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—Chinese film fans on Wednesday celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country’s cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.
Foreign films are tightly controlled in China, which imposes an annual release quota, and movies in the hugely popular Marvel franchises have been off the silver screen since the release of “Spider-Man: Far from Home” in July 2019.
Disney-owned Marvel Studios on Wednesday, Jan. 18, said on Weibo that “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will be released in Chinese cinemas on Feb. 7, followed by “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” on Feb. 17.
The China Film Administration, affiliated with the Communist Party’s propaganda department, has not offered any explanation on why Marvel movies were blocked.
