American filmmaker Quentin Taranti's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's release in China on October 25 has been reportedly put on hold on an indefinite period of time over a scene which indirectly hampers late martial arts icon Bruce Lee's magnanimity. film released in July in US was likely to attain a current global haul of $366 million, citing reports. Yet Bruce Lee scandal has made everything indefinite.

movie has been temporarily put on hold because daughter of Bruce Lee has filed a complaint to China’s National Film Administration about on-screen depiction of her late far, a hero to many Chinese, cited Chinese media.

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scene in film which gave rise to Bruce Lee scandal

film is termed as 'Taranti's ode to Hollywood' by movie experts, which is set in summer of 1969. plot revolves around a fading star (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double, Cliff (Brad Pitt). What sparked objection is a scene in film in which Cliff is seen on a film set listening to Bruce Lee (played by Mike Moh) deliver a lengthy, boastful mologue about how much better of a fighter he is. Yet Cliff disbelieves and mocks him which is followed by a dual between two, in which Cliff wins undermining legendary martial arts icon. A source of a film magazine said that film can be released only after scene is cut.

On or hand, ar report cited that Quentin will t tweak film in order to get a release in China.

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Share of profits between Hollywood and China

Moreover, reports cited that Bona Film Group’s deal with Sony Pictures on a limited slate of films gave it a share of equity ownership and distribution rights to “Once Upon a Time” in China. Because of this, Bona executives Yu Dong and Jeffrey Chan appear in film’s opening credits as executive producers. But as film was t shot in China and did t feature significant amounts of Chinese cast, it did t have full co-production status. 

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Django Unchained controversy

A similar controversy arose in March 2013 when Quentin's film Django Unchained was reportedly anunced to be first Taranti film approved for official distribution in China's strictly controlled film market. A film expert wrote that film depicted one of America's darker periods, when slavery was legal, which Chinese officials used to push back against criticism from United States. Later, film was released in China on May 12, 2013, after being heavily edited. By that time, pirated versions of original were already widespread in China. 

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