The Walt Disney Company is a powerful entertainment organization with Lucasfilm, Marvel and Pixar to its name. Although Disney is known around the world, recent films including Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings and Mulan, face political controversies in China – and Marvel’s Eternals is the following.

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Marvel movies like Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) broke box office records, mostly with Chinese moviegoers. Since the nation with over a billion people is Hollywood’s largest source of income, much of today’s media is created to appeal to large audiences around the world.

Since last year, Disney has had problems releasing Chinese-focused films like Mulan (2020) and Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings (2021) in China. Now it looks like the censorship of Chinese director Chloe Zhao is behind the Marvel movie Eternals face some obstacles when the film is released in China.

According to the Wall Street Journal:

The Marvel movie “Eternals” is slated for release in early November, but its release in China is uncertain, cast officials said, after its Chinese director, Oscar winner Chloe Zhao, was recently castigated for them. comments she made about the country in 2013.

This follows the unexpected twist of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Marvel Studios’ first epic to feature a main Asian superhero, which has yet to secure a Chinese release weeks after its world premiere. record. Trouble began when ‘Mulan’, released in 2020, was torpedoed with revelations it had sent film crews to a controversial province, as well as complaints from viewers about historical inaccuracies.

Eternals Director Chloé Zhao made history after being the first woman of color and Chinese woman to receive the Oscar for Best Director. The Nomadic country (2020) the director received praise from many critics, but fans in China were quickly silenced to praise Zhao, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Comments by the director dating back to 2013 are said to have angered Chinese officials, so much so that the director’s Oscar victory would have been “supposed” in China.

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Recently, Shang-Chi stars Simu Liu and Awkwafina shared their personal struggles with various audiences after the Marvel movie was released. While the new Avenger has received praise from domestic audiences, China is yet to watch the new movie.

The Wall Street Journal continues:

All three films went into production as China appeared to have unlimited box office potential. Now, they have become evidence of heightened tensions between the industry and Chinese censors, as well as a sign of how China’s response to Western entertainment has changed over the past year.

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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe is made up of Marvel characters / Earth’s Mightiest Heroes like Star-Lord / Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), new characters Sersi (Gemma Chan) and Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani) expand the diverse library of talented Marvel actors.

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Following information suggesting the filming of Mulan human rights issues abused, Disney’s relationship with China has deteriorated.

by marvel Eternals is the third recent Mouse House release to receive a first day for cinemas in China.

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