True, the presence of The Epoch Times is an incidental detail that you wouldn’t see unless you were really looking for it and that has nothing to do with the scene - it’s a fight sequence on the streets of New York City - but the Chinese propaganda state is very sensitive and they’re already mad at Disney, so they don’t need much reason to crack down.ĭoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness comes out in theaters this Friday, May 6…in most places. The Epoch Times is an international, multi-language newspaper and media company that opposes the Chinese Communist Party. Long shot of smiling handsome homosexual men spending time together, talking and having date. Slow motion of gay couple going down stairs in narrow street. Side view of handsome Caucasian homosexual men walking, cuddling, having conversation on summer. In any case, the chances for Doctor Strange 2 aren’t good, especially after fans on social media pointed out that, in the background of an early scene, you can see a copy of The Epoch Times on a newsstand. Tracking shot of gay couple descending stairs in public park. Or maybe the CCP just didn’t like that Iron Man died it’s hard to tell with authoritarians. Comments made by Shang-Chi star Simu Liu and Eternals director Chloé Zhao may be behind the ban. Per Deadline, it could have started when Black Widow portrayed Communism in a less-than-flattering light. Why are Marvel movies being shut out? People aren’t really sure. So there’s clearly an appetite for Marvel stuff among the Chinese public, but the Chinese Communist Party has been unhappy with the company for years Black Widow, Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home were all shut out of the territory.
The last Marvel movie in Chinese theaters was Avengers: Endgame, which made $629 million there. HD Movies by zettabyteplus created - updated - Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you havent rated, etc. That said, at this point there’s probably nothing Disney can do to get Marvel movies released in China.
China hasn’t allowed a Marvel movie into theaters since 2019 edited out dialogue about the title character’s homosexuality in The Secrets of Dumbledore to appease Chinese censors. Not every studio is so willing for instance, Warner Bros. To its credit, Disney has stuck to its guns and included some (very light) LGBT+ elements in its movies despite the knowledge that they will get the movie banned in parts of the world.