Marvel: Doctor Strange 2 banned in China … because of the newspaper?

A few days ago, Marvel released the first excerpt from Dr. Strange in Madness Multiverse, which is expected to hit theaters worldwide on May 4. While some have focused on the villainous Garganto, who confronts the protagonist or the existence of Chavez’s character in America (or even this addition, which we see four times in the same pose), Chinese social networks have noticed a detail that is not mistaken. Heating.

Of course it was necessary to have an eye, but the symbols on the kiosk refer to the lower left side of the picture The Epoch Times. Or the name of a multilingual newspaper founded in May 2000 and an outspoken opposition to the Communist Party of China.

If this is not necessarily a noticeable detail at first glance, it may still be important enough to block Dr. Strange’s release on the many worlds of madness in China. And that’s why Marvel is seizing the key territory to conquer the world box office, while the studio undoubtedly hopes to cross the $ 1 billion revenue stage with Opus, which promises many surprises.

The decision has not been made yet. But these responses on social media could affect the investigation into Dr. Strange 2’s case. And it may result in a ban on release in China unless Marvel Studios agrees to make certain changes to remove that reference. In the era. Times. For example, cropping an image or deleting characters.

At the moment, Sam Raim’s film is officially banned in Saudi Arabia and several Arab countries (except the United Arab Emirates) because Marvel Studios declined a twelve-second dialogue in which America Chavez (who would be gay as in the comics) talks about his two mothers.