Confucius Says: Eat Me, Avatar
Despite long queues for tickets to see Avatar — which was expected to earn more than 500 million yuan (£45 million) at the Chinese box office — reports claim that the film will be removed from screens for being subversive.
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily reported that the state-run China Film Group had instructed cinemas nationwide to stop showing the 2-D version of Avatar from January 23 on orders from Beijing’s propaganda chiefs. (CDT)
Based on nothing more than a hunch, this feels like a money and protectionism thing, with the censorship issue thrown in as an excuse. The cancellations are being made to pave the way for a big splash of the home-grown Confucius biopic.
I could be wrong, though. China Film Group and the local cinemas are profiting from Avatar showings as well. But I don’t know, for some reason I feel like something else is going on here.
you are right, people say that the reason they stopped Avatar 2D is to protect Confucius, so, EVERYBODY SEE CONFUCIUS~~~that was vicious, wondering how the Avatar team decided to deal with it~~