Columbia Pictures’ 2021 horror-thriller “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” has been given official approval to release in cinemas in mainland China. It will launch on Saturday April 2, 2022. Di…
Directed by Adam Robitel, it is the sequel to the psychological thriller “Escape Room” that terrified audiences around the world in 2019. In the new installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive.
The first “Escape Room” film was also released in China. It opened in January 2019 and earned some $34 million. Chinese authorities have not given import permission to the last five movies from the Marvel stables of either Disney or Sony. And, in recent months, state media has depicted an explicit relationship between the state of political relations and the nationalities of the films allowed to reach Chinese theaters.