‘Wonka’ Granted China Release On Same Day As ‘Migration’; Both Pics Rolling Out Early Overseas
deadline.comWarner Bros/Heyday Films’ Wonka has been granted a December 8 release in China, a week ahead of the domestic start and as part of an early overseas rollout for the Timothée Chalamet-starrer.
Wonka will be going the same day as Universal/Illumination’s Migration in China. These are just two of a raft of Hollywood movies to recently be approved for the massive market.
Disney/Marvel’s The Marvels opens on Friday, followed by Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes on November 17 and Disney’s Wish on November 24.
Warner Bros/DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has been cleared for release but is awaiting a date. Wonka, from Harry Potter producer David Heyman and Paddington director Paul King, sees Chalamet in the titular role of the enigmatic candy maker.
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