While Marvel Studios looks like it may be shut out of China for all of 2021, Deadline reports the nation has now given release dates to both No Time to Die, which will open October 29, and Dune, which will open a week earlier on October 22.
These are the first big Hollywood movies to see release dates in China since Free Guy.
At this point it seems clear that both Shang-Chi and Black Widow are out of luck when it comes to getting Chinese release dates.
In the case of the more recent movie there have been some questions as to whether negative comments about China previously made by Simu Liu could have something to do with the decision.