In November, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" directed by Li An and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger and others was officially released.

This film participated in the Venice Film Festival selection in August, won the Golden Lion Award, and aroused strong responses around the world.

Some are against it, some are in support.

When this movie was released in the United States, it was banned by theaters in conservative areas. In addition, religious organizations and conservative groups also jointly held protests.

But even so, "Brokeback Mountain" still earned US$86 million at the box office in North America and US$170 million at the global box office.

Compared with the production cost of 14 million US dollars, this movie is definitely a big hit.

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In December, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Part 2)" was officially launched.

The previous part tells the story of Harry Potter participating in the Triwizard Tournament, winning the first level almost by chance, and getting the golden egg through the threat of the fire dragon.

This part tells the story of how he finally gained recognition from his classmates, actively participated in the remaining two games, and launched a decisive battle with the final boss Voldemort.

With the success of the previous film, the box office of this one is naturally guaranteed. The final box office in North America was US$370 million, and the global box office was close to US$900 million. It can be said to be quite a hit.

In December, Xiang Nan also released the novel "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". This novel also achieved very good sales, riding on the success of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

Its huge sales further stimulated the movie's box office. Under the positive cycle, both parties naturally benefited.

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In January 2007, Xiang Nan launched a new project.

Gambit, Luke Cage 3, Blade, Die Hard 4, Kong: Skull Island, I Am Legend, Hannibal Young and National Treasure 》.

" Gambit " is a stand-alone movie of " , psychic exploration of Jean Gray, the White Queen and others, and has the ability to predict and strengthen physical abilities.

In short, this is a very powerful character. At his strongest, he even reached the Omega level. His powers were out of control and he killed everyone in the world.

Gambit is a hero that deserves to be adapted. On the one hand, his ability can be strong or weak. When he is strong, he can destroy the world. When he is weak, he is like Daredevil who uses guns, so it is easier to adjust.

On the one hand, his profession is that of a gambler and a thief, both of which are very dramatic characters. In the original comics, Gambit often got into a lot of trouble for stealing.

"Luke Cage 3" continues the legend of the African-American hero. Now in the American film industry, African-American audiences are contributing more and more to the box office. Therefore, major film companies are paying attention to African-American audiences and films with African-American protagonists. There are more and more.

However, the African-American superheroes must belong to Marvel. Luke Cage, Blade, Black Panther, Jessica Jones... these African-American heroes are all owned by Marvel.

In comparison, DC's African-American superheroes are not only small in number, but also not well-known, so it is not easy to adapt them.

Blade Warrior is also an African-American hero, and he is also a half-human, half-vampire. His mission is to kill all vampires.

Blade is also a member of the Midnight Sons heroic team, which also includes Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, vampire Morbius, Humanoid, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, etc.

When filming the "Iron Fist" series, Midnight's Sons had already laid the ambush, and now it was time to bring out the Blade Warriors.

After drawing him out, other members of the Midnight Sons can be drawn out one after another, such as Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Morbius, Punisher, etc.

These are all anti-heroes. Their image is not so positive, and their work is not so conventional, but they do do chivalrous and righteous things, similar to Xia Xueyi, Wei Xiaobao, Fan Yao, etc. in Jin Yong's martial arts.

This type of anti-heroic character is often more popular with readers because of his flamboyant personality and distinct shortcomings and advantages.

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"Die Hard 4" tells the story of John McClane who once again inadvertently gets involved in trouble.

Although Xiang Nan said that the trilogy is now complete, the original version of "Die Hard 4" has a global box office of 380 million US dollars. If you have money but don't make money, it is naturally worth filming.

"King Kong: Skull Island" continues to tell the story of King Kong, the big monster. King Kong is a well-known monster IP in Hollywood, but this IP is a public copyright and anyone can film it.

However, Universal Pictures retains the copyright of the 303-3000 version, so when other film companies make King Kong, they can only start over and write other stories, but cannot remake the 3000-3000 version.

This is why "King Kong" is produced by Universal Pictures, but "Kong: Skull Island" and MonsterVerse are produced by Legendary Pictures, Toho Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures.

However, Xiang Nan will not give up such a profitable Monster Universe to Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. He plans to take the first step and shoot the movie first.

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"I Am Legend" tells the story of a biological crisis on earth, leaving only one person and a dog in the world. This movie stars Will Smith and has a global box office of nearly 600 million US dollars.

"Young Hannibal" tells the story of Dr. Hannibal's past and explains why he became a cannibal. The previous "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" both did well at the box office, so this "Young Hannibal"

"Pull" was put on the screen.

Only when the trilogy, including the prequel and the sequel, is complete can it be considered complete.

"National Treasure" tells the story of archaeologist Franklin tracking Solomon's treasure. Although the plot is bizarre and the story is nonsense, it is very popular with American audiences.

After all, the founding of the United States was too short, so they have a low self-esteem in terms of history and always want to postpone their history.

The founding funds of the United States were actually the property of Solomon's Treasure seized by the Knights Templar. For them, it was really too embarrassing. Just like a certain country just invented a fictional character thousands of years ago in order to get rid of its status as a cultural vassal.

's ancestor.

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In addition, MGM Pictures invested in Li An's new drama "Lust, Caution".

After Universal acquired MGM, it retained the MGM Pictures brand and used it exclusively to shoot some films with relatively alternative themes and larger scales.

For example, "American Pie", "Borat", "The Hangover", "One Night Down", "The Last Grade", etc., are either distributed by Universal Pictures or distributed by themselves, and they have made a lot of money in recent years.
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