Entering 1999, in January, the movie released by Universal Pictures was "American Beauty."

This movie was written by Xiang Nan, directed by Li An, and starred by Al Pacino, Jessica Alba, etc. It became a sensation in the industry as soon as it was released.

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 first-line director in Hollywood. It is no exaggeration to say that with such a popular work, he will be able to live with it for at least half his life.

Just like Sergio Leone, even though "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​failed miserably at the box office, no one in Hollywood asked him to film anymore. But with "The Last Day", 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 including 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 back to the mainland quietly to be with his parents.

His parents have gotten older in recent years and their health has not been very good. Although Xiang Nan has helped them recover, after all, everyone has their own destiny. What he can do is to stay with them for a while.

After staying in the mainland for more than half a month and spending the Lantern Festival with their parents, Xiang Nancai and Cong Shan returned to the United States peacefully.

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 U.S. dollars 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 more than 500 million US dollars. It would be a waste if such IP is not utilized. Therefore, "Jurassic Park 3" is naturally on the agenda.

The story theme of "The Great 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 disasters to the earth. At the critical moment, the earth launched the Ark Plan...

"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. It has many monster IPs, such as Vampire, The Mummy, Werewolf, 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 new 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 was killed, but he himself was rescued by archers from Kunlun.

After that, Danny stayed in Kunlun to practice martial arts, passed the exam, and gained the power of the Iron Fist. Afterwards, he returned to the United States and began to fight for justice.

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 plans to adapt it into a movie, and add Nighthawk, Hellcat and other heroes to form the Defenders universe. When the time comes, we will love to see the story of forming a team to fight monsters.

"Scream" has a global box office of more than 160 million U.S. dollars, but its cost was only 15 million U.S. dollars. It is impossible not to make a sequel for such a profitable movie. That would be such a waste.

As for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", there is no need to say more. It 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 reprise the role of "The Sixth Sense" with the original cast.

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 very cost-effective to hire him to film.

In "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 foil. Please don't be disobedient to anyone.

In "Collision", Xiang Nan plans to invite Mel Gibson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Connelly and others to star. This lineup is quite good.

The original version of "The Mummy" starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Xiang Nan considered Winona Ryder and Hugh Jackman to star.

He believed that with their acting skills, both of them would definitely be qualified for this film.

"Iron Fist" Xiang Nan is considered to be played by Matt Damon. Matt Damon not only has outstanding acting skills, but is also a very talented person.

Since he can play Jason Bourne, the super agent, it shouldn't be a problem to play Iron Fist.

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 a hermit and master in ancient times. Therefore, filming costume dramas is really not unfamiliar to him.
Chapter completed!