The Autobots

For faction of sentient robots in the Transformers series, see Autobot.
The Autobots
Traditional 汽车人总动员
Simplified 汽車人總動員
Mandarin Qìchērén Zǒngdòngyuán
Directed by Zhuo Jianrong
Production
company
Blue MTv
Distributed by Beijing G-point
Release dates
  • July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)
Running time
85 minutes
Country China
Language Mandarin
Budget CN¥3 million[1]
Box office CN¥6 million

The Autobots (simplified Chinese: 汽车人总动员; traditional Chinese: 汽車人總動員; pinyin: Qìchērén Zǒngdòngyuán) is a 2015 Chinese animated film.

It was released on July 4, 2015. The production company and filmmaker stated that it was an independently-produced film, while several critics and persons who watched the film accused it of being copied from the Cars franchise. 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]

A sequel for the film, The Autobots 2 is scheduled for released in Summer 2017.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chinese 'knock-off' of Disney's 'Cars' set for sequel". GantNews.com. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  2. "Copycat movie? Filmmaker denies knocking off Pixar's 'Cars'" (Archive). CNN. July 7, 2015. Retrieved on July 9, 2015.

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