Disney’s ‘Avengers’ Series, ‘Coco,’ ‘Call of the Wild’ Join China’s Post-Coronavirus Lineup
All four of the Disney-owned “Avengers” movies and Disney/Pixar’s “Coco” are being lined up for re-release in China as cinemas nation-wide re-open in wake of the coronavirus epidemic there.They are expected to be made available to cinemas from Thursday, March 26 up until the end of June, according to Chinese reports and a screenshot of an exhibitor’s internal lineup.Contacted by Variety, sources close to Disney in Asia said the studio is not involved in the re-releases, and that these are matters decided on by China Film.More than 500 Chinese cinemas across the country have already reopened their doors so far, although takings have so far been minimal. Larger numbers of theaters could re-open in the next month as China re-emerges from the various national and state restrictions on movement — and it is now up to distributors to ensure that cinemas have product capable of reeling in ...