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The film is produced by Constantin (which issued its own apology on Sunday), Impact Pictures, Tencent and Toho. Including Thursday sneaks, the fantasy actioner did $5.3M on Friday but has since disappeared from ticketing platform Maoyan.

Monster Hunter’s Chinese distribution was handled by Tencent which is an equity partner in the film. It was our fault for not doing our due diligence and finding the WW2 era rhyme that’s caused this uproar. We adore you Jin and are so proud to have worked with you on this fun and exciting project and I hope you don’t let this get you down man.

It was an unfortunate mistake and the Chinese translation didn’t help. None of us had ever heard the ‘dirty knees’ reference. We should have researched the historical origin of it and that’s 100% on us, but you didn’t do ANYTHING wrong. The line you improvised in the film was done to remind people of that pride, not to insult people. You are amazing and have always been so outspoken about your pride in your Chinese heritage. In her reply she wrote, “It was our fault for not doing our due diligence and finding the WW2 era rhyme that’s caused this uproar.” Deadline has confirmed that the line is being removed from all versions globally.Ī post shared by MC Jin Jovovich’s reply to Jin’s story: “I’m so sad that you feel the need to apologize.

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To the contrary - at its heart our movie is about unity.” (See the statement in full below.)Īlso apologizing, Asian-American rapper/actor Jin Au-Yeung (aka MC Jin), posted a three-minute video to his Instagram account in which he says the situation is “eating at my heart.” His story was then commented on by star Milla Jovovich. In a statement provided to Deadline, Anderson says he is “devastated” and “mortified” that anything in the film “has caused unintentional offense… It was never our intention to send a message of discrimination or disrespect to anyone. Anderson has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the film, which was pulled from Chinese cinemas during its opening weekend amid backlash over a line of dialogue that has been perceived as racist by local audiences.