A director accuses Hollywood of censoring films to appease China. He added that "China has bought [our] silence with their money."
There’s a new Top Gun movie coming out. And Maverick is wearing the same leather jacket - only this time it’s Communist Party of China-approved, so the Japanese and Taiwanese flag patches are gone (screenshot on right is from the new trailer)... pic.twitter.com/gUxFNFNUKX — Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) July 19, 2019
The company claims that the 2016 blockbuster film Dr. Strange has removed a major Tibetan character to appease with Beijing. Another movie that was changed is the Top Gun. In 2019, some viewers noticed that the Japanese and Taiwanese flags were removed from the main character's jacket.
Some Twitter users speculated that the flags were removed because it was partly produced by Tencent Pictures, Chinese film production, and distributor companies.
Tencent has previously been involved in films such as Kong: Skull Island, Venom, Wonder Woman, and the upcoming Terminator: Dark Fate.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
