My Hollywood System

Chapter 58:

Chapter 58:

In Hollywood, rumours were abundant, and every other day, new rumours about celebrities would come out. Some would be fake and some true, but they would still get a lot of clicks on the internet.

These rumours would appear in tabloids or on movie websites on the internet.

L.A. Times was one such tabloid, and it was famous for topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, celebrity gossip and television. They were prominent because they would often post some proof with their articles.

And today, there was a pair of new faces that had made it to the front pages.

The image was of a handsome boy and a beautiful girl kissing each other while getting wet in the rain. The photo and angle were so perfect and clear that one would doubt its credibility of not being scripted.

Just above the image were headlines in bold words.

[Famous rookie director Will Evans and actress June Roberts’ romantic affair caught on camera!]

Below the headline, there was a full-blown article.

[Last year, Hollywood had a lot of topics that blew out of proportion, but the most surprising of all of them was the black horse on the box office [The Blair Witch Project].

It was directed by a director that had dropped out of a famous film school and had a low budget. Coupled with the fact that the movie was shot on a camcorder, many people thought of it as a joke.

The movie would have been a flop in a simple world, and no one would have even heard of it, but it went on to make 200 million dollars at the box office. In just a few weeks, everyone went to the cinema to watch this unique horror movie.

It became a phenomenon at the box office.

The man behind this almost supernatural phenomenon was Will Evans, a young director who had hit it out of the park with just his first movie. After becoming a millionaire, he had stayed relatively low and hadn’t given many interviews or showed his face at any Hollywood parties.

But after so many weeks, there’s finally a scoop about him.

Yesterday, he was caught kissing June Roberts, the actress who played Heather in [The Blair Witch Project]. It was surprising because no one had expected the two of them to be dating.

According to our sources, they started dating after the shooting of [The Blair Witch Project] ended, and it’s already been some months.

Unlike most young relationships in Hollywood, theirs had just been getting better and better. It was to the point that Will Evans even joined the cast of [17 again], the next movie by Edward Friedman.

June Roberts is playing a supporting role in the upcoming teen comedy, and there are speculations that Will Evans joined the cast just to spend time with his girlfriend.

As Will Evans is also the movie’s screenwriter, he requested Edward Friedman for the role.

We were able to get in touch with an anonymous actor from [17 again] who gave us some comments about how they behave on the set.

“It’s not wrong to say that they don’t even try to hide their relationship. I have seen them kissing quite a few times on the set, and they would come and leave together. The relationship is quite different than what I have mostly seen in Hollywood and...”]

‘They really posted a long ass article in just a day.’

Will thought and looked at the tabloid in his hands. The front page had a picture of him and June kissing, and they wrote the headline in bold letters.

Frankly, he quite liked the picture, and he even wondered if he should ask the L.A. Times for a copy.

As for June, she had been quite worried after the article had been published. She had no idea that a paparazzi would end up following them and taking photos.

(A/n: N.D.A.’s full-form is Non-Disclosure Agreement. The name is self-explanatory.)

“Yeah, I’m sorry, but we need to protect the nature of the project. This agreement is just to ensure that anything about the movie doesn’t go out in public domain.”

Robert hesitated a bit after hearing that. He had heard that big studios would make actors sign N.D.A. for them to not speak about any of the movies they were working on.

But he never thought he would be asked to sign one.

After reading through the N.D.A., he signed it. Now, he was more curious to know about the movie than anything else.

“I signed it. Now, can you tell me more about this movie?”

He asked, and after checking through his signature, Amanda took out the script for [Sherlock Holmes]. She passed it to Robert, and after reading the front page of it, his eyes became round.

“[Sherlock Holmes]?!”

He ended up muttering out loud.

“Yes, this is the first movie that Dream Vision would produce. Unlike the 90s movie, it’s a massive production, and the script is way better too.”

Amanda explained, and Robert couldn’t help but get curious about some things.

“Can I know what the actual budget of the movie is?”

The 90s Sherlock movie was something that Robert had watched in the theatre with his father, and he had not enjoyed it much, mainly because most of the background in the movie looked fake and rather than a detective story, the movie gave the vibes of a bad comedy.

One of the main reasons for the failure of [Detective Sherlock Holmes] was its low budget.

“The estimated budget including post-production is around 90 million dollars.”

“What? Really?” Robert asked, shocked at the massive amount.

“Yes, I won’t joke with you. Dream Vision would handle the total investment of the movie, and it’s already been approved.”

Robert couldn’t speak anything for a few seconds after hearing that. He had heard that Will solely produced [The Blair Witch Project] project, and because of that, the latter had also earned an enormous profit from the box office collection.

But he didn’t know that it was this much that Will was able to produce a 90 million movie on his own.

Even though Will was a lot younger than him, Robert felt like he was already on a stage where he couldn’t overtake him. He couldn’t help but feel a bit of envy and jealousy.

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