Golden Compass movie to be released in mainland China
Posted on February 20, 2008 by krebbe

The Chinese site hisdarkmaterialsnews.com have announced that The Golden Compass is to be one of the twenty foreign films annually approved for screening in China and is set for release on March 28. Although it is currently unclear whether the film will be subject to censorship, its release on the big screen is bound to bring a huge boost to China’s His Dark Materials fans. Thank you to tato on the forum and our partners cittagazze.com for the tip-off. A Google translation of the Chinese article can be viewed here.

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10 Responses to Golden Compass movie to be released in mainland China

  1. Redzin says:
    February 20, 2008 at 04:32

    “The Golden Compass is to be one of the twenty foreign films annually approved for screening in China”

    … they only get 20 non-Chineese movies a year? Wtf :S

  2. krebbe says:
    February 20, 2008 at 04:38

    Yep, here’s a nice little article on foreign films in china:
    http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/public/0703/miller.html

  3. Daviddatsme says:
    February 20, 2008 at 20:51

    I love The Golden Compass! I hope it does well in China,good luck to New Line Cinema,Dakota Blue Richards,Daniel Craig and so on! Philip Pullman rocks!!!!

  4. Hope says:
    February 22, 2008 at 13:00

    I am worried that the next two films wont be made, this would be really bad. Will someone please tell us if New Line Cinema is going to make these films, as they have left us on a knives edge with the first film. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Riali says:
    February 22, 2008 at 19:12

    Ah, good-o! Any idea whether they’re dubbing or subbing it?

    (Oh and just as a matter of interest about the whole 20 films thing (although I didn’t know about this rule either), people in China by and large don’t go to the cinema much, if at all, but (bootleg) DVDs of pretty much any movie you could want are cheap and prolific.)

  6. Karine says:
    February 22, 2008 at 22:33

    Riali: That makes a lot of sense. And a good question too. I’d say they’re subtitling it but I really don’t know.

  7. Andrew says:
    February 25, 2008 at 21:24

    According to this Wikipedia article they dub in China more than they sub.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubbing_%28filmmaking%29#Asia

  8. Karine says:
    February 26, 2008 at 15:27

    I don’t understand countries that dubs.. some things cannot be dubbed..

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  10. Cereleste says:
    April 3, 2008 at 05:58

    I hope the’re not dubbing it, Im going to china and might be able to see it. I dont speak much chinese…