When “Monster Hunt,” the No. 1 Chinese box-office hit of all time, debuts in 44 U.S. theaters on Friday, it won’t include a scene in which puppies are offered for sale in an open-air meat market. “We didn’t think parents here would really appreciate that,” FilmRise V.P. Bob Jason told TheWrap. So the distributor excised that scene when it created an English-dubbed version that will be released in the U.S. and Canada, along with the original Mandarin version. Getting North American moviegoers past cultural idiosyncrasies is just one of several obstacles faced by Chinese films in the U.
- 1/21/2016
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
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