Entering April, "Rage to Rescue" officially launched in Mexico City.
After many rounds of interviews, January Jones was finally cast down by Peter Jackson.
In the end, Peter Jackson still chose Naomi Watts. Because he felt that Naomi's smile was sweeter, and there was a feeling of pity in her eyes, which could inspire men's protective desire.
In comparison, January's eyes were colder, and when he wasn't smiling, his expression was even a little ugly, as if he was owed eight hundred dollars.
In addition, Naomi Watts' acting skills were more outstanding, so after comprehensive consideration, Peter Jackson finally chose her.
This makes Naomi Watts very happy. She knows that "King Kong" is a very good project, with an investment of nearly 200 million U.S. dollars. It is one of the largest-invested films in the United States in the past two years.
The director is Peter Jackson, who has just become famous internationally with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy; and the "King Kong" IP is also a well-known monster IP in film history... so the entire project configuration is top-notch.
Being able to star in such a movie is really a great thing for her.
Not to mention her, even big stars such as Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Dunst and Scarlett Johansson want to participate in this movie .
Therefore, she is really happy to win the position of the heroine.
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Some are happy and some are sad. January Jones is unhappy right now.
She was sure that she was going to receive this big cake, but she didn't expect that she had already eaten it, but was being snatched from the tiger's mouth. She was really depressed.
For this reason, she called Xiang Nan specifically to complain, "What's going on, Charles, you clearly promised me to play the role, why is it now Naomi Watts? Are you kidding me?"
"I am indeed more optimistic about you, but Peter has his own considerations. Although I am an investor, I don't want to interfere too much in his work." Xiang Nan explained, "You don't have to be too angry, it's just a lost project. It’s no big deal. I’ll just go back and replenish you.”
"Do you keep your word? You won't play tricks on me again?" January asked immediately after hearing this.
"I have never played tricks on you, and I will never play tricks on you." Xiang Nan said, "I will make a movie "Tekken 2" in the second half of the year, and you will play the role of Midnight Nurse, Kristen Palmer. ,how?"
"What kind of role is this?" January asked confused.
Although she knows that movies adapted from superhero comics have become very popular in the past two years, she herself is not interested in superhero comics.
"This is a life-saving nurse who specializes in providing medical services to superheroes. She will also appear in "X-Men", "Daredevil", "The Defenders", and the future "Blade" in a word. It’s a very important role with a very high appearance rate.”
Hearing what Xiang Nan said, January nodded, which made her feel relieved.
"Read more related comics these days and learn more about the characters." Xiang Nan reminded again, "I've given you the opportunity. If you fail to seize it, it will also trouble me."
"Okay." January nodded.
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In May, Xiang Nan started the "Tekken 2" project.
The reason why it opened so late was mainly because the script was difficult to write.
Because "Tekken 2" not only echoes the previous game, but also echoes "Daredevil 2" and "Luke Cage 2", and also opens the next "The Defenders 2". At the same time, we have to lay the groundwork for the "X-Men" series and "Avengers", which is very troublesome.
If Xiang Nan wasn't smart enough to analyze it in detail, another screenwriter would have been blinded.
This time, January was not kicked off. But her role is not important, she can only be regarded as the third female lead.
Because Iron Fist’s girlfriend Misty Knight is the heroine, and she is also an African-American superhero.
Misty Knight himself has no superpowers, but he does have a mechanical bionic arm from Stark Industries, so he has superhuman strength in grasping and grappling.
Through Misty Knight, it just leads to Iron Man. In order to promote comic sales, Marvel comics often let superheroes interact and make guest appearances with each other, thus forming a huge Marvel comic universe.
However, it is still difficult to change the Marvel Comics Universe into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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In June, Universal Pictures released the magical action film "The Mummy 2" starring Hugh Jackman and Winona Ryder.
"The Mummy 2" tells the story of the evil priest Imogen who attempts to kill the Scorpion Emperor, seize control of the hell army from him, and rule the world. At a critical moment, the hero and heroine come out to save the world.
Although the story is a bit cliche, because of the success of "The Mummy", movie fans around the world are still very supportive. The final box office in North America was US$270 million, and the global box office was nearly US$600 million. The box office response was even better than the first film.
Therefore, "The Mummy 3" was naturally scheduled. However, this "The Mummy 3" will never change Qin Shihuang again.
Xiang Nan plans to find material from Egyptian mythology to tell the story of Immorton, who was dragged into hell, pardoned by Horus, the god of vengeance, and returned to the world for revenge.
This guy died three times, and each time he died miserably. He must have accumulated a lot of anger, waiting to be released.
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In July, Universal Pictures released the movie "The Matrix 3" starring Xiang Nan and Angelina Jolie, which is also the last film in the series.
In the future, Xiang Nan will not continue to film another "The Matrix 4".
The first two films of "The Matrix" were both very popular and received very good reviews, winning the love of countless movie fans. Therefore, the release of "The Matrix 3" can be said to be highly anticipated.
The night before it was released, there was already a long queue in front of the cinema.
After its release, the quality of this movie did not disappoint movie fans.
Its scenes are bigger, the graphics are cooler, the fights are more intense, and it also perfectly answers all the mysteries in the first and second films.
Therefore, "The Matrix 3" was a box office hit, with a final box office of US$350 million in North America and nearly US$500 million globally, for a total box office of US$840 million. It brings a perfect ending to the trilogy of the series.
The "Matrix" trilogy brought billions of dollars in profits to Universal Pictures from the box office alone. Coupled with the profits from video tapes, VCDs, DVDs, and peripheral product development, the value of this film has exceeded 2 billion US dollars.
In the future, with the release of "The Matrix 3", the movie's revenue will continue to grow. It is expected that in the end, it may reach more than 5 billion US dollars, becoming another cornucopia for Universal Pictures.
This also further stimulated the rise in Universal Pictures' stock price.
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