Hong Kong media: Hollywood will not soon launch a Chinese villain

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" July 21 article, original title: Why don't you quickly see the Chinese villain in Hollywood movies in the movie "Ling Yun: Ling Yun: Lone Ranger", Taiwan's flag appeared in Tom Cruise On the jacket; Disney declined to cut the animated film "Light Years". American film companies finally no longer hoe to Beijing. Not so fast. Paramount's "Ling Yun" is a movie that praises US military strength, and it will not be released in China anyway. After Disney issued a statement that the right to support minority groups (LGBTQ), the same -sex kiss lens that deleted the "Light Years" could not stand.

The new crown pneumonia epidemic control measures and unstable Sino -US relations means that Hollywood movies are not easy to release in China. On the other hand, Beijing is given priority to considering local movies. So, does this mean fans may see the return of Chinese villains on the big screen? Not too possible. If the Chinese film market is open again, Hollywood does not want to be refused because offending Beijing. It is true that American film companies may adhere to their own opinions on small things, but the storyline that avoids Beijing that might irritate Beijing has now incorporated into modern Hollywood DNA.

Before being seduced by the Chinese box office market, Hollywood admired the Chinese on the big screen, there were fear, and disgust, which depended on the political climate at the time. In World War II movies, the Chinese were regarded as an allies in the United States. For the decades after the founding of New China in 1949, films during the Cold War caused Americans to fight with "red threats". In 2011, after the Chinese film box office market exceeded the $ 2 billion mark, the situation quickly changed.

We are unlikely to see the Chinese villain on the big screen quickly, and because of Disney, Colombia and other large film companies, they have a large number of non -film business in China, and they will not risk. (Author Craig Edison, translated by Wenyuan)

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