Controversial map forces Sony to pull Uncharted: The Movie from Philippine cinemas

The Asian country joins Vietnam in this measure, waiting for Sony Pictures to decide whether to change a scene.

Video games are again involved in a censorship process, though this time with one of its adaptations. In this sense, as EFE expressed, the government Philippines It canceled all screenings of Uncharted: The Movie a few days ago due to a controversial map that has already caused it to be withdrawn. Vietnamese.

In particular, officials of the South Asian country showed their rejection of a scene in which the South China Sea map appears with a dotted U-shaped line representing Beijing’s territorial claims. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The image of “contrary to national interests”.

Such maps are used in China to show maritime area in a region where Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, the Philippines and Malaysia make different claims. The CNN news channel expands the information and reminds us that this is not the first time something like this has happened in a Hollywood movie. Philippines applied to DreamWorks in 2019 Move away from movie theaters for the presence of a similar map.

The Uncharted scene in question is barely two seconds long. At the moment, it is unknown what Sony Pictures’ decision will be on its permanence in the production it is starring in. Tom Holland with Antonio Banderas in the cast. All this doesn’t nearly overshadow Uncharted’s good box office data. Globally raised $393 million since its premiere.

If you want to know more, you can take a look at Chema Mansilla’s review of Uncharted: The Movie, which reads like this: a fun proposition, an interesting first installment of Nathan Drake’s adventures on the big screen.

The focus of the saga in video games is on the PC release date of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, which may have been developed before.