“And you think we might want to start pre-production as soon as possible, yeah?” Moses asked Mason.

“Yeah, I will post the audition notices and contact some agencies within 48 hours. It will go smoothly after we get our cast,” Mason said.

“Oh okay, sure,”

Just like that, Mason and Moses started working on Green Book. On the other side of the office, Ian and Martin were busy talking about “their” project.

Ian and Martin were talking about the first DC movie in Ian’s office. They both were so focused on each other’s words and kept continuing the discussion over plain black coffee which they both preferred to start their morning off with.

Even though Ian thought that he wouldn't be working on Green Lantern, he wanted to know what was so special about it that made Martin obsess over the script. The obvious reason was how much of a fan he was of superheroes.

Due to it, last night Ian had decided to complete reading Green Lantern.

[Last night]

After the special day of signing a deal, and seeing his name in an article, Ian was exhausted to the core. But as soon as he got home and thought about what happened during the day, he remembered the script.

Walking back to the car in his pajamas, he took the script and came back to see if what Martin said had true potential. Sitting on the bed in his bedroom, he touched the letters, “GREEN LANTERN”, a script written by Jason Wild.

“Jason Wild…?”A question arose, but Ian turned the pages to read the exclusive superhero project in his hand.

[Present]

“I read the script, Green Lantern,” Ian said. Hearing this, Martin’s eyebrows raised in question, “Oh?”

“Yeah, it is actually good. So, who is Jason Wild? Is it someone related to you… Same surname?” Ian questioned.

“Oh, yes. In Panther Studio, I worked as a producer, we both know it. This script is written by my brother, Jason. He is a director there. And to be very honest, we both have a preference for the same genre. I love how he puts down his thoughts in the script, sometimes it amazes me. He is truly gifted I feel.” Martin said.

With every word, it showed how much he cared for his brother and how close they were. Ian felt a weird sadness suddenly covering his thoughts. When he was in his previous body, he had a brother. But they never got along. He was just a year younger and was always trying to prove Ian wrong.

Shaking his thoughts away, Ian smiled because Martin was looking at him.

“That explains it then, anyway, the script isn’t bad. The story is not bad at all, but there might need to be a few changes here and there. No worries we can discuss them later,”

“Oh, yes. Sure,”

“Martin, did you read the script of Batman Begins? How is it?”

Ian wanted to know if Martin liked the idea or not. Martin, who had his hands clasped in his lap, placed them on the table. Ian’s hands were on the table too. It started looking like an actual meeting between two employees.

“I loved the script. It is very well executed and the dark tone totally suits the tone of the Batman settings with ideologies spread around the movie, I actually like it,”

Martin was extremely content and overly excited about a new superhero movie. Knowing that Ian Renner could make good movies that would attract a lot of people, Martin was confident enough to like the idea.

“Yeah, thanks. I want to make a trilogy, what do you think?”

“I like the idea. Ambitious but I like it. The thing is, it would totally depend on the first movie, so we gotta see how it turns out,” Martin said.

Listening to his words, Ian nodded. If the movie turned out to be a flop, nothing else would matter. On the other hand, Ian knew it wouldn’t be a failure because the genre was still untapped by good directors and there was no competition. If the script and directing were rendered correctly, the future for so many good superheroes would rise.

“Yeah, I will start pre-production and principal photography soon. I also have an idea for the cast,” Ian smirked, taking Martin by surprise.

“Who?”

“For Batman… have you heard of Christian Bale?” Ian asked, the smirk still plastered on his face.

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Erax Agency had been at the top for almost a decade. They were first known as “Talent Eyes” and then they changed their entire Agency from a firm with C and B-grade actors to a top Agency in the world; World, yes. There is literally no one who doesn’t know what Erax is.

Christian Bale was an A-Grade actor. His appearance was the same as the actor we know. Basically, if anything he was more or less the same. But in this timeline, Bale was more of a commercial actor.

In the alternate world, Christian Charles Philip Bale was an English actor, who was a recipient of various awards, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In fact, in Ian’s real world, Time magazine had included him in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011. He was known to be a lead actor who acted in different genres.

[...] Inside the office of CEO Theodore Miller, Christian sat wearing ripped black jeans and a white t-shirt, with a cappuccino in his hand. He was looking as devastating as ever. Christian Bale in this world, was someone who acted in almost every genre and had a high profile for being a method actor through and through. In his interviews, he often seemed to change his accent depending on his next movie role.

Once he faced an interview with a welsh accent, which took so many people by surprise because it was a first where a newbie actor did something like that. Then he successfully played a role of a Welsh man, in the movie called, “The Love That Never Dies”, which won three awards and was nominated for seven more. That was when many directors realized who Christian was.

“See this!” Theodore looked extremely angry yet was controlling himself knowing his reasons. For one, the popular agencies like that ran their way to the top because of top actors. Someone like Bale could be named as one of the three reasons why the agency was so big. Due to such blatant reasons, Theodore could not blame him.

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO BALE?

Wilman Robin, the main character from “The Love That Never Dies” is now in a state of going downhill in the industry. Christian Bale, who won the hearts of so many people by acting as Wilman, has lately been off the radar with two unsuccessful movies that were released over a time period of two years.

In “Merging The Time”, which was released in 2016, he played the part of the male lead, yet the movie did not turn out to be as expected much to everyone’s disappointment. It was directed by the very experienced director K.Simon who was popular for ‘knowing the trends’ and giving out the best from a movie that would suit the current trends in the world. The movie became a big failure considering they weren’t even able to cover their budget of 200 million.

In 2017, Christian Bale acted the part of Mickman in “54 Turns” a horror movie that was badly executed in the production and direction. The critics weren’t very happy about how the movie was and blamed Mr. Tartsen for his poor directing skills.

Nevertheless, with these two unsuccessful attempts, we await the next movie with Christian Bale who stars in one of the most famous agencies of all time Erax. But, is this the end of Bale? We have not heard any new updates on movies from him ever since his last movie was released, and it would be such a shame if the next movie won’t be a banger.

_Fred and Tea.

World Hidden News Article.

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“What the hell?” Bale took the article and read it, word by word.

“I should be asking THEM that! It would have been better if it was on the front page or a huge article, but this… is just a small sideline article. Dammit!” Theodore looked so pissed and it was the first time Bale saw his manager mad at him.

“To begin with the reasons from my end, I did not act because *I* wanted to. I acted because you suggested it. “This director is good,” “ this would be a total blockbuster.” “You should try this,” “arrangements are already done.” These were your words and I gave it my best in acting, which is the best and the least I could do,” Christian said.

It was not his fault that two movies during the past two years were bad. The full blame should be thrown at the production studios.

“Urgh! I’m not blaming you, Bale. I would never do that, but now… I don’t know what will make a good comeback for you. We need to get you back on a good hit. If we don't, you will fade into obscurity. There are so many requests and I read some of them, and I don’t see any definite hits in Hollywood right now, but we need to select something close enough,” Theodore explained the whole situation to Bale.

[.... After a few minutes of discussion]

Theadore and Bale both turned in shock to meet the eyes of the Agent who barged in with news.

“Multimillion dollar project?!”