The animation studio that was working on Kong, the Origin is being sued for allegedly padding invoices, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in California federal court.
Aquamen Entertainment is suing Pigmental Studios and its principal Marina Martins for copyright infringement, fraud and violation of California's unfair competition law.
Aquamen was founded in 2014 by Korean filmmaker Jeong-jung Kim and Chinese producer Gary Zhang to produce Kong, the Origin, a $40 million 3D animated feature. The film is a sci-fi adaptation of Chinese literary classic Journey to the West, which tells the story of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
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Aquamen Entertainment is suing Pigmental Studios and its principal Marina Martins for copyright infringement, fraud and violation of California's unfair competition law.
Aquamen was founded in 2014 by Korean filmmaker Jeong-jung Kim and Chinese producer Gary Zhang to produce Kong, the Origin, a $40 million 3D animated feature. The film is a sci-fi adaptation of Chinese literary classic Journey to the West, which tells the story of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
According...
- 1/4/2017
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kong is based on the Asian tale of 'Sun Wukong' commonly called the Monkey King. Adapted from the classical Chinese novel, Journey To The West. Produced by Jj Kim and Gary Zhang of Aquamen Entertainment, the $40-million feature will be co-developed along with a major Korean animation studio and the backing of the Chinese Cultural Chamber of Commerce of the Private Sector. Billions of years ago on primordial earth, born out of turbulent lava, Kong gets caught in the power struggle between two alien civilizations: One - a highly advanced synthetic-intelligent life form with a ruthless robotic army - seeks to drive the other - a group of determined refugees led by their Chief - to extinction. At stake is the possession of a sacred, limitless source of power and energy: the Hundun. As Kong...
- 5/19/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Us-based Aquamen Entertainment and Pigmental Studios are teaming with Chinese and Korean partners on $40m 3D animated feature Kong.
The project aims to give a sci-fi twist to the Chinese classic Journey To The West. It will go back to the origins of the main character, Sun Wukong (aka the Monkey King), who gets caught in the power struggle between two alien civilisations.
Aquamen is also collaborating with the China Cultural Chamber of Commerce, a trade organisation for the private sector, on the project. The organisation’s chairman Robin Li, also chairman of internet giant Baidu, is talking to the producers about boarding the project.
The producers are also in talks with a major Chinese investor to finance the film, which will be set up as a Us-Chinese-Korean co-production and use Chinese and Korean animators and other talent. They are also in talks with a Hollywood director to be announced soon.
An international...
The project aims to give a sci-fi twist to the Chinese classic Journey To The West. It will go back to the origins of the main character, Sun Wukong (aka the Monkey King), who gets caught in the power struggle between two alien civilisations.
Aquamen is also collaborating with the China Cultural Chamber of Commerce, a trade organisation for the private sector, on the project. The organisation’s chairman Robin Li, also chairman of internet giant Baidu, is talking to the producers about boarding the project.
The producers are also in talks with a major Chinese investor to finance the film, which will be set up as a Us-Chinese-Korean co-production and use Chinese and Korean animators and other talent. They are also in talks with a Hollywood director to be announced soon.
An international...
- 5/15/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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