"Ghostbusters 2" immediately sent out invitations to the original team members, and sure enough, they all ran into some trouble.
Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and others all wanted to come, after all, they all owed Xiang Nan a big favor. But the key is that they are both filming now, so the schedules cannot be missed.
After they became popular, they had numerous acting appointments, one after another. He is no longer the little actor who was unlikely to land a movie a year ago.
They all expressed their willingness to make guest appearances, but they were unable to play the main role and star in the whole movie.
Xiang Nan had also been mentally prepared. He had known that after these celebrities became famous, it would be unlikely that they would get together. Being able to make a cameo would already be a great deal.
Just like "Wulin Gaiden", before filming started, the leading actors were basically young actors. After filming started, everything became a hit. It is no longer possible to get together to make a sequel.
Fortunately, he was also prepared. If these people really couldn't come, he would tell them to set up branches in other cities. At the last moment, everyone comes out to show unity, which is enough for the fans to be excited.
Xiang Nan then re-searched for new team members and quickly made a decision.
Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Pierce Brosnan, most of these mid-career stars who will become big hits in the future are still second- and third-tier artists.
Kevin Costner debuted in 1983 and played an important role in his first movie. But unfortunately, all the scenes were later deleted. However, his acting skills and dedicated attitude still attracted the attention of the industry.
It wasn't until 1987 that he participated in "The Untouchables" and officially became famous in the industry.
Mel Gibson has already made his debut in 1977 and has his own famous work "Mad Max". The film was a sensation and profoundly influenced a large number of film and television works in later generations.
However, this movie was only successful once. By the time the third film was filmed, the box office had dropped to more than 30 million US dollars, and it was basically no longer profitable. Mel Gibson also faces the threat of becoming obsolete.
Bruce Willis and Pierce Brosnan are now television stars. They starred in "Moonlight Detective Agency" and "The Legend of Steele" which were very popular.
However, TV stars and movie stars are not the same concept, and their grades are very different.
For example, the six leading actors in "Friends" can be considered top-notch in the television industry. But when they go to make movies, most of them can only make small and medium-budget movies, and they are not even starring roles, but only supporting roles.
Therefore, after the four of them received Xiang Nande's invitation, they all agreed immediately. For them, this is truly an honor.
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As for the heroine, Xiang Nan is also planning to replace her.
The heroine of the first film was Phoebe Cates. She was very beautiful and very popular when she appeared in the film. She was a newly popular teen idol.
But Phoebe Cates comes from a privileged family, her father is a television producer and her uncle is a film director, so she is not very career-minded.
After filming "Ghostbusters", she even took a year off and did not take any roles. She only focused on love and fun, which led to a decline in popularity.
And because she has so many scandals, Xiang Nan is unwilling to use her again, so he is planning to change the heroine. It just so happened that Nicole Kidman came to the United States with him. Before any arrangements were made, Xiang Nan decided to cast her as the heroine.
This naturally made Nicole very happy.
She knows what a successful movie "Ghostbusters" is. After its release the year before last, it grossed US$240 million at the global box office. It was re-released last year and made tens of millions of dollars, with a cumulative box office of nearly 300 million, which shows how successful it is.
As for Xiang Nan's movies, sequels are often more successful than their predecessors, so she also has confidence in "Ghostbusters 2". After this movie is released and becomes a hit at the box office, she will be able to establish herself in Hollywood. She is really excited just thinking about it.
For this reason, she became more proactive and enthusiastic towards Xiang Nan.
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Production of "Ghostbusters 2" began immediately.
At the same time, the nonsensical comedy movie "The Princess Bride" starring Mia Sara, Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp has officially been completed and will be released soon.
The movie is a biting spoof of Disney princess movies. Disney princess movies began production in 1937 and have a history of nearly 50 years.
These animated films are quite popular. Even decades after their birth, Disney can still rely on them to earn hundreds of millions in licensing fees every year. They can be said to be Disney's cash cow.
Because it has been around for a long time and is popular enough, the American people are familiar with it. Therefore, it is particularly interesting and popular now that we are doing pranks.
So after the movie was released, the box office was quite good. The final local box office was 56 million US dollars, and the global box office is estimated to exceed 100 million US dollars.
Compared with the investment of less than 10 million US dollars, this movie can be said to be a huge success.
Therefore, Mia Sara has stabilized her position as a woman at the bottom of the first line and the top of the second line. As for Keanu Reeves and Johnny Depp, they became famous instantly and successfully made their names in Hollywood.
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Seeing that the market response to the spoof movie was so good, major film companies couldn't help but invest in it.
Various spoof comedy projects have been launched one after another, and Xiang Nan has invested in the "White Head Detective" project.
"The Detective" was originally a comedy series launched by ABC in 1982. However, because the content of the series was too advanced, the audience was not used to this kind of nonsensical spoof, so the TV series was canceled after six episodes.
Just like when "Westward Journey" was first released, it was difficult for mainland audiences to accept it. The box office was not good at all, and it even caused the investment company Caixing Pictures to close its doors.
Who would have thought that a few years later, this movie, which was once dismissed as cultural garbage, would become popular on the Internet and become a classic of Chinese films.
The same is true for "The White-Headed Detective", which was not taken seriously at first. In 1988, the original cast adapted it into a movie, and it was a huge success.
The first two films both entered the top ten in the annual box office rankings. Although the third film did not enter the top ten, it also achieved good box office results.
Therefore, when the spoof movie became popular and the producers of the original "White Head Detective" crew began to promote the "White Head Detective" project everywhere, Xiang Nan found them and invested 12 million US dollars.
He believes that this movie will bring him huge returns.
In addition, he has also prepared a project called "Detective Airplane Head".
This movie is Jim Carrey's famous work, telling the story of an animal detective who helps the team find the mascot dolphin Snowflake. Jim Carrey used his comedy skills in this film to make a case that was not too complicated in the first place interesting and effective.
Therefore, Jim Carrey became an instant hit and became a famous comedy star in Hollywood.
In addition, the film also stars Courtney Cox, who was not yet famous at the time, and is also Monica in "Friends". It's a pity that her light was completely overshadowed by Jim Carrey, which is really a pity.
