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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Sony? Really? I guess the “Statue of Liberty” is paying them more?
They don’t want to go woke broke.
Xi the Poo doesn’t like Statue of Wiberty.
It is about time that American companies stop appeasing the slave-working, fentanyl exporting, female trafficking, trade cheating China.
Liberty.
Stumbling block for the “post-national” governments.
NR making a moral equivalence between refusing not to show the Statue of Liberty and censoring dialogue of a homosexual relationship. NR is yet another part of the problem with our media today.
Sony is not even an American company.
Disney probably would have deleted it in 10 seconds and replaced it with a giant statue of Mao
The latest Spider-Man was pretty good.
With multiverse scenarios it was fun.
I suspect that in 2022, Sony might own that Statue too. Came with the deal to own Jeopardy and Wheel.
So Biden’s disinformation planning & control board has a new enemy in Sony. Nice. Mike Rowe too.
You are right. My mistake. I keep thinking of Sony Entertainment HQ in New York.
But the parent is Sony Group in Japan.
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Sony doesn’t want to get Netflix’ed.
Zuckernerd and his cronies looked at this and thought it was a great idea.
Maybe the next Spidy can be shot in Tianamen Square?
blm, antifa,china and or iran would blow it up if they could get away with it.
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