Paul W.S. Anderson’s latest video game adaptation, Monster Hunter, is one of just two major releases set to hit the big screen before the end of the year, arriving on Christmas Day alongside Wonder Woman 1984. However, with the Chinese box office rebounding a lot quicker than every other international territory, it was given an early premiere in the country on Thursday.
In bad news for the studio, though, Monster Hunter lasted just 24 hours before being pulled after audiences interpreted a terrible line of dialogue in the script as a racist slur. Obviously, this is a huge blow for the movie’s chances of turning a profit at a time when business is on its knees, based on both the renewed strength of the marketplace and the fact that effects-heavy fantasy blockbusters always tend to play well in China, with Warcraft and Pacific Rim two of the more notable titles...
In bad news for the studio, though, Monster Hunter lasted just 24 hours before being pulled after audiences interpreted a terrible line of dialogue in the script as a racist slur. Obviously, this is a huge blow for the movie’s chances of turning a profit at a time when business is on its knees, based on both the renewed strength of the marketplace and the fact that effects-heavy fantasy blockbusters always tend to play well in China, with Warcraft and Pacific Rim two of the more notable titles...
- 12/5/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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