In June, the movie released by Universal Pictures was "Jurassic Park 3."

This movie is different from the original "Jurassic Park 3". The original version was just a third-rate adventure film with flat characters and an unoriginal story. You can almost guess the ending by watching the beginning.

Therefore, although the investment of that movie was as high as 100 million U.S. dollars, the global box office was only 360 million U.S. dollars, almost losing money. Therefore, Universal Pictures stopped the development of the "Jurassic Park" IP until 15 years ago.

Restarted this IP again.

Xiang Nan naturally would not make such a mistake, so the story of "Jurassic Park 3" is completely new.

It tells the story of a warlike general who plans to build dinosaurs into biochemical weapons, and the former Jurassic Park becomes his testing ground. A group of environmental defenders land on Isla Nublar, stop the general's behavior, and rescue the enslaved dinosaurs.

In this movie, humans and dinosaurs no longer have a simple hostile relationship, but begin to cooperate and explore ways to coexist and get along.

This makes the relationship between people and dinosaurs more complicated, and the plot becomes more innovative and expandable.

Just like the novelty that "Terminator 2" brings to the audience. If the T800 played by Schwarzenegger is still the villain, it will repeat the story of the first film. Even James Cameron will have a hard time filming it again.

Novelty.

But after James Cameron changed the t800 from a villain to the patron saint of the protagonists, the plot suddenly became novel and interesting. Moreover, through the change of t800's identity, the relationship between humans and robots was further explored.

That's why "Terminator 2" was so successful.

Therefore, Xiang Nan learned from Cameron and changed the relationship between humans and dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park 3". As expected, the plot has been newly expanded and no longer repeats the chase between humans and dinosaurs in the first and second movies.

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The audience was also very satisfied with this change, so in the end, the North American box office of "Jurassic Park 3" was 320 million US dollars, and the global box office was nearly 700 million US dollars. Compared with "Jurassic Park 2", the results were higher.

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Therefore, this IP did not go to a dead end, but was rejuvenated, so "Jurassic Park 4" was quickly scheduled again.

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In the same month, Cameron finally decided to take on the movie "True Lies 2" after reviewing the scripts of "True Lies 2" and "Terminator 3" in detail.

As for the script of "Terminator 3", it's not bad, but it's not quite to his liking.

Because the "Terminator" series has always been written by him, although he has not yet written the script for "Terminator 3", he already has some vague concepts. This is completely different from the "Terminator 3" script written by Xiang Nan.

It's different, so he doesn't want to force himself.

Xiang Nan was very happy to hear that he was willing to take over the filming of "True Lies 2" and did not care that the script for "Terminator 3" was rejected.

After all, everyone has his own taste, and the scripts he writes may not necessarily conform to other people's preferences. What's more, Cameron is also the founder of the "Terminator" series, so his taste is definitely more tricky.

The filming of "True Lies 2" started immediately, and the original cast reunited. In addition, the father, mother, father-in-law, and mother-in-law were all chosen as classic European and American secret agent actors.

For example, Harry's father is Sean Connery, and his mother is Lana Wood from "Die Hard", which is also the drama version of "The Bourne Supremacy"; Helen's father is German from "Dragon".

Benedict, whose mother is Jacqueline Smith from the TV series "Charlie's Angels"...

With so many familiar faces, I believe it will win the love of the audience.

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In July, the martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" starring Xiang Nan, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Zhen and directed by Li An was officially released.

This movie, full of strong elements of Eastern culture and martial arts, shocked everyone once it was released.

On the one hand, although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an Eastern martial arts story, it has been adapted in a Western style.

For example, because of morality, Li Mubai was passionate about Yu Xiulian, but his emotions towards Yu Xiulian were filmed as a platonic love. The love and hatred between Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu are in line with modern people's views on love.

In particular, Yu Jiaolong's unfettered and free-spirited character is more like a modern person than modern people. Therefore, it is not too difficult for Western audiences to accept her.

On the one hand, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also shot very beautifully and movingly.

Whether it is flying over the eaves and walking over the wall, glancing at the shadows, or fighting in the bamboo forest, or dueling weapons, they all reflect the unique beauty of Eastern martial arts.

Different from the fierce and bloody Japanese sword and halberd movies, and the rough and wild western cowboy movies, the beauty of Eastern martial arts with its harmonious movement and yin and yang made American audiences shine.

Therefore, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been unanimously recognized by the industry.

“The perfect combination of Eastern and Western cultures~”

"Charles gave the best performance of his career."

"After watching this film, I became very interested in Eastern culture."

Many film critics unanimously praised it.

The audience was even more fascinated by this movie and watched it like crazy. In the end, the movie earned a box office of US$300 million in North America alone.

On the one hand, it's because this movie is really good-looking, and on the other hand, it's because Xiang Nan stars in this movie. Xiang Nan has been working hard in Hollywood for nearly twenty years, and the popularity he has accumulated is quite terrifying.

In addition, its global box office is close to 500 million US dollars, which can be said to be the highest-grossing martial arts film.

The huge sales of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also revitalized the already declining martial arts films.

Moreover, the mainland's film industry was also stimulated. A large amount of capital began to pour into this market, causing the mainland's film industry to flourish rapidly.

Zhang Ziyi, who starred in this movie, has also jumped from an unknown newcomer to an internationally renowned movie star, successfully taking the first step in his debut.

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In August, the movie released by Universal Pictures was the fantasy masterpiece "The Mummy."

This film is adapted from the original work produced by Universal Pictures in 1932. It tells the story of a man and a woman who inadvertently release the Egyptian high priest Immorton while exploring an Egyptian tomb. Imogen intends to destroy the world and pours out thousands of years of evil. Anger. The hero and heroine are forced to step forward and save the world...

The original version of this movie starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, but now Winona Ryder and Hugh Jackman are starring in this version. Both of them have impeccable looks and acting skills. Fulfilled both roles very well.

Coupled with a solid story and vivid computer special effects, the drama "The Mummy" is novel and interesting, giving the audience an extraordinary audio-visual enjoyment.
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