Also because of the disastrous failure of this movie, George Clooney, whose acting career had just started to improve, was suddenly brought to the bottom. Since then, he has never made a blockbuster movie alone.
Uma Thurman, who had just become famous with "Pulp", also turned from hot cakes to stinky tofu overnight. She did not take on a major production for many years and did not become famous until the new century with "Kill Bill".
Arnold Schwarzenegger's fortune was also ruined because of his role as Mr. Freeze in the film. I haven't dared to come out to film for two consecutive years. You know, before, he made at least two movies a year.
In terms of supporting roles, Chris O'Donnell, who plays Robin, and Alicia Silverstone, who plays Batgirl, were originally regarded as golden girls by Hollywood. They have good acting skills, good image, and high popularity. They are the most promising. of new stars.
Unfortunately, due to the disastrous failure of this movie, the two lost the favor of Hollywood.
Chris O'Donnell was depressed for several years, and it wasn't until he went to film "Los Angeles: NCIS" that he finally stabilized. Alicia was messing around in low-budget bad movies.
Two young actors who had great potential suddenly lost their stardom.
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Unlike "Batman and Robin", which was criticized a lot, after "Daredevil" was released, comic fans and movie fans went to support it one after another, and then gave it high praise.
On the one hand, this movie has a solid story, rich characters, and climaxes that won't make you feel dull. After all, Xiang Nan wrote the script himself, so the quality is guaranteed.
Moreover, in order to adapt "Daredevil", he bit the bullet and read the "Daredevil" comics over the years. Unlike Joe Schumacher, he had never read a single "Batman" comic before filming the "Batman" series of movies.
Therefore, his adaptation was completely based on his own imagination, which is why he made the "Batman" series so weird, like a circus freak show.
On the one hand, although this movie has a small investment and does not use many special effects, Ben Affleck and Angelina Jolie received two months of martial arts training before filming the movie.
So the action scenes look realistic and realistic. It makes the fights between Batman and Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Bane and others in "Batman and Robin" look like children's fights.
Therefore, people who were disappointed with "Batman and Robin" flocked to "Daredevil", causing the box office of "Daredevil" to rise steadily.
In the end, the box office in North America alone reached US$180 million, making it the highest-grossing movie in the Christmas season. The global box office is as high as 300 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the investment of 30 million U.S. dollars, it can be said to be a huge profit.
Once again creating a box office miracle, Xiang Nan won unanimous admiration from the industry, which was reflected in the stock price. Universal Pictures' stock price has risen to nearly 30 billion US dollars.
It is equivalent to the combined market value of Fox, MGM, Columbia Pictures and Paramount, which shows how terrifying its current strength is.
Seeing how popular "Daredevil" was, the original shareholders of Marvel were so depressed that they almost vomited blood.
Because "Daredevil" is only ranked in the middle among Marvel's many superheroes, and there are many more popular heroes than him. Such as Spider-Man, Hulk, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider and so on.
One "Daredevil" sold for 300 million, which is higher than Marvel's acquisition price. How much do other superheroes cost? Thinking that they had sold such a chicken that could lay golden eggs to Xiang Nan so cheaply, they felt so regretful that their intestines turned green.
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Xiang Nan has already planned for the success of "Daredevil".
On the one hand, it has the popularity foundation of comics, which is a natural moat that Marvel has spent decades building.
On the one hand, it was made with real care. From the screenwriter to the producer, from the director to the actors, everyone worked very hard. Ben Affleck was originally a fan of the "Daredevil" comics, and Angelina Jolie also read hundreds of Erica comics in order to better shape the image of Erica.
Even Chen Musheng gritted his teeth and read hundreds of comic books to finally understand what kind of character Daredevil was. So we can better explore his shining points and show them in the movie.
As the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way. With everyone working so hard, the quality of the film is naturally high. Coupled with the role of popularity, it is naturally not a problem to obtain high box office.
However, despite the success of "Daredevil", Xiang Nan is not in a hurry to expand his territory and film Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, etc.
Because the current special effects technology is not yet mature, and the cost is extremely high. Not to mention anything else, the Iron Man transformation scene, with current special effects technology, probably wouldn't have cost more than 10 million US dollars.
If the effects of the first "Iron Man" were followed, it would cost as much as one billion dollars to shoot the entire movie. It's really unbearable.
So his second chosen superhero was Luke Cage.
Luke Cage, formerly known as Carl Lucas, used to live on the streets, but was later framed by his childhood friend Rattlesnake and imprisoned. In order to reduce his sentence, he chose to undergo experimental transformation by a super soldier, and became a being with infinite strength and invulnerability.
After being released from prison, he set up a hiring company to fight crime and do justice.
Xiang Nan chose him because, on the one hand, he is an African-American superhero.
In recent years, African-American audiences have contributed more and more to the box office of Hollywood movies, and in order to please African-American audiences, Hollywood film companies are increasingly fond of using non-heritage stars. This is why more and more African-American stars are appearing on the screen.
In the 1980s, there could only be one top African-American actor or actress. Actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, and Denzel Washington were all walk-ons in the 1980s.
Xiang Nan now uses African-American superheroes to attract African-American audiences.
For one thing, Luke Cage doesn’t need special effects. His immense strength and invulnerability are actually very easy to film and don't even require special effects to show off, so it saves a lot of money.
Moreover, Luke Cage and Daredevil are both members of the Defenders. The Defenders is a superhero organization similar to the Avengers. Other members include Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Nighthawk, Hellcat, etc.
Therefore, adapting Luke Cage now, if it works well, can also bring out superheroes such as Iron Fist, Nighthawk, Jessica Jones, etc. in the future, thus forming the Defenders universe. This can also be regarded as a frontline for the Avengers.
Even if the response is good, Nighthawk alone can lead to high school teams. The Supremes team is completely aligned with DC Comics' Justice League.
Among them, Hyperion corresponds to Superman, Dr. Spectrum corresponds to Green Lantern, Nighthawk corresponds to Batman, Power Princess corresponds to Wonder Woman, and Golden Archer corresponds to Green Arrow...
If it were taken out, DC's Justice League movie would be put on hold.
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