The My Hollywood System

Chapter 91

If Jeffrey asked the same question in Will's previous lifeworld, he would be able to gather quite a number of strange gazes.

'What do you see in Marvel Comics?'

That's funny and ironic for Will. It has broken all Hollywood records, and Avengers: Endgame is something that has grossed the 2nd most-earning film of all time at the box office. Just behind the Avatar.

Just the value of the MCU brand is something that is way above everything else in Hollywood.

After spending some time in this world, Will ended up getting caught up in everything in this world. He has found many previous life actors working in small films; some are even famous, such as Scarlett Johansson's colleague Scarlett McJohn.

Franchises such as Marvel and DC comics exist in this world as well. But even though Marvel exists and has a good fan base since the 1940s, Marvel has been battling the DC comics of this world after the 2000s. It's been pretty close before, but in 2000, Marvel Comics decided to take a step forward and take the lead.

Marvel has coordinated with a medium-sized studio and made a superhero movie to gain extra profit and get hints from DC. They used one of their most famous superhero families and created the [Fantastic Four: the Marvel first family].

But the film ultimately fails, sending Marvel Comics into its deepest despair.

It's funny to Will that even in this world, franchises like Fantastic Four fail in theaters.

Marvel suffered many losses, causing DC to surpass Marvel and become the absolute ruler of Comics in this world. Currently, in 2011, most of the Marvel market belongs to DC.

Marvel Comics is now on the brink of bankruptcy, and only its accompanying history helps it stay afloat.

On the other hand, DC has sold the film rights to Allen Studios, one of Big Six Studios.

Studio Allen had created a series based on Superman in 2003-2004, and was even a hit among audiences, but it barely managed to break even for Allen Studios because of all the money spent on high-level production budgets.

Only VFX spent a lot of money, and Allen felt it was not worth spending.

They still have all the DC filming rights, other than Batman, but they haven't tried making another DC movie or series after the first one. Completely due to the scope and revenue of the previous series.

The Batman rights are with a medium-sized studio called Zin Studios. They had bought the rights long before Allen bought the entire DC rights, but they were never able to release the film in theaters.

In the end, the studio sold it directly to DVD, and copies of it can still be purchased. But the film could not turn a lot of profit.

On the other hand, Marvel has become something like an untouchable existence that people in the film industry do not want to touch, like [Detective Sherlock Holmes].

Everyone knows there is scope, but no one wants to spend so much money on it. Hollywood is still in the phase of romantic comedies and teen movies and has yet to realize the potential of science fiction and superhero movies.

Ever since Will learned all this, he had told Jeffrey to go and buy the entire Marvel Comics with all its employees and such. Not just the film rights but the entire company, which would give Will more freedom to work together. Since the DC rights were already sold, Will decided not to put his foot into that franchise.

In the future, perhaps he would try to buy his rights. But for now, his hands were clenched.

He's already told Jeffrey to get Batman rights from Zin Studios, which seems quite reasonable as Zin's studio is still a small studio and wants to get rid of the film rights they can't produce on their budget.

As long as Will acquires the company, he will have plenty of blockbuster movies in his pocket.

Much of this was handled by Jeffrey and Will's attorney Jason Grace so the acquisition of the Marvel company and Batman movie rights went smoothly.

Since this wonder of the world is going through hard times, the company's current valuation is $14 million. Will has offered $ 20 million, which is far more than the current valuation, making all the company's shareholders approve it and liquidate their shares, making the acquisition process quite smooth.

As for the rights acquisition for Batman, it sold for $ 4 million. Although the number is quite large, it's worth it when Will learns the value of the Batman franchise alone. After all it includes the Iconic 'Joker.

With characters like Robin, Batgirl, Bane and Riddler, Will could have created the Batman franchise. Like how Fox tried to make the X men franchise in his world.

Obviously, he would not make the same mistakes as them and ruin the franchise.

Will has big plans for his superhero ambitions, and he won't let mistakes happen. If everything goes according to plan, he will become one of the richest people in the whole world.

Natalie Bergmann has gone through first and second round auditions and is currently in the DTA office awaiting her interview process.

When he got the notification that he had passed the first round, he jumped up in excitement. Then the second half happened and he managed to prove his acting skills again.

Now, only interviews are left to get into the DTA.

If he passes the interview, he will be hired by the DTA as a trainee actor and will then proceed to the third round, which will decide whether or not he will soon land a role in a film.

The third round is a special round to select some outstanding candidates who are good enough to debut in the film live. Other people who usually pass interviews will be given agents, and their agents will give them movies based on their abilities.

It was proposed by Will, who was looking for two new faces to star in [1917] and several new actors for [500 summer days].

Soon her number came for a round of interviews, and she was told to enter a room. The room was more like an American Idol audition set, and the interviewer sat in front with enough room where Natalie was asked to stand. He should stand still during the interview and show himself the best if he wants to be chosen.

The interviewers were all high-ranking agents, and DTA employees, one of whom was Jennifer.

"Why haven't you been successful until now in this industry? What makes you different from the stars your age who have made a name for themselves now?"

One of the interviewers asked.

It was one of the most common interview questions in the field of acting, and hence, Natalie answered easily.

"Luck. They were lucky enough to get a chance, and I didn't."

Everyone writes something on their notepad, and another interviewer asks a question.

"What would you do if you couldn't get a good role even after joining the DTA."

"Jika saya mendapatkan peran, saya tidak akan melihat apakah itu bagus atau tidak dan akan memainkannya dengan kemampuan terbaik saya. Upaya akan diakui cepat atau lambat."

The others continued their questions, and Natalie continued to answer firmly each one.

In the end, Jennifer asked the question as well, as she was the highest-ranked employee among the interviewers.

"What's the one thing you won't do for the role?."

"Being a whore."

Natalie answered unhindered, and Jennifer simply smiled. He personally likes it. The appearance is precise and gives a pleasant feeling.

Moreover, his acting was quite good, and he was proud. He came here after a lot of struggle, so the ambition is also obviously there.

If only he had a good role, he could have had a good career in Hollywood.

'He may be one of those who might qualify for the third round and immediately get the role.'

From what Jennifer knows, Will is currently planning to produce two films. One is a war movie with mostly just male characters, something Natalie is clearly disqualified from.

For [1917], he had already thought of 2-3 good male actors. One of them was even so good that Jennifer had heard of it on the free market.

As for Natalie, Jennifer felt the second movie would be pretty good. He has no information about it other than knowing it is a romantic comedy.

'He might be able to get a supporting role in that ...'

He thought in his mind as the interview went on.