Save the Bachelor of Heaven

  Chapter 2010 2012 [Children of Midnight]

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

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

  Some people are against it, some people are for it.

  When the film was released in the United States, it was banned from theaters in conservative regions. In addition, religious organizations and conservative groups also jointly held protests.

   But even so, "Brokeback Mountain" still won a box office of 86 million US dollars in North America, and a global box office of 170 million US dollars.

  Compared to 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 talked about Harry Potter participating in the Triwizard Tournament, winning the first level with great difficulty, and getting the golden egg through the threat of the fire dragon.

   This part tells the story of him finally gaining the recognition of his classmates, actively participating in the remaining two games, and launching a decisive battle with the final boss Voldemort.

  With the success of the previous film, the box office of this film is naturally guaranteed. In the end, the North American box office was 370 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was close to 900 million U.S. dollars. It can be said to be quite a blockbuster.

  In December, Xiang Nan also published the novel "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". With the help of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", this novel also achieved very good sales.

   Its big sales have further stimulated the movie's box office. Under the positive cycle, both will naturally make a profit.

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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, Young Hannibal and National Treasure ".

   "Gambit" is a standalone movie of "X-Men". Gambit is also a mutant, and his abilities are very powerful. He can inject kinetic energy into objects and detonate them, as well as the ability of mental isolation, making him immune to the spiritual visitation of Professor X, Jean Gray and the White Queen, and has the ability to predict and strengthen physical strength.

  In short, this is a very powerful character, even reaching the Omega level when he is the strongest, his ability is out of control, killing everyone in the world.

  Gambling is a hero worthy of being 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 equivalent to Daredevil with guns, which is easier to adjust.

   On the one hand, his profession is a gambler and a thief, both of which are very interesting roles. In the original comics, Gambit often caused a lot of trouble because of theft.

   "Luke Cage 3" continues the legend of African-American heroes. Now in the American film industry, African-American audiences are contributing more and more box office. Therefore, major film companies pay attention to African-American audiences, and there are more and more movies featuring African-Americans as the protagonists.

   It's just that the African-American superhero is none other than Marvel. Luke Cage, Blade Runner, Black Panther, Jessica Jones... These African-American heroes are all under Marvel.

  In comparison, the number of African-American superheroes under DC is not only small, but also not well-known, so it is not easy to adapt.

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

  Blade Warrior is also a member of the Midnight Sons hero team. In his team, there are Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, Vampire Mobias, Humanoid, Moonlight Knight, Iron Fist and so on.

  Before filming the "Iron Fist" series, the Midnight Sons had already set up an ambush, and now it's time to draw the Blade Warrior out.

  After he is drawn out, other members of the Midnight Children can be drawn out one after another. Like Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Morbius, Punisher, etc.

  These are all anti-heroes, with a less positive image and less disciplined behavior, but they are indeed doing chivalrous things, similar to Xia Xueyi, Wei Xiaobao, Fan Yao, etc. in Jin Yong's martial arts.

   Such anti-heroes are often more popular with readers because of their individuality and distinct shortcomings and advantages.

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   "Die Hard 4", tells the story of John McLean's inadvertent involvement in trouble again.

  Although Xiang Nan said that the trilogy is the end, the original version of "Die Hard 4" has a global box office of 380 million US dollars.

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

   It's just that Universal Pictures retains the copyright of the 33-year version, so other film companies can only start from scratch and write other stories when making King Kong, instead of remaking the 33-year version.

  This is why "King Kong" is produced by Universal Pictures, but "King Kong: Skull Island" and Monster Universe are produced by Legendary Pictures, Toho Co., Ltd. and Warner Bros. Pictures.

  However, Xiang Nan will not give up such a profitable monster universe to Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. He is going to go ahead and shoot the movie first.

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   "I Am Legend" tells the story of the earth encountering a biochemical crisis, and there is only one person and one dog left in the world. The movie, starring Will Smith, grossed nearly $600 million worldwide.

  "Young Hannibal" tells the past of Dr. Hannibal and explains why he became a cannibal. The previous "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" were very good at the box office, so this "Young Hannibal" was put on the screen.

   In such a trilogy, the prequel and the postquel are complete, which is 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 time since the founding of the United States is too short, so they have a low self-esteem in terms of history, and they always want to postpone their history.

  The founding fund of the United States is actually the property of Solomon's treasure seized by the Knights Templar. For them, it is really too embarrassing. It's like a certain country, in order to get rid of its status as a cultural vassal, just fabricated an ancestor thousands of years ago.

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

  After Universal acquired MGM, it kept the MGM Pictures brand and dedicated it to shooting some movies with unusual themes and relatively large scales.

For example, "American Pie", "Borat", "The Hangover", "Knocked Up", "The King of Repeating Grades", etc., are either distributed by Universal Pictures or released by themselves, and they have made a lot of money in recent years. The money has gotten rid of the situation of perennial losses.

  (end of this chapter)