The Autobots
The Autobots is a 2015 Chinese animated motorsports mockbuster film directed by Zhuo Jianrong. It was theatrically released in China on July 4, 2015. The film received heavy criticism for its plot, animation quality, characters, and being a direct plagiarism and ripoff of Pixar's Cars 2.Production
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. Shen Lu, Katie Hunt, and Anna Hsieh of CNN stated that the Chinese title of the film was similar to the mainland Chinese title of Cars.Plot
The film tells the story of a boy named Kaka, who invents the system of human-car dialogue. With the help of the little assistant Dingding, he designs three cars, K1, K2, and K3, and describes the interaction between racing cars and people.In July 2016, The Walt Disney Company filed a copyright case through the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court. 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.Cancelled sequel
A sequel for the film, The Autobots 2: Counterattack, was scheduled for release in summer 2017. However, the sequel was canceled due to The Walt Disney Company winning a copyright case. The latest information about the sequel announcement is from 2016.