The production company and filmmaker stated that it was an independently produced film, while several critics and people who watched the film accused it of being copied from Disney and Pixar's Cars franchise (with the characters looking like the characters from Cars). Shen Lu, Katie Hunt, and Anna Hsieh of CNN stated that Chinese title of the film was similar to the Mainland Chinese title of Cars (赛车总动员; Sàichē Zǒngdòngyuán).[2]
Copyright infringement lawsuit
In July 2016, The Walt Disney Company filed a copyright case through the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court and on December 29, 2016 the court ruled in favor of Disney, fining Bluemtv and G-Point $190,000 and ordering them to cease copyright infringement.[3]
Cancelled sequel
A sequel for the film, The Autobots 2 was scheduled for release in Summer 2017.[1] However, the sequel was ultimately canceled due to The Walt Disney Company winning a copyright case. The latest information about the sequel announcement is from 2016.[citation needed]
References
^ ab"Chinese 'knock-off' of Disney's 'Cars' set for sequel". GantNews.com. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
^"Copycat movie? Filmmaker denies knocking off Pixar's 'Cars'" (). CNN. July 7, 2015. Retrieved on July 9, 2015.
^Frater, Patrick (2016-12-30). "Disney Wins 'Cars' Copyright Case in China". Variety. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
autobots, characters, transformers, multimedia, franchise, autobot, simplified, chinese, 汽车人总动员, traditional, chinese, 汽車人總動員, pinyin, qìchērén, zǒngdòngyuán, 2015, chinese, computer, animated, motorsports, comedy, film, directed, zhuo, jianrong, released, jul. For the characters of the Transformers multimedia franchise see Autobot The Autobots simplified Chinese 汽车人总动员 traditional Chinese 汽車人總動員 pinyin Qicheren Zǒngdongyuan is a 2015 Chinese computer animated motorsports comedy film directed by Zhuo Jianrong It was released on July 4 2015 The film was heavily criticized for its plot overall animation quality characters and most importantly being a direct plagiary knock off and rip off of Pixar s 2011 film Cars 2 The AutobotsChinese nameTraditional Chinese汽車人總動員Simplified Chinese汽车人总动员TranscriptionsProductioncompanyBluemtvDistributed byG PointRelease dateJuly 4 2015 2015 07 04 Running time85 minutesCountryChinaLanguageChinese MandarinBudget 3 million RMB 1 Box office 6 million RMB Contents 1 Production 2 Copyright infringement lawsuit 3 Cancelled sequel 4 References 5 External linksProduction EditThe production company and filmmaker stated that it was an independently produced film while several critics and people who watched the film accused it of being copied from Disney and Pixar s Cars franchise with the characters looking like the characters from Cars Shen Lu Katie Hunt and Anna Hsieh of CNN stated that Chinese title of the film was similar to the Mainland Chinese title of Cars 赛车总动员 Saiche Zǒngdongyuan 2 Copyright infringement lawsuit EditIn July 2016 The Walt Disney Company filed a copyright case through the Shanghai Pudong New Area People s Court and on December 29 2016 the court ruled in favor of Disney fining Bluemtv and G Point 190 000 and ordering them to cease copyright infringement 3 Cancelled sequel EditA sequel for the film The Autobots 2 was scheduled for release in Summer 2017 1 However the sequel was ultimately canceled due to The Walt Disney Company winning a copyright case The latest information about the sequel announcement is from 2016 citation needed References Edit a b Chinese knock off of Disney s Cars set for sequel GantNews com 2016 04 26 Retrieved 2016 11 27 Copycat movie Filmmaker denies knocking off Pixar s Cars Archive CNN July 7 2015 Retrieved on July 9 2015 Frater Patrick 2016 12 30 Disney Wins Cars Copyright Case in China Variety Retrieved 2016 12 31 External links EditThe Autobots at IMDb This article related to a Chinese film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This animated film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Autobots amp oldid 1134788706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
