Chapter 1916 1918 [Jurassic Park]
At the beginning of the new year, Xiang Nan also announced the new year's production plan for Universal Pictures.
There are four projects in total, one is "Jurassic Park", the second is "Forrest Gump", the third is "The Shawshank Redemption", and the fourth is "True Lies".
"Jurassic Park" is an immortal classic directed by Spielberg, and it is also the pinnacle of Hollywood digital special effects technology. Once the film was released, it captured the hearts of fans all over the world.
Since then, Hollywood special effects blockbusters have become popular. All other film industries around the world have been beaten to the ground by it. European films, Dongying films, Xiangjiang films... none of them survived.
"Forrest Gump" is another masterpiece of Tom Hanks. It tells about the life experience of Forrest Gump, who is mentally retarded but full of athletic talent, from childhood to adulthood...
From racial discrimination in the 1950s, to the civil rights movement in the 1960s, from the South Vietnam War in the 1970s, to technological progress in the 1980s...
Forrest Gump has been experiencing and participating, and has achieved career success at different stages.
Because he represents the traditional and mainstream ideology of the United States, his success is also the embodiment of the American dream.
"The Shawshank Redemption" was not popular when it was released that year. Because of this name, many people misunderstand that it is a comprehensive education movie. Coupled with the unfavorable publicity and marketing, it led to a dismal box office.
But gold always shines. After its video was released, it first won recognition in a small number of fan circles. Afterwards, under their Amway, the film's fame grew and the studio got its due reward.
"True Lies" is another masterpiece of James Cameron, originally starred by Schwarzenegger, the plot is exciting, exciting, and it is one of the highest quality commercial blockbusters.
The commercial blockbusters of the Marvel Universe, compared to this movie, only win with special effects.
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Xiang Nan then made arrangements.
The director of "Jurassic Park" is still Spielberg. In terms of actors, he recommends Jennifer Connelly and Sophie Marceau. After all, she is his woman, so she should be treated preferentially.
"Forrest Gump", the actor is of course Tom Hanks. As for the heroine, Xiang Nan recommends Michelle Pfeiffer.
"The Shawshank Redemption", the leading actor, Xiang Nan recommended Nicolas Cage to play the role. He believes that with Cage's acting skills, there is absolutely no problem playing the leading role.
As for "True Lies", Xiang Nan still recommends James Cameron to direct it. In terms of actors, he also tried not to interfere with James.
Because James Cameron is a well-known studio tyrant, it is not easy to make a deal with him, so if you want to use him, you can only listen to him.
Xiang Nan himself also started to prepare for a new film - "Speed 3".
This movie is about a train loaded with a highly toxic compound that is hijacked by terrorists and sprints forward at breakneck speed.
If it cannot be stopped in time, this train will rush into the city, causing more than 100,000 casualties. And the male lead and the female lead just happened to take this train and went back to their hometown to visit relatives, so they had to get involved again...
"Speed 3" was inspired by the 2010 movie "Speed" starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine.
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After receiving the invitation from Shannand, Spielberg carefully reviewed the script of "Jurassic Park".
He is still very interested in this script.
He is an imaginative director who likes to shoot stories full of fantastic fantasy. Such as "ET", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Captain Hook" and so on.
Therefore, the script of "Jurassic Park" is very suitable for him.
But he is preparing to direct "Schindler's List" at the moment, and this movie means more to him. After all, he is a Hebrew, and "Schindler's List" captures the tragic experience of his ancestors.
So he really didn't have the energy to take care of the big production of "Jurassic Park".
However, he did not completely reject Xiang Nan's kindness. He recommended Chris Columbus to be the director of the film to Xiang Nan, and he also recommended George Lucas Industrial Light and Magic special effects company to Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan saw that he really didn't have the energy to shoot, so he didn't force it. To be honest, Spielberg is a very powerful director, but he is not indispensable.
He then used Chris Columbus as the director of "Jurassic Park". In fact, it is not the first time he has cooperated with Chris Columbus.
The previous "Home Alone" series was produced by him, and the reputation and box office are quite good, not worse than Spielberg. It is worth mentioning that the first three films in the "Harry Potter" series were also shot by him.
However, Xiang Nan did not hand over the special effects of "Jurassic Park" to Industrial Light and Magic, but to James Cameron.
On the one hand, it is because Industrial Light & Magic charges more; on the other hand, it is because he has further cooperation with James Cameron. True Lies this year, Titanic two years later, and so on.
On the contrary, he has almost no possibility of cooperation with George Lucas. Unless he buys the IP of "Star Wars" someday.
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James Cameron is still very satisfied with the script of "True Lies".
The story is very exciting, with ups and downs and climaxes, it is a very cool commercial blockbuster.
Especially the plot where the heroine is deceived by a liar because of her boring life, and after being discovered by the hero, she becomes jealous and intentionally avenges her personal revenge, which is even more innovative in James' view.
Because previous spy films rarely involved families. Those secret agents are romantic and suave, and they have frequent encounters with prodigal sons in love.
The most classic role is 007. He changes girlfriends in almost every film, and even several in one film. No matter how beautiful, elegant, smart, and versatile a woman is, she can't keep his heart.
Therefore, 007 never had to worry about how to deal with conflicts between family and work after getting married and having children. For example, if you travel frequently on business, will you be suspected by your wife; if you have made so many enemies, will your family be retaliated against, and so on.
And "True Lies" did not evade this problem. Instead, it perfectly integrated the secret agent elements with the family elements. In James Cameron's view, it was really a rare movie, so he was very interested in shooting it.
In addition, Xiang Nan never interfered with his work when he collaborated on "Terminator 2" last time, and he was also responsive to his financial requirements, and never complained that he spent too much money.
Therefore, he is also willing to cooperate with a generous boss like Xiang Nan again.
(end of this chapter)