Posted on 05/02/2022 10:42:02 AM PDT by lowbridge
The climactic sequence of the movie features an action sequence of over 20 minutes in which characters battle amid scaffolding around the Statue of Liberty.
When Sony refused to delete the statue from the movie, Chinese authorities asked if the company could diminish the statue’s presence. Sony considered the request, the sources told Puck, but ultimately decided against editing the movie and did not release it in China. It’s unclear whether Chinese censors blocked the movie’s release or if Sony preemptively opted against releasing it.
The third Spider-Man installment with actor Tom Holland in the lead role grossed close $1.9 billion worldwide even without a release in China, the sixth-highest movie release ever according to Box Office Mojo. The first Spider-Man with Holland drew in $116 million in China when it was released, and the second installment drew $200 million.
The news that Sony apparently declined to make the edits comes after years in which Hollywood studios have acceded to various requests by Chinese censors in order to distribute movies in that country. Most recently, Warner Brothers removed dialogue referencing a gay relationship in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in the version released in China.
“In the case of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,’ a six-second cut was requested and Warner Bros. accepted those changes to comply with local requirements but the spirit of the film remains intact,” the studio told The Hollywood Reporter in April.
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If you read that the right way, the probability increases dramatically!
This should wake people up about China.
Would love the non homo version of all movies.
I enjoyed seeing Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprising their roles
I agree. But you forgot to put organ harvesting on the list.
Neither do Democrats and RINOS. That Liberty thing is so embarrassing.
Alec Baldwin isn’t doing much lately.
In China the Statue of Liberty is a banned icon of the Tiannenmen Square protests where Chinese troops slaughtered Chinese students.
In short, it’s yet another dicktatorship like Russia that wants their way or they’ll throw a tantrum.
Sony is Japanese. American studios would have gladly removed the Statue of Liberty.
Of course this actually took place in 2021. And probably has a lot more to do with the fact that it’s 20 minutes of the movie than anything else.
That would be nice but no, Sony is a Japanese company.
The contempt George Bush and Brent Scowcroft deserve is infinite.
In China they believe instead in the “Statue of Harmony” which emphasizes their collectivism rather than individual freedom.
I thought Disney owned Marvel. Sony/Columbia pix must have some grandfather clause or something that allows them to distribute the Spidey flix.
Sony bought the Spiderman movie rights back in the 90s during the Marvel fire sale. Same time that Fox bought the X-Men. Having botched Spiderman a couple of times Sony is now in a co-development deal with Disney making Spiderman movies that are kind of in the MCU and getting to include Spiderman in “proper” MCU films. Sony also owns the Fantastic Four.
thanks for the clarification
The brave Chinese students called the statue “The Goddess of Democracy.”
Agreed.
And the finale on the Statue of Liberty was fundamental to the movie.
Makes no sense to cut out that huge part of it.
Stupid Chicoms don’t know what they’re missing!
That would be rather hard to do since a large part of movie ending takes place on the Statue of Liberty.
Bush helped plan the JFK assassination and was almost successful in assassinating his predecessor, Ronald W. Reagan. As a cabal prime mover in 9/11, he saw to making trillions of dollars go unaccounted.
Any close confidant of GHWB has defiled himself, IMHO.
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