American horror movies don’t usually fare well in China, if only because so few of them ever make it past government censorship.
James Wan’s new film, “Malignant,” however, landed a rare deal enabling it to release on streaming platforms in China the same day it hit theaters in the U.S.According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Malignant” did score “a rare day-and-date streaming release in China,” becoming “the first R-rated U.S.
horror movie to ever score distribution” there.
It helps that Starlight Culture Entertainment, one of the five production companies behind the film (via IMDb), is China-based and “positioned as the film’s lead investor,” per THR. New Line Cinema and Wan’s…The post How Malignant Scored a Rare Day-and-Date Release in China appeared first on /Film.
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