HWI 504

Hollywood What If Chapter 504

Under the warm evening summer, fans lined up to the theater while wearing pirate hats to pay homage to the franchise. Most of them were Grey fans while others were avid fans of Pirates Of The Caribbean. It was an amazing night for many of them. It was memorable, the atmosphere made them excited as they knew that a few hours from now, they would witness the 3rd installment of Pirates Of The Caribbean.

The red carpet was dazzling as the flashes of cameras were everywhere, almost blinding the evening.

Next, a ten-foot pirate ship became one of the centers of attraction on the red carpet. The pirate ship was a props created just for this event to make the red carpet catch the theme of the movie.

The cast of the movie arrived in a great manner, as usual, exiting out of an expensive car or limousine, depending on what entrance they wanted to have.

Even Geoffrey Rush, aka Captain Barbossa, stepped into the red carpet with a small monkey on his shoulder. The small monkey was also cast in Pirates Of The Caribbean as Jack The Monkey...

The main attraction on the red carpet was undoubtedly the famous cast, such as Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, and Kazir Grey.

However, most fans were excited the most to see Johnny Depp. They started screaming like crazy when they saw the actor stepping out of the limousine. Johnny was wearing his tailored suit just for the occasion.

Johnny Depp had been in the industry since the 80s, a few years before Kazir also started his career in Showbiz.

Johnny had many significant roles that boosted his career such as Edward Scissorhands, Willy Wonka, and Donnie Brasco. However, he could say that his role as Jack Sparrow was probably the best thing that happened to him.

People started going crazy over him when Pirates Of The Caribbean was released. Everyone acknowledged his talent after performing as a unique pirate captain.

And for that, he thanked Kazir for giving him a chance to be part of the massive success of Pirates Of The Caribbean... It was true that Johnny had never watched his movies, but he decided to watch the 3rd installment of Pirates Of The Caribbean since he knew that it would be a box-office hit. The movie was directed by Kazir Grey after all.

The media were having a blast as they took pictures after pictures of the cast.

The cast also interacted with their fans. Some signed autographs while others took pictures with the fans. Overall, the red carpet was a memorable experience for everyone.

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Ten days just passed after the premiere of Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End.

The movie grossed $217 million as of June 3, which was the tenth day of the movie's screening. Nobody was surprised with this fact as they knew that the movie would perform amazingly at the box office.

The second movie, Dead Man's Chest, grossed over a billion dollars and it determined what success the third movie would get.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End would probably gross over a billion dollars. Not because of its past success but because of the movie itself.

At World's End was a masterpiece that perfectly bound the Pirates Of The trilogy.

The fantasy element, the stunning visuals, the exciting action stunts. Everything was perfect. No one could deny how great it was.

Fans would 100 percent recommend the movie to anyone, no matter what age. This factor was also one of the reasons why Pirates Of The Caribbean was well-received; the movie was for all ages.

At the moment, Kazir was on the way to the filming set of The Dark Knight. He was looking at the documents regarding Pirates Of The Caribbean while his bodyguard, Anderson, was driving the car.

"With this kind of success, people will watch another sequel of Pirates Of The Caribbean..."

Kazir only intended to direct the trilogy of Pirates Of The Caribbean. As for the next movie, he wanted to give it to another director. In fact, he thought of selling the copyrights of Pirates Of The Caribbean to another studio. He knew that the huge sales of the franchise came from the first three movies. As for the 4th and 5th movies, they were just sequels for the sake of making money... Well, they still make a lot of money off 4th and 5th movies. The problem with the latter movies was that they were mediocre compared to the first three movies, even the fans could agree to that.

For now, Kazir won't make a hasty decision. The copyrights of Pirates Of The Caribbean would remain in their film libraries.

"Sir, did you say something?" Anderson looked at the back mirror.

"No, I'm just talking to myself." Kazir chuckled.

The two were peacefully living their lives until a driving car came into them from the back.

"Sir, hold tight--!"

Anderson saw what was coming and prepared Kazir from a collision.

Kazir instinctively grabbed the grab handle. A second later, a strong impact made their car spin into the air and land a few meters away from the road. The crash was so loud that Kazir had a lasting tinnitus.

Everything happened so fast that Kazir lost his senses and everything became dark.

Kazir closed his eyes as he groaned. That impact was so strong that Kazir stopped breathing for a while, and the air forcefully came out of his lungs.

His senses were slowly returning. The creaking of their broken car could be heard together with faint screams from the surroundings.

When he opened his eyes, he realized that his blurry vision was upside down as the car was also upside down.

As his vision became clearer, Kazir saw a man approaching their car, it was their attacker. Kazir felt like he recognized the person. However, that information didn't process well in his mind because the attacker was holding an AK-47 in his hands...

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[Thanks to MD BFS for giving me an idea and also for calling me out for sort of milking this novel, I appreciate it.]

[Honestly, I already had a thought of adding a bit of an accident/incident to the novel and I recalled some information that could make this attack believable. Don't worry, Kazir will survive. I have no intention of making this novel a sad ending.]