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Copycat movie? Filmmaker denies knocking off Pixar's 'Cars'
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Is this poster promoting the Chinese edition of animated movie "Cars"? No. But some say it's a knock-off.
Critics and disappointed movie goers say a newly-released Chinese animation is a copy of Pixar's hit film franchise, but the filmmaker and production company have denied the accusations, insisting it is "independently produced" and an "original" film, CNN reported.
"I know of the movie 'Cars', but I have never seen it. I don't even know the names of its characters," Zhuo Jianrong, director of the movie and executive director of the film production company, said when reached by CNN.
In the movie poster of "The Autobots," released in theaters on July 4, the race car protagonist closely resembles that in the 2006 and 2011 "Cars" movies. The Chinese title of the movie is similar too to that used by "Cars."
Disappointed and angry viewers took to the Internet, saying the movie "shamelessly" copied "Cars".
On Douban, a Chinese social media website allowing users to score and review movies, it received an average of 2.1 points by around 3,900 viewers on a five point scale.
"Many innocent movie goers took their kids to the movie theater, believing it to be 'Cars'," Douban user 501 commented.
"The animation was so poorly made that it is no match for the average domestic cartoon series, and far worse than its not-so-good poster."
A spokeswoman for Disney, which owns Pixar, said: "We share the same concerns as many netizens and movie fans in China but have no further comment at this stage."
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