"Finally!" I exclaimed as I sat beside my parents in the theater at our home. "I thought you would never be done with this film. You said it would take a week to finish it, and that was more than a month ago!"
"Stop whining," Evan clapped back in irritation while setting up the projector. "Do you want to see it or not?"...
2024-07-24 17:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostAlfonso Cuarón was a little skeptical about the film series called [Harry Potter]. He loved the books when he read them for the first time, and he was happy that they considered him for the role of director, but the first meeting with Steve Kloves made him doubt the idea. He didn’t think that shooting two films back to bac...
2024-07-22 17:36:25 +0000 UTC View PostI felt empty.
I’m not trying to be deep or emo, but I really felt purposeless at the moment. What else was left for me to gain at this point by continuing to act? I had already achieved all the highest honors in acting that any actor would want in their life. True, I could yearn for a Grammy to finish my E...
2024-07-21 11:06:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe production of the third and fourth Potter films was finally underway with Alfonso Cuaron helming the joint project. I couldn’t be happier with the turn of events because Cuaron was one of my favorite directors of all time. Each and every one of his movies is created with a passion that is rarely seen in filmmakers today...
2024-07-19 18:17:35 +0000 UTC View Post“Yes! Exactly like that, Troy!” Evan commanded excitedly as he ran around the room with the camera in his hands, and pointed at me. “Loki! Come here.” He commanded the puppy with confidence, and surprisingly, the husky listened to him. Over the last few weeks, he had gotten used to his new name, and the two of us had ...
2024-07-17 17:06:10 +0000 UTC View PostMany of my readers have suggested making Troy a teen heartthrob. Being a skinny specky git as Harry Potter (as the British would say) for years would hardly make him rule hearts of young maidens. So I was contemplating two film series where the protagonist ruled the hearts of the female viewers using his good looks and charm....
2024-07-16 23:10:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello, my lovely patrons! I'm so sorry for the late update, but in my defense, I got home really late last night and had a killer headache whole day. My body is not meant to handle multiple parties in a week for sure. Anyway, here's today's update:
Barry Meyer could sense a headache coming from a mile away. Sometimes he was baffled by the sheer stupidity that some members of Warner’s board of directors showed. Every once in a while, a studio would stumble upon a goldmine of a film that changed their profitability immensely. It was disheartening to know that some peopl...
2024-07-16 19:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post~: “Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Troy,
Happy birthday to you!” :~
Steve sang along with Kathy, Evan, Jamie, Emma, and a few more of Troy’s friends he had made on his film and theater sets. Steve was also holding a video camera, recording everything. Troy blew out the thirteen ...
2024-07-14 11:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t know what I expected when Mum handed me over her laptop, but when I started going through the summaries of the scripts that I had been offered, I realized one important thing about my career till now–I was beyond lucky.
It was only luck that I was adopted by a Hollywood writer/director. Similarly, it was ju...
2024-07-12 16:04:50 +0000 UTC View PostIt took some time, but finally, life was back to normalcy. I had heard somewhere that time heals all wounds. There is no substitute for a departed loved one, especially a parent, but people get used to living without them after a particular point. Evan adapted to living with us rather quickly. One thing I found strange was hi...
2024-07-10 16:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello, my lovely patrons! I feel like my life is something like 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. Three of my cousins decided to get married in the same week, the assholes. So I'll be out of town for quite a bit. Don't worry, I am doing a double update today for the chapters that were planned for the 7th (Sunday) and the 8th (Mo...
2024-07-06 19:23:14 +0000 UTC View PostTrigger Warning: Mentions of terrorism, loss of life, and grief.
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Everything happened so quickly after, that my body was moving on autopilot. We left the airport in short order to go back home. On the way over, Dad dialed a few people to get information about the people who were on the f...
2024-07-06 19:17:02 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I have added YouTube links to the songs in the chapter as suggested by a reader, which will help in the immersion in the story.
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The show continued after a 15-minute break.
Months passed in the story, and the village was celebrating Christmas when Billy’s dad got drunk and sang about...
2024-07-06 18:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun hung lazily in the sky, casting a golden glow over the slightly wet sand that stretched seemingly endlessly before us. The waves lapped gently at the shore, creating a soothing rhythm that was a world away from the chaos of film sets and bustling cities. I took a deep breath, inhaling the salty sea air, and felt a wav...
2024-07-05 13:50:19 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing the Box Office results of [A.I. Artificial Intelligence], I was cursing myself. Why the fuck didn’t I accept WB’s deal of profit sharing instead of a fixed salary? With my salary of $5m, which was 5% of the budget, I could have easily netted $23m from the theatrical rights alone. Not to mention, the DVD and VHS sal...
2024-07-03 14:11:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo I had this crazy idea that I'm not too sure about and needed your opinion. There was some gap between HP movies, and I don't want to pad it up with 'filler movies or shows' that I don't like. A friend of mine who is also a reader suggested to let Troy go to college, but I'm doubtful. What do you think?
(If he goes to...
2024-07-01 20:41:40 +0000 UTC View PostBenji Cooper was sick of his school. He was always the odd one out, and the last person to be selected in any event, be it sports, academic projects, or something artsy. He just didn’t get along with kids his age. Not to mention, his school had a little bullying problem that he found himself on the wrong end of sometimes. 2024-07-01 13:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post
With tensions at an all-time high, I was on the edge of my seat when Mum took my hand and squeezed gently. I turned to her in amazement because the camera was on me along with all the nominees, thus I had a smile fixed on my face, but she understood with a mere look what I was feeling deep down. ‘It’s okay,’ she mouthed...
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