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'Iron Man 3,' China Edition: Hollywood contorts to please country on track for world's largest box office

The big-budget Hollywood blockbuster that unofficially launches the summer movie season, "Iron Man 3," opens in the U.S. on May 3. The film premieres the same day in China, and it turns out the Chinese viewing audience received significant attention during the filmmaking process.Partly financed by the Chinese studio DMG in addition to Hollywood's Marvel Studios, "Iron Man 3" includes a number of scenes filmed on location in the People's Republic. According to Marvel Studios, the Chinese edition also includes "significant Chinese elements" including special bonus footage and an appearance by their top actress, Fan Bingbing."Iron Man 3" has a huge tie-in with leading Chinese tech brand TCL as well, providing screen time for the company's flat screen TVs, cloud computing technology, and Smartphone brand. In addition, TCL recently forked out $5 million for the naming rights to Hollywood's iconic Grauman's Chinese Theater, so now the film will feature a scene that annihilates the new "TCL C...

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