after the Big Six declined to invest in Taken, Kazir decided to strike out on his own and form a production company that would invest exclusively in his own films. It was a dangerous gamble, but one that paid off in the end.

"Exactly as you said, this negotiation of numbers should be given to our management and let them fight over it."

"Very well."

So in the end, there was no clear agreement except for the plan to make a Marvel Cinematic Universe.

For obvious reasons, Marvel Comics was actually on the bad side of this negotiation.

First of all, Marvel Comics could start their own studio and make their own movies.

However, they were not sure if their movies would be successful. On top of that, all of their famous characters had already been acquired by many studios, and they would have a hard time getting them back.

In this situation, Marvel Comics could only agree with Kazir's decision.

'If our situation is the same as DC's, then maybe one of the Big Six has already bought Marvel Comics.' Avi gritted his teeth.

Superman and Batman were basically the mascots of Warner Brothers and they were very famous all over the world. The main reason for that was the movie adaptations. Both superheroes had successful movies.

In fact, Avi Arad was hoping that one of the Big Six would acquire them... At least that would make their lives easier.

Suddenly, Avi Arad's fat cell phone in his pocket started ringing. The phones in 90s and early 2000s were thicc as fuck.

Avi excused himself and answered the call.

Kazir and Stan were left alone.

"S- So Kazir, what's your plan if you're going to make Iron Man?"

"I have some in mind, but I'm not sure yet, I'll tell you later, maybe when Spider-Man 2 starts production. I'll give you a clear plan. In the meantime, I'm going to focus on my current project."

Kazir lied. Of course he had thought about it. Hell, he even watched it.

"Of course." Stan Lee understood.

In fact, he was already grateful that Kazir was directing Spider-Man. He was the biggest safety net in this project, not the cast and not Sony-Columbia. Director Grey was the assurance that every studio wanted to acquire.

Stan Lee was the creator of Spider-Man and he was very happy to see his "son" have a successful run in Hollywood.

Now a lot of people around the world know about Spider-Man. That was enough for him.

Although Stan was hoping that Kazir would also make Spider-Man 3. That would be the biggest piece of good news he could get.

 

[JustAnotherFan217]

Ugh I don't know why I bother anymore. It is obvious that Kazir doesn't want to be anything other than the world's most glorified piece of office equipment, a copy machine. The only interesting part of the CCU in this is the small changes he has made to fit them into one universe. He's not even willing to try something new even when the original sucked, just look at Taken 2. That movie was terrible, but he still just copied it out word for word because putting out a terrible movie was preferable to trying for something better.

It's sad, because I've been following this for over a year now, but I really don't think I can take reading about the MCU. There won't even be the minor changes the CCU had. It sucks, this story has had multiple chances to live up to its potential and branch out into something new, but at every corner Kazir chooses to rest in unoriginality and mediocrity. I know I have been harsh in reviews, but that's because I always hoped this story would finally grow and improve, and become something better…and I've been let down at every turn. I don't even remember the last time I was actually excited for something coming up in this story, and it has left me wondering why I still bother reading. I think I'm going to have to take a break from this, either temporarily or permanently, before it drives me totally insane.

Good luck going forward Pujimaki, and while it's been a long time since I felt that way, thank you for the enjoyment I found in this story in the first parts of it.

 

[a guy1013]

Ugh I don't know why I bother anymore. It is obvious that Kazir doesn't want to be anything other than the world's most glorified piece of office equipment, a copy machine. The only interesting part of the CCU in this is the small changes he has made to fit them into one universe. He's not even willing to try something new even when the original sucked, just look at Taken 2. That movie was terrible, but he still just copied it out word for word because putting out a terrible movie was preferable to trying for something better.

It's sad, because I've been following this for over a year now, but I really don't think I can take reading about the MCU. There won't even be the minor changes the CCU had. It sucks, this story has had multiple chances to live up to its potential and branch out into something new, but at every corner Kazir chooses to rest in unoriginality and mediocrity. I know I have been harsh in reviews, but that's because I always hoped this story would finally grow and improve, and become something better…and I've been let down at every turn. I don't even remember the last time I was actually excited for something coming up in this story, and it has left me wondering why I still bother reading. I think I'm going to have to take a break from this, either temporarily or permanently, before it drives me totally insane.

Good luck going forward Pujimaki, and while it's been a long time since I felt that way, thank you for the enjoyment I found in this story in the first parts of it.

