"Yes, you are more beautiful than I thought." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded after seeing Megan Fox.
"Thank you." Meghan nodded, "Mr. Charles, you are much more handsome than I thought."
"Then how ugly do you think I must be?" Xiang Nan said with a smile when he heard this.
"No, no, I didn't mean that." Megan waved her hands quickly. She just wanted to praise Xiang Nan for being handsome, but unfortunately she accidentally said the wrong thing.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a joke." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "I invite you here today because there is a movie and I hope you can star in it."
"Really, thank you!" Megan said excitedly.
It has been nearly ten years since she debuted, and until now, she has not starred in a drama, and has not tasted the taste of becoming popular. It is really frustrating to think about it.
"Don't get excited yet, I haven't said which project it is yet." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
"Yes, please tell me." Megan asked quickly. In fact, she was willing to take on any project. After all, if you appear in Xiang Nan's movie, even if you have a small role, you will easily become popular.
For example, Alessandra Ambrosio only played a female killer in "Mission: Impossible 4", with a total appearance time of less than ten minutes, but she still became a top model and won several luxury brands. invitation.
Xiang Nan then mentioned the project again, which was the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" that he had filmed before.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" began filming in the 1980s and has produced three films in succession. It has made celebrities such as Qian Jiale, Qian Xiaohao, Yuan Hua, and Dong Wei popular.
After that, the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" project was stopped, but the film and television adaptation rights are still in the hands of Universal.
So Xiang Nan is now ready to restart this IP.
On the one hand, the cartoon "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was remade into an animated version in 2003, and the ratings were very gratifying, and it also accumulated a large number of new fans;
On the one hand, when the rights to film and television adaptation of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" were originally purchased, there was a time limit. If a sequel was not made after a certain number of years, Phantom Studio had the right to take back the copyright, and the time is approaching soon.
Megan Fox was very excited when she heard that she was cast in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon has always been very popular. The four little turtles who are proficient in ninjutsu are very popular in the United States. The live-action movies shot in the 1980s and 1990s also did well at the box office.
The heroine April of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is also very good. She is a witty, brave, beautiful and generous person with a strong sense of justice.
Being able to play this kind of role is also very good for boosting her popularity.
"Mr. Charles, I am very willing to play this role, and I will definitely work hard." She said immediately.
"Very good, I like your attitude." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.
After settling on Megan Fox, preparations for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" began.
The estimated cost of this film is US$80 million, making it a medium-to-high-budget production.
Except for April, others like the Turtles, Mr. Splinter, Schneider and others do not need to show their faces, so Xiang Nan does not plan to invite first-line stars to star, and replace them all with third- and fourth-tier artists. This will reduce the cost will be greatly reduced.
After the news of the reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" came out, Universal Pictures immediately received a lot of resumes, and many stars were interested in starring in the movie.
Because comic-book superhero movies have been very popular in recent years, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are also superheroes, and their popularity is no worse than that of Marvel and DC superheroes, so starring in this movie is likely to be popular.
Especially the heroine April, because she is the only one who shows her face, she is more favored. There are many big-name stars among them, such as Scarlett Johansson, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Emma Stone and so on.
Seeing this, Megan Fox was very panicked, afraid that Xiang Nan would replace her.
After all, those female stars are no worse than her in terms of appearance, figure, and fame, and even surpass her. It's not surprising that Xiang Nan replaced her.
For this reason, she took the initiative to get in love with Xiang Nan and get everything she asked for.
Although Xiang Nan didn't want to replace her, he wouldn't be stupid enough to push her out if she took the initiative, so he just did it.
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In September, Universal Pictures released "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith, which tells the story of the male protagonist struggling to survive alone in the city after a global zombie outbreak.
The original work was published in the 1950s, and was adapted into movies in the 1960s and 1970s. Later, the rights were transferred to Universal Pictures.
Universal Pictures originally thought about remaking it in the 1990s, and also intended to invite Schwarzenegger to star and Ridley Scott to direct.
After discussion later, it was discovered that the investment was too large. Just the zombies all over the mountains and plains would require the use of thousands of extras, which would require a lot of money, so the project was ultimately shelved.
But now, with the development of special effects technology, zombies all over the mountains and plains are no longer a problem. Using special effects technology, copy and paste, you can easily create a boundless zombie army.
When Peter Jackson filmed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the battle between humans and beasts, this special effects technology was used. So now we no longer need huge funds to film "I Am Legend".
The final investment in the film was 150 million, one-fifth of which was Will Smith's salary. In other words, his salary is 30 million US dollars, not counting his profit sharing.
In fact, this is also the reason why Xiang Nan stopped filming "Jedi Men 2" and "Men in Black 3".
"I Am Legend" is the first film in the series. The box office is unknown, and Will Smith even asked for 30 million US dollars.
"Bad Boys" and "Men in Black 1 and 2" have proven to be huge hits, and Will Smith even dared to ask for $50 million, plus a 10% box office share.
As a result, Universal Pictures is not even making as much money as Will Smith. Spending a lot of money and working hard to film a movie, but the result is to make wedding clothes for others. Naturally, Xiang Nan will not suffer this embarrassing disadvantage.
Therefore, he would rather shelve the two projects "Bad Boys 2" and "Men in Black 3". Anyway, Universal Pictures has no shortage of good projects to make money.
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In September, Xiang Nan returned to Xiangjiang.
At this time, ATV and Zhen Kung Fu Pictures were developing very well and were considered giants in the film and television industry in Hong Kong and the Mainland.
Because both companies have decades of history, have talents, funds, and huge production experience, they can continuously release good works.
In comparison, mainland film and television companies may lack talents, funds, or production experience, so their development is not as good as these two companies.
Today, both ATV and True Kung Fu Pictures have a market value of over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, with annual profits exceeding one billion Hong Kong dollars.
Xiang Nan was also very satisfied with this and specially promoted Shanshan to become the new president of ATV.
"Since Miss He Jianing served as the assistant to the president, she has worked hard and worked hard without complaint, and has made outstanding contributions to the development of ATV. Therefore, she will be promoted to president of ATV with immediate effect." Xiang Nan announced at the board of directors.
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