The latest film adaptation of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, which features an armour-clad Monkey King, has been pulled from Tencent Holdings’ streaming video service after being criticised for copying Marvel Studios’ Iron Man.
The film Armoured War God Monkey King was expected to stream exclusively on Tencent Video from Tuesday, but never made it online as Marvel fans in the world’s largest internet market slammed producers Daishu Movie of Beijing and Guangzhou-based Grandmet Presentation for their effort.
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