Heck, I’d have thought that Chinese audiences would approve…
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Hollywood remake of Red Dawn spends $1m to change villains from Chinese to North Koreans... so as not to offend Beijing
By Paul Thompson
Last updated at 4:39 AM on 21st March 2011
Hollywood film-makers have changed the villains in a re-make of the film Red Dawn to avoid offending China and spoiling its chances of success at the box office.
The original action film starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen featured Russian troops invading America.
In the remake Chinese troops lead the invasion - but bosses at MGM studio are to spend more than $1 million on digital special effects to make it appear the invaders are from North Korea.
Military flags and symbols from China will be erased or changed as well as dialogue before the film starring Chris Hemsworth is released later this year.
Computer experts will make sure North Korean flags are seen in the film and the characters refer to the invading army from a country President Bush said was part of the 'axis of evil.'
Studio bosses took the decision because they were afraid having China invade the U.S. would not go down well at the box office in Beijing.
China is one of the biggest emerging markets for Hollywood and bosses at MGM studios didn't want to risk offence.
They also wanted to make sure the Chinese Government approved the film as only a handful of Hollywood movies areaccepted for showing each year.
Producers were worried their movie would be blacklisted....