Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 127 Schedule
"Strange, I smell a familiar smell."

In the Miramax Films office, Harvey Weinstein frowned as he read the news in the newspaper.

"What is the taste?"

Bob Weinstein sniffed and smelled a strong stench. His eyes couldn't help but look under the desk, where a pair of rotten feet without shoes were steaming.

"Damn it, that's not the flavor I meant."

Harvey glared at him and pointed at the newspaper. "Before Paranormal Activity was released, Link released a lot of supernatural news through the media, including the Blair Witch story. Now there are suddenly more of these news stories in newspapers and on TV, which is somewhat similar to the situation before Paranormal Activity was released."

"You mean, this is Link hyping up the next movie?"

Bob asked in surprise, then shook his head, "Impossible. Link has been doing book signings outside since the end of last year and has no time to make a movie. Even if someone is promoting the movie, it won't be him."

Harvey stroked his chin in thought. Link's whereabouts could be learned through the media. From the end of last year to the beginning of the year, he was promoting his new book outside and had no time to make a movie.

His third film, "Final Destination", is in preparation and is expected to start shooting in March. It is unlikely that he will start another film in the middle.

From these points of view, it really doesn't seem like his movie.

"Maybe someone is taking a page from Paranormal Activity to promote the movie."

"It's very likely. After the huge success of Paranormal Activity, many film companies are following suit and shooting similar films. It is expected that there will be dozens of similar films this year. Should we follow suit and invest?"

"Let's take a look first. The success of Paranormal Activity had a lot to do with luck. It's not that easy to follow suit and succeed."

Harvey Weinstein said, narrowing his eyes.

"Brother, can you please put on your shoes? Your feet stink, like a dead mouse."

Bob rubbed his nose and said.

"Shut up!"

Harvey lifted his feet and rubbed them with his hands, with no intention of putting on his shoes.

As more news about the Blair Witch movie appeared in the media, not only the Weinstein brothers, but many people in the industry realized that something was wrong with the current public opinion atmosphere, which was very similar to the situation before the release of "Paranormal Activity" last year.

Many people suspect that some film companies are using the release model of "Paranormal Activity" to market their new movies.

Hollywood film companies began investigating to see which company's film project it was, but the other party had done a good job of keeping it confidential, and they couldn't find out after a long investigation.

Some people also doubt Link, but not many. Link is now a famous writer. He has been holding book signings in countries around the world to sell books. He does not have much time to make movies. This movie is probably not his work.

"Link is so cunning."

Ben Affleck sighed as he looked at the newspaper.

"Are you praising him or scolding him?"

Matt Damon asked.

"Of course it's a compliment. Before filming The Blair Witch Project, he handed the crew over to Sofia and went to other places to hold book signings. At first I thought he really didn't care about the crew and let Sofia do whatever she wanted.

Unexpectedly, during the break of the book signing event, he went to the crew to shoot a movie.

Now it seems that this was all his plan. He deliberately filmed the movie during the book signing event, using the book signing event as a cover so that people would not guess that he had anything to do with the movie. This is a really smart move."

Ben Affleck took out his notebook and wrote down Link's actions, perhaps he could use them when he becomes a director in the future.

"Will this work? I'm talking about Link. There are two criteria for judging whether a movie is good or not. One is the box office performance, and the other is whether it wins film awards or is recognized by professional film critics. The Blair Witch Project doesn't look like a movie that can win an Oscar.

The only way to prove that this is a good movie is through box office results. Will this movie do well at the box office? If the box office results are average, everything that Link has done in the past and now will be in vain, and our efforts will also be in vain. "

Matt Damon said.

“Don’t worry, Link is a smart guy, and since he arranged it this way, he must be confident of success.

Besides, you chose this movie, and you dragged me to audition. Now that the movie is about to be released, you start to worry whether our efforts will be wasted. Isn't it too late?"

Ben Affleck winked and said
"This is the first movie we're starring in, aren't you worried?"

"Don't worry, a movie that cost less than $10 won't lose much."

Ben Affleck said nonchalantly.

In February, the American media continued to promote the news of the Blair Witch, and HBO TV began to show several videos of the "Blair Witch" taken by tourists.

As the Blair Witch show has been a hot topic recently and some of the videos were quite thrilling, the show's average viewership reached over 1200 million.

News related to the Blair Witch Project remains popular in the American media.

When everyone was guessing which film company's promotional plan this was, the Los Angeles Times published a news article revealing the answer.

The Los Angeles Times reported that last year three University of California students went on an adventure to the small town of Wilton, but disappeared mysteriously shortly afterwards and their whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

In January, a tourist was looking for traces of the Blair Witch in the small town of Wilton when he accidentally discovered a broken camera. The camera had stopped working because it had been exposed to the wild for too long.

Fortunately, the tourists found a backpack near the camera, which contained three videotapes.

The owners of the backpack and the videotape were the three missing college students.

The videotape recorded the entire process of the three students from their departure to their disappearance, and even involved some knowledge of mysticism.

Now the families of the three missing college students have sold the videotape to Triangle Entertainment.

Joe Fillemey, president of Triangle Entertainment, said in an interview that the Sanhe videotapes are in good condition and the company is currently in post-production to adjust the format of the videotapes.

If all goes well, everyone will have the opportunity to see in the theater what happened to the three students before they disappeared.

After the Los Angeles Times reported the news, many media outlets reprinted it. In less than three days, many people learned about the incident through the media, and everyone was curious about the videotape shot by the three college students.

There are also more righteous media outlets that have stepped forward to reveal the truth, claiming that the Blair Witch rumors are false and that the 'videotape incident' is also false. The recent media reports on the Blair Witch are Triangle Entertainment's promotion for the release of a new movie, so please don't believe them.

Although the purpose of these media articles was to criticize Triangle Entertainment's practices, they mentioned the Blair Witch in their reports, which also made more people aware of the "Blair Witch Incident."

In mid-February, Triangle Entertainment publicly announced that "The Blair Witch Project" had been scheduled for release on February 2.

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