Rebecca Davis editorChinese censors have approved Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacular “Dune” for release in the world’s largest film market.
The film has officially announced that it will hit local screens this year, although it has not yet set a release date.In late June, Warner Bros.
shifted the film’s release date back from Oct. 1 to Oct. 22 amidst a larger scheduling reshuffle by the company. A big consideration for the studio may have been that should the title have released on Oct.
1 as planned, it would have coincided with China’s Oct. 1 National Day holiday and the subsequent weeks-long protectionist period during which there is an unofficial blackout on foreign titles to boost sales for local propaganda films.
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