Chapter 98: [Death Note] Release
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The city was alive like any other day, everyone with their own thing to do...
But for many, one plan stood above the rest: catching a movie.
This weekend, however, wasn't just any movie weekend. It was a battleground.
Two major films were dropping on the same day. A head-to-head release, something not uncommon in Hollywood, but this one carried more heat than most.
Because this wasn't just a box office clash.
The media had already framed it as a revenge match.
Regal vs. Pixy Studios.
Only the second time these two had crossed paths at the box office, but the sting from the first encounter still lingered, especially for Pixy.
There wasn't much history between them, but the last outcome had left a mark. One that hadn't been forgiven... or forgotten.
What turned a routine studio competition into an industry feud, though, was a single interview.
Brad Carter, Pixy Studios' Script Review Coordinator, had taken the bait.