The My Hollywood System

Chapter 61

Just like his Will world, many prestigious awards were displayed in this parallel universe as well. The Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA are the same.

Everything exists in this universe and is a global award that is respected by everyone in the world. Every actor, director and anyone working in Hollywood dreams of one day standing on stage and receiving such an award.

Although Will felt that sometimes the award was unfair, he still understood the importance of the award. After all, if a movie gets the best shot, then it will basically go into the history books.

This is the best way to get recognition for your work.

"Academy gave me an invitation?"

Will asked, just to confirm. She did not expect Oscar to invite her. After all, many people in the industry were biased towards [The Blair Witch Project], saying that it was not a cinema because it was not even recorded with the right movie camera.

Many film awards are the same. Even the Golden Globes, which happened a month ago, did not give him an invitation.

"Yes, this is an official invitation as well. You can bring a date too. Whaddya think? Will you go?"

Amanda said and looked at him for answers.

At first, Will thought about rejecting the invitation. Unlike his nominated films, and he is still busy with pre-production of his films.

Oscar will only take his mind off when all he wants to do is focus on the film.

Although it was only a one-day event, the preparations would take a lot of cost and time. He shouldn't look shabby anyway.

She needs to get the best outfits and find the highest caliber makeup artist to match everyone at the event. As Amanda said before, she is the face of Dream Vision, so she should perform at the most prominent awards ceremony in Hollywood.

And in the end, he agreed to the invitation.

"Yes, I'm going." He said, thinking of the reason behind his decision. "It's better not to upset the Academy. If I don't go and they think I'm rude, I'm pretty sure none of our films will be nominated in the future."

"Yes, the Academy tends to act petty from time to time."

Amanda agreed with the reason. Once, a famous actor did not attend the Oscar ceremony because he did not have a nomination. There were rumors that he had angered the Academy, and after that, he never received any nominations even after giving an outstanding performance.

Neither Will nor Amanda wanted Dream Vision to go down the same path.

"Now that you are gone, I will prepare your clothes and order a makeup artist. Your date's June, right?"

Amanda recorded a few points on the notepad and raised her head before asking.

"Yes, of course," Will replied with a smile.

Because [Sherlock Holmes], he'll be flooded for a long time. Perhaps, she and June would not even be able to meet each other, so she felt going to the Academy Awards together was a good compensation.

After all, it basically announces to everyone who has not been aware of their relationship that they are a couple.

***

When Will agrees to go to the Oscars, Amanda takes a job preparing him and June for the show. She became busier as she handled casting calls as well.

Will also began discussing various details of the film with Jeffrey and his crew. After [The Blair Witch Project], it will be their first film together, and this one is even a periodical.

It was based in 1890, and because of that, there were many things they needed to fix it. Two of them are costumes and movie sets.

Right now, Will was discussing with Jeffrey about this particular topic.

"Will, I told you. We need a good costume designer, and Andy's good, but he doesn't specialize in periodic British outfits. We need to ask someone else to do it."

For the record, Andy is the costume designer on Jeffery's crew.

Hearing Jeffery's concern, Will also nodded and replied.

"Yes, I agree. His style fits better with modern movies, and I don't want to mess with his costume. Do you have someone in your mind?"

Jeffery thought about it for a while before shaking his head.

"Unfortunately, I don't. I know people have been working on periodicals, but they are not set in the UK. I could ask, but I think it's better to hire someone from London."

"London?"

"Yes, there are many theater groups there, and many of them feature Sherlock Holmes. I'm sure there will be a lot of experienced designers out there."

Will nods and decides to fly to London after Oscar. There is no point in delaying something like this.

He wanted [Sherlock Holmes] to be in the cinema as soon as possible. He plans to film the entire film in about two months and release it in early May.

It was a place that even Foxstar agreed to because they had no previous films released at the time.

"I plan to go to London to finish the filming situation. This will be my to-do list now."

"Are you sure you're going to shoot a movie in London? The technology is now pretty good, and we can save money by filming in a studio in Los Angeles."

"I want the film to be more authentic. London provides a beautiful location, exactly as I had in mind. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be satisfied with a building made by a computer."

Like many directors, Will believes in shooting in real-life locations as much as he can. He felt like the true nature of a movie could only be shown this way.

"Okay, I don't think I can change your mind about that."

Jeffery laughed, and they continued to discuss things for a long time. They don't have much time, and many things to consider.

Therefore, both of them keep working until two o'clock at night.

***

In the office of ICM, one of the biggest agencies in Hollywood, a mustachioed bearded man sits right across from a middle-aged actor who has an intimidating aura.

They were sitting across the table, and on top of it, he laid down a manuscript titled [Sherlock Holmes].

"Jer, what do you think?"

The thorny man asked. His name is Perry Hopkins, and he is the agent of Jared Morgan, an actor in his mid-30s who is famous for his negative roles in various films.

"Umm, I really like the script. I didn't know Foxstar was trying to make a Sherlock Holmes movie."

"Actually not Foxstar, but yes, they are the distributor of this film. I heard they were working with an independent studio to make this film."

"What studio?" ask Jared.

"You know about Will Evans, right?"

Jared nodded his head.

Everyone in Hollywood knows about the prodigy who won gold with his first movie. Jared is no exception.

"It's his studio, and he's also a screenwriter. Obviously, he's going to be the director of this movie."

Jared's eyes widened hearing that. It's not because he found out that Will already owns the studio. It was due to the fact that he felt surprised that Foxstar let someone so young direct such a big production.

"Don't you say that this is a production of almost 50-60 million dollars?"

[A/N - Jared here calls it a production of 50-60 million because it does not include the cost of the actor.]

"Yes, I'm not lying to you."

"Then, why is Foxstar investing so much in a child?"

Perry shook his head, heard that and explained.

"They don't invest in anything. The only producer of the film was Will Evans himself, and he risked all the wealth he got from his first film for the film. It's a big bet!"

Jared's mouth opened wide after learning this. He felt Will was lucky enough before, but now he thought of Will as a fool.

Even if he was talented in directing and scriptwriting, he was really an idiot in money matters.

Perry begins to explain to her that this news is new and the only reason she knows about it is because one of her friends at Foxstar had heard this when they signed a distribution contract.

"Again, I don't think we should care too much about who's producing the film. This is a great opportunity to make you a more popular actor, and I think you should take it. After all, films with a production budget of over 70 million are rare. They even offer you one of the lead roles - Lord Blackwood, the main antagonist."

"Yes, but what about the Director?

Jared showed concern. If he was honest, he wasn't too confident with the ability to direct someone much younger than him.

"We'll know more about that once we start a discussion with them. But I don't think Foxstar would agree if they weren't confident in their abilities; you know they're quite picky."

Perry shrugged his shoulders. Contrary to her confident expression, she was not very confident with the project.

The only reason he tried to persuade Jared was because he could smell the money from this project. If Jared gets a big paycheck, he'll also get a pretty good commission.

Although he is a senior agent, Perry sees Hollywood as a business and rather than just suggesting projects that he believes will work for his actors, he believes in getting the highest amount of money for his actors.

"I understand all that, but I'm more interested in Holmes."

Jared had a body and aura that was good enough to be a villain, but he was a bit fed up with such a role. This time, he wanted to play the iconic character Holmes.

"Holmes? I don't know if they've assigned someone to the role."

perry said, and Jared insisted.

"Then find out. If he wasn't a more popular actor than me, I'm pretty sure they'd be happy to give me that role."