There are varying theories as to why this happened, perhaps going back to Black Widow’s depiction of communism, while the slate of films may have been a no-go as soon as years-old comments allegedly made by Eternals helmer Chloé Zhao surfaced back in the early part of 2021. Black Widow, Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home were not granted dates. What followed amid the pandemic was the apparent blackballing of Marvel. And that’s not only from a Hollywood perspective - on the recent anniversary of Endgame’s 2019 release, Chinese social media lit up with mentions of “I love you 3000.” That movie did $629M in China. There have indeed been a lot of hopes riding on Doctor Strange 2, whose predecessor grossed $109M in the PRC and where no movie featuring a Marvel character has been released since Avengers: Endgame. (Blink and you’ll miss it in the video below.)ĭisney is not commenting, but it would be difficult for the studio to not be aware of the situation. But, that’s evidently not so for some who are digging into every detail. Having seen the footage for the first time at CinemaCon this past week, we didn’t notice it we were focused on the action and the story.

It’s off to the left of the screen and appears briefly. To wit: Doctor Strange battles Gargantos on the streets of New York, with the kiosk in the background. 'Fast X' Vrooms Past $500M Global, 'Guardians 3' Gets $730M+ WW Love - International Box Office

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