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true, but what can he do but remake successful movies, the true test is when spider-man 3 comes, and how he handles that mess.

but the author can easily handwave away the problem, still havent see the author buying yugioh ip rights so he can the ccu in card games, since cardgames and video games are the next big merch, especially cardsgames, since they are just cardboard, sure yugioh is a thing, but an easy buy up for the manga would be easy enough for the mc

 

[JustAnotherFan217]

true, but what can he do but remake successful movies, the true test is when spider-man 3 comes, and how he handles that mess.

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Kazir's contract is only for the first two, guaranteed he is going to hand off the third to someone else.

All the way back at Napoleon Dynamite 2 Kazir had the chance to start stepping out and making something new. That movie never existed originally, but did well here, but he still refuses to change anything. He has the evidence it can work great, but he's too afraid to have even one bomb on his record.

And not all of those movies were successful originally. Taken 2 was awful, but they still shoveled it out here with no changes. The fact that no one has called him out for how bad that movie is really seems unrealistic.

Him buying Yugioh won't change that he won't change his movies. Never mind the fact that I don't like or care about Yugioh anyways.

 

[a guy1013]

Kazir's contract is only for the first two, guaranteed he is going to hand off the third to someone else.

All the way back at Napoleon Dynamite 2 Kazir had the chance to start stepping out and making something new. That movie never existed originally, but did well here, but he still refuses to change anything. He has the evidence it can work great, but he's too afraid to have even one bomb on his record.

And not all of those movies were successful originally. Taken 2 was awful, but they still shoveled it out here with no changes. The fact that no one has called him out for how bad that movie is really seems unrealistic.

Him buying Yugioh won't change that he won't change his movies. Never mind the fact that I don't like or care about Yugioh anyways.

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he is still a fearful man he seems, since he is not taking risk, but why take risk, when you can make real money, but still he is not changing much now, but he is simply just nudging right now, but he would need to start changing stuff soon, if not he would run out of ideas, and retire, so he would need to make a new story besides just copy and paste, but we are like 150 plus chapters behind patreon, so who knows, unless you are willing to take a peek

 

[JustAnotherFan217]

he is still a fearful man he seems, since he is not taking risk, but why take risk, when you can make real money, but still he is not changing much now, but he is simply just nudging right now, but he would need to start changing stuff soon, if not he would run out of ideas, and retire, so he would need to make a new story besides just copy and paste, but we are like 150 plus chapters behind patreon, so who knows, unless you are willing to take a peek

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The 150 chapters makes me more unlikely to ever take a peek. If I pay for a month and read those chapters, I would have to keep paying or wait over a year for this site to catch up. Plus the author said once that Kazir has only just now started making changes in Patreon, and I'm not willing to wait 150 chapters to get to that.

I've said it before, it makes since in story for Kazir to just copy movies and never branch out, but it makes for incredibly dull reading on our end. There is a reason that all the successful Hollywood insert stories have the main character make changes to movies and branch out from the originals. It's not like he has to make 100% original movies, but just change pieces of the plot. He could have made Taken 2 different, with a changed plot, but they just went with the same terrible movie.

 

[Luizinho]

At this point in time, RDJ is still high as f....i think

 

[Lillie Jones]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[OverseerEX]

The story is fine, I enjoyed reading it, but it is a bit shallow. A lot more could've been done to steer the story into more 'AU' territory, and watch what happens with the changes. I would also love to see Kazir's interactions with the world be more dynamic. Basically, a bit more exploration into the investments he has in companies (And perhaps how he can steer them into their success earlier than in OTL), and more interactions with Angelina, to develop their characters.

For movies, I agree with the earlier posts that he needs to change plots/create originals, and I see that the author is already doing this, though after 150+ more chapters. There is a lot of speculations/rumours/alternate endings/fan films(fictions)/axed films (EX: the Obi-Wan Trilogy - Interview with Writer) that can be used to help in the writing process of this story, make failed movies better (especially the modern ones, there's a lot of videos, and discussions on plots which can help with that.)

Also read earlier a post from someone suggesting doing something with the World of Darkness, which I wholeheartedly agree with, WOD has an exciting universe and cosmology and I'm sad that we don't have media (Movies, TV Series, Animated Series...) in real life for it.
(You could make Russell Crowe's character from 'The Pope's Exorcist' be a part of the Second Inquisition (Society of Leopold))

All in all, there's clearly a lot of room for improvement, and it seems that the improvement has begun, albeit a bit late, so I'm going to stick around, and see how things progress.

Thank you for the story.