Filming on the set of Chinese movie remake Mulan ground to a halt in Hong Kong this week (ends13Mar09) after villagers staged a protest amid allegations of unpaid bills from an earlier shoot.
Director Jingle Ma's latest project was forced to wind down for two days when Yixian locals objected to the cast and crew's return to the area.
They claimed the movie's producers had failed to settle outstanding debts from their previous days of filming in the Hebei Province, and launched the protest in an act of revenge.
Disney's animated version of Mulan became a big hit in the West upon its release in 1998 but flopped in China, where citizens felt local stars should have been involved in the making of the film.
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