"Lost, Found" scriptwriter denies plagiarising Korean movie
12 Oct – The producers of the new Yao Chen movie, "Lost, Found" has denied allegations that the film plagiarised the 2016 Korean movie, "Missing".
As reported on Epoch Times, "Lost, Found" screenwriter Qin Haiyan, who spoke about the plagiarism allegations recently, stated that the movie is part of the "one script, two movies" project between China and South Korea.
""Lost, Found" is not a remake or a plagiarised work of the Korean movie. "Lost, Found" has the copyright of the script," said Qin.
The writer stated that "one script, two movies" refers to an adaptation from the script stage, where they produce the same story but different versions that is acclimatized and is more familiar to its target audiences.
Said Qin, they began to work on the script while the Korean movie was being filmed, and wrote it on the basis of the original story but more attuned to Chinese viewers.
The writer said that another similar type of project is the Chinese movie, "20 Once Again", which was released after the Korean version, "Miss Granny".
In "Lost, Found", Yao Chen plays the role of a lawyer who finds her child missing after being left under the care of her babysitter. The previous Korean version stars Uhm Ji-wong and Gong Hyo-jin.
