Eddie Peng (third from left) plays the leading role in The Rescue, directed by Dante Lam, one of three Hong Kong directors whose films were vying to be top dog at the Lunar New Year box office in China until distributors delayed their release because of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.
China Lunar New Year film launches scrapped over Wuhan virus outbreak, in blow to cinemas, which make 10 per cent of their takings over 16-day holiday
- Seven films that had been heavily promoted ahead of the holiday, the most lucrative time of the year for distributors and cinema operators, have been pulled
- Government had earlier warned the public to avoid crowded places amid the fast developing outbreak, which has killed at least 17 people and infected hundreds
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Chinese language cinema
Eddie Peng (third from left) plays the leading role in The Rescue, directed by Dante Lam, one of three Hong Kong directors whose films were vying to be top dog at the Lunar New Year box office in China until distributors delayed their release because of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.