My Hollywood System

Chapter 9:

Chapter 9:

Will started working hard on writing the script of [The Blair Witch Project].

Although the script was pretty short, he did his best to upgrade and change stuff according to this world, while trying his best to make out a better version of the story. Even though the movie was considered the scariest movie of the 90s in American history, Will wanted to add a few things and make a few changes here and there to make it a bit more interesting,

Like in the actual movie, the Blair Witch was never shown. Many reasoned that it was because of the lack of budget and technology back then, but the truth is that they had four alternate endings and chose to go with the one which didn’t show the Blair Witch to create a sense of unknown and uncertainty among the audience.

Even though this gave a real outlook, there were many who criticised this too, mainly because to them, the movie felt like a video of a low-rent horror outing with no real scares.

Will decided to add an actual background plot for the Blair Witch and a character that will play the role of Blair Witch.

Although all this would only increase the cost of production, the produced movie and overall thrill would increase by threefold at the very least.

It took him a week to write down the whole script, in a revised version.

Unlike for [17 Again], this time he wasn’t in immediate need of it nor had a due date, he didn’t sacrifice his sleep or workout time. Hence, he wrote it slowly and in a relaxed manner.

Now, he was thinking about how he’d go about with the production.

And for that, he needed a group of technical staff who would help him in creating his movies, and this group of staff is generally called the production team.

But for a newbie director like Bill, acquiring a good production team alone was an impossible task.

He’d need connections and recommendations from people who have been working in the industry for a long time.

As the movie was solely his project, the expenditure would be his too. He was sure to lose a lot of capital that he was going to make from the script of [17 Alone].

He would need to gather a crew of actors and would need to find the locations for shooting.

It was surely going to be hectic, but Will was still full of smiles. After all, even if he didn’t know how the movie would turn out to be, he’d still be completing his dream of two lifetimes.

***

“Hahaha, Will, congratulations on the successful contract signing.”

Benjamin laughed after Will signed the contract.

“I understand that. If that’s what you want.”

Benjamin said and decided to give up on persuading Will. After all, it is hard to do anything when young people have decided on something.

They don’t listen to experience.

As the contract signing was already a success, Will was given a credit card with $500,000 in it.

Most of the time, people in the industry deal with cheques or credit cards. A money transfer or cash were rare.

After that Benjamin and Will talked about his dad. Benjamin felt regretful about how his best friend left him.

He consoled Will that everything will be fine as long as he acts mature and doesn’t get impulsive when making decisions.

Life in America was faster than a bullet train, the one who adapted to its speed became successful while the slow ones were left behind.

There wasn’t much to talk about after that and as Benjamin had work, Will quietly left the MCA office.

Now that he has money, he decided to head up to a mall and buy some clothes, and have a haircut later. His hair was already grown and he needed to shave the stubble that had grown out.

But as he was on his way, his phone suddenly rang.

[Unknown Caller]

[+1 650 *** ****]

It was from an unknown number. Will picked it up.

– Hello? Is this Will Evans?

It was the voice of a female.

“Yes hello, and who are you?”

– Ah, Will, it’s me, June.

Unexpectedly, the caller was June. Will wasn’t even sure that she would contact him again since he was almost a nobody right now.

‘Did she come to a decision yet?’

What she said next answered Will’s question.

– I’d like to audition for the role if It’s still available.