January is the traditional awards season.
At this year's Golden Globe Awards, Universal Pictures' most eye-catching film was "Philadelphia" starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.
It was nominated for four awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Song, and the call for winning the award was very high.
In addition, Martin Scorsese's "Casino" and David Fincher's "Seven" were also shortlisted for some awards.
As a finalist, Xiang Nan naturally attended the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
It’s better to walk the red carpet with Claudia Schiffer. Walking on the catwalk with supermodels is indeed a pleasure.
First of all, she is really beautiful. People magazine selected her as one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world, so her reputation is not in vain. Secondly, the models are all wearing clothes and can wear a sack and look like a luxury product.
What's more, for the red carpet show, Claudia also borrowed Chanel's haute couture, which made her look even more luxurious and beautiful. Therefore, Xiang Nan felt a bit vain when walking with her.
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"Charles, you and Claudia are walking together on the red carpet again. Do you have new cooperation plans?" Upon seeing this, the host also asked with a smile.
"Everything is possible." Xiang Nan nodded, neither admitting nor denying.
Because of the new movie, he hasn't started thinking about it yet. Anyway, he has so many good projects on hand that he can sell any one of them for money, so there is no need to worry at all.
Unlike other film companies, they worry about finding projects every day. In order to find a blockbuster movie, I wish I could spend my life worrying.
"Claudia, your starring role in "Dumb and Dumber" has achieved such good box office results. Do you have anything to say?" The host then looked at Claudia and asked.
"It's really an honor and I'm very grateful to the fans for their support." Claudia smiled. "I'm also very grateful to Charles for writing such a good script. Thank you to Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and director Peter Ferrari. , Bobby Ferrari, they really taught me a lot and I’m looking forward to continuing to work with them.”
"Thank you for your acceptance speech." The host also smiled.
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At the subsequent Golden Globe Awards, Tom Hanks finally won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and Bruce Springsteen also won the Award for Best Original Song.
The Best Picture Award was won by Li An's "Sense and Sensibility", and the Best Director Award was won by Martin Scorsese for "Casino".
Overall, Universal Pictures' results are still very impressive. Therefore, at the party after the award ceremony, Xiang Nan was still surrounded by a large group of people, who kept congratulating him.
After thanking everyone, Xiang Nan talked with some acquaintances about new projects, and thus decided on two projects.
One is the American TV series "The Earth", which tells the story of four aliens who came to Earth, pretended to be humans, blended into society, and conducted research on Earthlings.
Because they are aliens, their way of thinking and formal logic are completely different from those on earth, so they caused a series of jokes. Through the perspective of aliens, human culture, history, communication and other aspects have also been analyzed in an alternative way, which is worth thinking about.
All in all, this is a very good comedy. It is worth mentioning that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has not yet become famous, plays the main role.
Xiang Nan had watched this American TV series before and naturally knew how interesting it was, so he promised to invest in the production of this project.
The other is the movie "The Last Day" co-written by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
The film tells the story of a heroine who is the lover of a gang leader. She no longer wants to live a life of fear, so she seduces the plumber next door (also a woman). The two plan to provoke a gang war and receive two million US dollars in cash. .
As a result, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and things became increasingly out of control, triggering a bigger crisis.
Xiang Nan had never seen this movie before, but he found it interesting after hearing the story, so he was willing to invest. Moreover, given the names of the Wachowski brothers, he couldn't miss this movie.
After all, he has "The Matrix" in his hands, still waiting for them to direct it.
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In January, Universal Pictures released "A Time to Kill," directed by Joe Schumacher.
This film is adapted from the original work of the same name by John Grisham. It tells the story of a black father who resolutely chooses to step forward to avenge his daughter when his daughter is violated but the gangster is not punished fairly.
In the end, this murder case that shocked the United States, with the hard struggle of the young lawyer and his assistant, finally moved the jury and the black father was acquitted.
The historical background of this film is the United States in the 1960s, when racial discrimination was prevalent. It exposed the tragic situation of African-Americans in American society at that time, so it received widespread support from African-Americans after its release.
In addition, this movie is star-studded. The African-American protagonist is played by Samuel L. Jackson, and the male and female protagonists are played by Kevin Costner and Jennifer Connelly respectively.
Therefore, this movie has also been recognized by white audiences. After all, the real protagonists of this movie are all white people, and the lives of the African-American male protagonists were saved by white lawyers.
As a result, the film ultimately took home US$80 million in North America and US$180 million globally. Compared with the investment of 40 million US dollars, it is undoubtedly a huge profit.
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In January, Xiang Nan also announced new filming plans.
"Weirdos," "Daredevil," "Bad Boys," "Interview with the Vampire" and "Apollo 13."
"The Man in Disguise" is a fantasy love movie co-starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. It was originally scheduled to be launched in 1994, but Xiang Nan postponed it to this year.
This movie is adapted from the comic of the same name under Dark Horse Comics. The original work is relatively dark and terrifying. However, during the filming, Jim Carrey and director Chuck Russell discussed it and made it into a comedy film with a strong personal touch to Jim Carrey.
This kind of adaptation is indeed more popular with the audience. It has a box office of US$110 million in North America alone, and the global box office is as high as US$350 million.
It is said that after this movie, Jim Carrey's salary jumped from 350,000 US dollars to 7 million US dollars, a huge increase of 20 times.
In this version of the movie, Xiang Nan still plans to ask Jim Carrey to star, but the heroine is going to be replaced by Catherine Zeta-Jones.
On the one hand, the wealth does not go to outsiders, but on the other hand, he is not satisfied with Cameron Diaz's appearance. He feels that she is too old-fashioned and cannot bear the title of great beauty.
In comparison, Catherine Zeta-Jones is undoubtedly much more beautiful and sexy.
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