Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTom Hanks-starring drama “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” will join a thickening crowd of local and international films heading for Chinese movie theaters in the next six weeks.The film, about beloved U.S.
TV host Mr. Rogers, received investment from China’s Tencent Pictures in the early part of last year and received its stateside release on Nov.
22, 2019 in time for Thanksgiving.Tencent received censorship approval for the film in early January this year. But it did not previously lock in a release date and was assumed to be awaiting the Oscars ceremony in February – Hanks was nominated as a supporting actor – to firm it up.
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