Iron Man 3 will get a Chinese version.

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Aspiring Mogul

The producers are changing the upcoming Iron Man 3 to include Chinese footage and a couple of prominent Chinese actors. No one in Tinseltown would be surprised, because all movies going to China must pass the test of political correctness.

I'm no fan of the Chinese government, and I definitely don't approve of its censorship policies. But filmmakers would still be wise to follow Beijing's edicts anyway, because no one likes to see a movie where their country is the villain. I wouldn't like it if my country was pictured that way. So, in the end, that makes business sense.
 
Doesn't sound like this particular example has anything to do with censorship - in fact it's the opposite, sort of an enhanced version for a particular market. Kind of like the american version of the original Godzilla, with Raymond Burr's scene's added to the original japanese film, or the Power Ranger shows which used an english-speaking cast for the dialogue scenes.

I'm surprised this isn't being done more now, especially in the case of effects-heavy blockbuster films where a lot of the work could be re-used for a version with an entirely different cast and language. I know this used to be done in the early years of hollywood, where expensive sets would be used during the day for an english version, and at night they'd bring in a different cast speaking spanish or french to produce an international version.
 
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That got me wondering what "Beijing's edicts" are. Google.

Facts and Details .Com: Foreign Films in China and Chinese films Abroad

I have no clue about whether this is a legit source of legit information, or not. But he has lots of citations to what look like legit sources.

In late February 2012, the Chinese government announced it will allow in an additional 14 foreign films if they are made in 3-D or for the big-screen Imax format. It raised the foreign share of ticket sales to 25 percent. For the past decade, China's state-run film distributors have allowed in only 20 foreign films per year for national distribution. The foreign share of ticket sales was limited to a range of 13.5 to 17.5 percent. March 19, 2011 was the deadline given by the World Trade Organization when it demanded China end its 20-foreign-films-a-year quota, and open its cinemas to outside product. The deadline passed without China's State Film Bureau announcing what changes it would make
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Well there's an incentive for Hollywood to make more 3D films that I hadn't imagined.


Chinagoabroad.com

Same thing. I have no clue about the source.

It was a year when a Chinese company, Dalian Wanda Group, became one of America’s biggest theatrical exhibitors through its acquisition of AMC Theatres.
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Wow. AMC recently bought a cineplex with the only IMAX in my town. I wouldn't have guessed that it is now owned by a Chinese conglomerate company.

I guess I won't worry about it until the PRC starts determining the content that the rest of us sees in a (possible dystopian) future(?) in which Hollywood might no longer be willing to make films that either won't play well among Chinese audiences or that will not be approved by the regime.

Or, maybe it will just become the norm to make multiple versions of a film...one for the free world (or, at least for the freer world), and one for the People's Republic?

Well, there's globalization for ya. Let's hope that the lowest common denominator doesn't win out. In this case, that would be what a police state (the PRC) determines will get a pass and will not get a pass in what we're told will soon be the world's largest market, which would in turn then further limit what gets made for the rest of us, as well. Now that would suck.
 
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richy said:
Well, there's globalization for ya. Let's hope that the lowest common denominator doesn't win out.
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If you read Soderbergh's recent state of cinema address it pretty much sounds like that's already what's happened - no police state necessary.
 
I just saw the movie, which is a fun action movie, but there's nothing else besides that.

I'm curious to see the Chinese version, to see what those Chinese actors were doing - and that means I'll have to get the DVD/blu-ray when it comes out. Since these actors were NOT used in the North American version, that implies they are not that valuable as the international market, at least in the eyes of the producers.
 
Yes, Iron Man 3 is a typical action movie sequel. They got too busy with new technology and forgot about the characters.

The first is the best and the third is the weakest.

I won't say anymore. I won't spoil it.
 
Zensteve said:
It is.
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Interesting... any examples? IM3 is the first I'd heard of, but even then it's just a few scenes - I'm talking about creating versions with entirely different casts that share all the other assets (as opposed to a complete remake).

Modern Day Myth Prod. LLC said:
Yes, Iron Man 3 is a typical action movie sequel. They got too busy with new technology and forgot about the characters.

The first is the best and the third is the weakest.
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Strange, I thought they did a better job of focusing on the characters this time than in the second one, and almost left the technology behind to the point that I would have enjoyed seeing more of it (not at the expense of the character development though). In fact, not really a spoiler but it seemed to me like
leaving the technology behind was the central theme of the film
. I guess that kind of stuff is pretty subjective though... or so I've heard.
 
They only dealt very superficially with Stark's emotional issues, and not at all with terrorism. If they had done either, that would have been a really, really good movie.
 
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