Overview

• Four people who attended a Sept. 12 screening told Bloomberg the local cut showed a heterosexual couple in a minute-long scene.
• Side-by-side comparisons circulating on social media led many viewers to notice the digital alteration only after the fact.
• China Film Digital Movie Development paused the wide release, citing changes to the distribution plan and giving no new date.
• Regulators and the film’s representatives have not confirmed AI use, though reports describe a face-swapping technique.
• China Digital Times said some sex scenes were removed, and coverage places the move within a broader pattern of edits to LGBTQ+ content in China.