My Hollywood System

Chapter 117:

The ICM hadn’t wasted any time and had quickly sent a highly respected actor, Clark Reed, over to Dream Vision, along with his agent Mathias Pereira to go over the script of [500 days of Summer].

Clark Reed was a Caucasian man, with a well-built physique. He was known in Hollywood for his upbeat and jovial personality. He could easily be described as the guy people would invite to a party with a second’s pause. He had worked in Hollywood as an actor for well over ten years, since 2001, and was known to have taken part in predominantly comedic films with a few fantastic standouts in the Mystery and Sci-Fi flicks.

Both Clark and his agent were highly satisfied with the role of Tom in [500 Days of Summer], as it gave Clark an entry into a new genre of films. With him being finalised for the film, both [1917] and [500 days of Summer] were nearing the end of their pre-production time and were soon to head to the actual shooting. The directors of both the films, Director Lucas, and Director Carlson were going to be filming both the movies simultaneously. This was mainly done so that Will could get some time free for the finalisation of the script of [Liberty City] while his other two projects were completed in the process.

OP Studios and Dream Vision were already starting the talks for the distribution rights and the scope of the marketing necessary for [500 days of Summer], and considering that this was the first film that Amanda was taking care of by herself, she was doing a fantastic job. She had thought of going to Foxstar for the distribution rights again, but with Foxstar’s internal management change and with Spencer Miller, still in the hospital, they had not received any word from them in a while. As far as Will knew, Spencer’s son was set to take the CEO position from him soon, but they had gone quiet as of late.

Due to the sudden silence from Foxstar, Amanda had elected to broaden Dream Vision’s contact list and had shifted to OP Studios for the rights of distribution of [500 days of Summer]. It was a way to ensure that their position isn’t threatened if they lose contact with any part of the process in the industry.

The script of [Liberty City] was almost complete. Having rewritten the entire thing at least twice, Will was both anxious and excited for his first original work in the industry. He’d tried learning from the storytelling qualities of many movies from his previous life like [The Godfather], or [Goodfellas], or [The Irishman] and had tried to weave a good story around Grand Theft Auto. The movie’s main character, Mario Di Mauro, was going to learn firsthand the vices of a city like hippy New York City, and try to make a name for himself among the criminal underbelly of the city. He was set to face betrayal, grief, action, and drama all tied together with inspired dialogue writing from Will’s previous life.

Will had started making Storyboards for each shot in the film and was trying to imagine how each shot in the film was going to take place. He was satisfied with what he had come up with and hoped that the audience liked his brainchild as much as it liked the works he’d brought over from his previous life.

This movie was going to test his mettle as no other film had yet. He was both excited and nervous.

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23rd November 2011;

“What a lucky bitch.”

“Give me all the opportunities that she’s got and I will make twice the larger name for myself.”

“What did she do to deserve a straight ticket to stardom?”

“Some people have all the luck”

Whispers of all kinds reached June’s ears as she finished shooting the final scene of the day for the independent movie that she had landed. She had grown accustomed to