Entering 1999, in January, the movie released by Universal Pictures was "American Beauty."
The film was written by Xiang Nan and directed by Li An, starring Al Pacino, Jessica Alba and others. It caused a sensation in the industry upon its release.
Film critics gave it the highest praise.
"It's the 'Death of a Salesman' in the 1990s," commented the Washington Post.
"A black comedy about the American middle class." The Los Angeles Times commented.
"It shattered the American dream with a ruthless slap." "Hollywood Entertainment Weekly" commented.
The audience also likes this movie very much, which is reflected in the box office. In North America alone, the movie took in a box office of 130 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was as high as 356 million U.S. dollars. .
The total cost of this movie is only US$25 million. It can be said that it is not easy to achieve such amazing box office results.
This movie also pushed Li An to the position of a top Hollywood director. It is no exaggeration to say that with such a popular work, he can live with it for at least half his life.
Just like Sergio Leone, even if "Once Upon a Time in America" failed miserably at the box office, no one in Hollywood would ask him to film. But with "The Secret Trilogy", he returned to Europe and became the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival.
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January is also awards season.
As expected, "Titanic" became the biggest winner at the Golden Globe Awards, winning four awards: Best Director, Best Picture, Best Soundtrack, and Best Original Song.
However, Xiang Nan did not participate in this year's Golden Globe Awards. He still chose to take Cong Shan and Ning Jing back to the mainland to be with his parents.
My parents have gotten older in recent years and their health has not been very good. Although Xiang Nan has helped them to take care of themselves, in the end everyone has his or her own destiny. All he could do was stay with them for a while.
After staying in the mainland for more than half a month and spending the Lantern Festival with his parents, Xiang Nancai returned to the United States with Cong Shan and An Ning.
After returning to the United States, Xiang Nan began preparations for a new project.
The new projects include "The Sixth Sense", "Jurassic Park 3", "Collision", "The Mummy", "Tekken", "Scream 2" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
"The Sixth Sense" is a supernatural thriller starring Bruce Willis and Haley Oldmond. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who, while treating a child who claimed to have Yin and Yang eyes, unexpectedly had an extremely strange child. Shocking discovery...
This movie once took in $630 million at the global box office, not because of how scary it is, but because of how touching it is.
"Jurassic Park 2" has a global box office of over US$500 million. It would be a waste if such IP is not utilized. Therefore, "Jurassic Park 3" is naturally on the agenda.
The theme of the story of "Collision" is the same as that of "The Great Disaster". They both tell the story of a comet hitting the earth, so the earth sends astronauts to land on the comet and prepare to blow it into pieces with nuclear bombs.
But the operation failed. Although the comet exploded, it only exploded in half, which would still bring huge disaster to the earth. At a critical moment, the earth launches the Ark Project...
"The Mummy" is a remake of the 1932 Universal Pictures film of the same name.
In recent years, with the advancement of computer special effects, Hollywood science fiction films, fantasy films and other films that test audio-visual effects have become popular.
For example, "Armageddon", "The Matrix", "Doctor Dolittle", "Godzilla", "Star Wars Episode IV: The Phantom Menace", "X-Men" and so on.
Universal Pictures started out by making horror films in the early years, and has many monster IPs under its banner. Such as vampires, mummies, werewolves, Frankenstein, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the invisible man, etc.
Now Xiang Nan is preparing to remake them one by one. With the help of advanced special effects technology and up-to-date concepts, I believe these old IPs will be revived.
Iron Fist is also a superhero under Marvel. His real name is Danny Rand, and he comes from a wealthy family. One day while climbing a mountain with his father, he was unfortunately hit by an avalanche. His family members were killed, and he himself was treated by archers from Kunlun.
Danny then stayed in Kunlun to practice martial arts, passed the exam, and gained the power of the Iron Fist. After returning to the United States, he began to act chivalrously.
Iron Fist is also a member of the Defenders. He is proficient in dozens of martial arts secrets such as Tai Chi, Judo, Karate, and Taekwondo. He is the most outstanding unarmed combat master in the Marvel Universe.
Xiang Nan is going to adapt it into a movie, and add Nighthawk, Hellcat and other heroes to form the Defenders universe. At that time, I would love to see the plot of forming a team to fight monsters.
"Scream" has a global box office of over $160 million, and it cost only $15 million. It is impossible for such a profitable movie not to make a sequel. That would be such a waste.
As for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", there is no need to say more. This is the first Chinese-language film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and it is undoubtedly a classic.
And starting from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", mainland movies also began the blockbuster era.
"Hero", "The Promise", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Night Banquet", "The Golden Armor"... no matter what the reputation is, the box office is going up anyway, and this has led to the upward development of mainland movies.
Overall a good thing!
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Xiang Nan plans to use the original cast of "The Sixth Sense".
He has collaborated with Bruce Willis many times, and they are very familiar friends with each other and have a close relationship.
Moreover, Bruce Willis became famous because he starred in "RoboCop", so he would charge a friendly price for filming Xiang Nan's scenes, which would not be too high.
Therefore, it is a good deal to hire him to film.
"Jurassic Park 3", Xiang Nan is planning to invite Wen Bixia and Chow Yun-fat to star. Anyway, the real protagonist of this movie is the dinosaur, and the other characters are just its foils. Please don’t offend.
In "Collision", Xiang Nan plans to invite Mel Gibson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Connelly and others to star. This lineup is quite good.
The Mummy, the original version starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Xiang Nan considered Winona Ryder and Hugh Jackman to star.
He believes that with their acting skills, they will definitely be qualified for this film.
"Iron Fist" Xiang Nan is considered to be played by Matt Damon. Matt Damon is not only an outstanding actor, but he is also a very talented person.
Since he can play Jason Bourne, the super agent, playing Iron Fist should not be a problem.
As for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Xiang Nan is ready to play it himself.
Except for his acting skills, he may not be as good as Chow Yun-fat, but he is guaranteed to beat him in other aspects.
Moreover, Xiang Nan really lived in ancient times and served as an expert hermit in ancient times. So filming costume dramas is really not unfamiliar to him.
From this point of view, he is more suitable to play the role than Chow Yun-fat.
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