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Is it wrong for me to hope Disney takes another bath on this movie?
They prefer to bend their knee to particular systems over free nations, they should accept the consequences of potential boycotts and bans for innocuous comments and other trivial matters.
screenrant.com
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is now unlikely to get released in China due to comments from star Simu Liu a few years back. With China being one of the world’s largest box-office markets, every studio is desperate for access to their audiences. But getting permission to release films in the Middle Kingdom seems to be getting more difficult as time goes on.
The last film that Disney was able to get into Chinese theaters was Free Guy, which has performed admirably in the marketplace. The last theatrical Marvel release, Black Widow, has still not been released in China and it is looking less and less likely that it will be. The status quo for many studios is to make sure there is nothing controversial that might anger the Chinese government enough for them to block the film, a difficult proposition when so many creatives have strong opinions about the nation.
Deadline is reporting that comments made by Liu have recently resurfaced and are likely to prevent Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from being released in China. The comments were made back in 2017 during an interview with the CBC, wherein Liu spoke of his parents telling him about living in a Communist society. Specifically, Liu referred to China as a “third world” country and claimed that people there were “dying of starvation.”
They prefer to bend their knee to particular systems over free nations, they should accept the consequences of potential boycotts and bans for innocuous comments and other trivial matters.
Shang-Chi May Not Get China Release After Simu Liu Comments Resurface
Controversy for Marvel?
screenrant.com
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is now unlikely to get released in China due to comments from star Simu Liu a few years back. With China being one of the world’s largest box-office markets, every studio is desperate for access to their audiences. But getting permission to release films in the Middle Kingdom seems to be getting more difficult as time goes on.
The last film that Disney was able to get into Chinese theaters was Free Guy, which has performed admirably in the marketplace. The last theatrical Marvel release, Black Widow, has still not been released in China and it is looking less and less likely that it will be. The status quo for many studios is to make sure there is nothing controversial that might anger the Chinese government enough for them to block the film, a difficult proposition when so many creatives have strong opinions about the nation.
Deadline is reporting that comments made by Liu have recently resurfaced and are likely to prevent Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from being released in China. The comments were made back in 2017 during an interview with the CBC, wherein Liu spoke of his parents telling him about living in a Communist society. Specifically, Liu referred to China as a “third world” country and claimed that people there were “dying of starvation.”
