“We changed the script so that the future took place in China… to get Beijing behind that movie”

Chris Fenton · Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci · How Hollywood Sold Out to China - Chris Fenton

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Changed the script of the movie Looper so the future setting was moved from France to China to secure Beijing's backing

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