Ghostbusters Banned In China - Collider Movie Talk
2,136On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (July 14, 2016) Kristian Harloff, Jon Schnepp, Jason Inman and Natasha Martinez discuss the following:
-Ghostbusters banned in China due to obscure censorship rule
-Neill Blomkamp’s Aliens movie will finally provide ending for Ripley
-Chiwetel Ejiofor in talks to join Mary Magdalene
-First images released for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
-First trailer released for Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash follow up La La Land
-The Founder movie relocates for Oscar season release
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According to a report from THR Ghostbusters has reportedly been banned in China by censors for a number of obscure reasons. Due to their official censorship guidelines, the China Film Bureau can turn down films that, in their eyes, “promote cults or superstition.” The country's regulators have been known to use this provision as rationale for turning down films that feature ghosts or supernatural beings in a semi-realistic way; as proven last year when they banned Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak, with Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest also suffering the same fate in 2006, thanks to its depictions of ghouls and cannibalism. But as THR reports, there’s a truer, non-superstitious reason for it all. Based on their own sources, the trade states that regulators simply don’t believe Chinese audiences will take to the new movie.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Sigourney Weaver spoke a bit about the story director Neill Blomkamp cooked up for her Ripley character, in the as yet untiled Aliens sequel known simply as Aliens 5. Since Fox opted to delay the project, Weaver and Blomkamp’s busy schedules meant they had to move on with other projects while Ridley Scott took on directing duties for Alien: Covenant. A release date for Aliens 5 still hasn’t been set.
According to Deadline, Doctor Strange and 12 Years a Slave actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to join the production of Mary Magdalene, a film which sees Rooney Mara in the title role alongside Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus Christ. Ejiofor will play the role of Peter, Jesus’s main disciple and one of his 12 apostles.
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The first official images from Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword have been unveiled thanks to an article in Entertainment Weekly. The reveal shows Jude Law as the villainous Vortigern, the tyrannical uncle of Charlie Hunnam’s titular hero Arthur. In this version of the story, Arthur is spurred into action when Vortigern murders Arthur’s brother and dad, played by Eric Bana, therefore taking the throne.
The first trailer for La La Land has been released online for Whiplash filmmaker Damien Chazelle’s highly anticipated follow-up film. The Los Angeles-set love story is a full-fledged musical that revolves around the love between a musician played by Ryan Gosling and a struggling actress played by Emma Stone.
According to a report from Deadline, The Weinstein Company has high hopes for its Michael Keaton starrer, The Founder, and is pushing the release date to the Oscar friendly slot of December 16th, where it will then open wide later in January. Michael Keaton stars as Illinois salesman Ray Kroc, who transformed McDonald’s into a thriving fast-food empire. The actor is in the midst of a major comeback following his Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated performance in Birdman, along with helping the director and cast of Spotlight snag last year’s Academy Award for Best Picture.
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