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 Like other Hollywood filmmakers, Paramount has been eager to
cash in on robust box-office revenues in the world's second
largest film market.
Chongqing Wulong Karst Tourism Group, which manages the Wulong
Scenic Area in southwest China, said it had lodged a lawsuit
seeking 20.8 million yuan ($3.36 million), against Paramount and
the 1905 Internet Technology production company, in a court in
Chongqing city for reneging on their contract.
The court had accepted the case, the Xinhua state news agency
said.
Some of the film's scenes were shot at the scenic area and an
official of the company that manages it said earlier some
members of the audience were confused about where the scenes
were shot as the firm's logo did not appear on screen.
"We had already communicated with the other parties but they
couldn't fulfill our requests. It wasn't possible to speak
further so we could only sue and if they're not able to remedy
the situation we may just have to go to court," a spokesman for
the company told Reuters on Friday.
A spokeswoman for Paramount, a unit of Viacom, declined to
comment.
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"Transformers: Age of Extinction", the fourth in a series about
form-changing robots that save the world, has raked in more than
1.38 billion yuan in China to become its highest-grossing movie
ever, Xinhua reported.
Xinhua reported this week that the tourism firm wanted Paramount to
show the logo "China Wulong" in all DVDs, TV and digital platforms
on which the movie will be shown, and had asked producers to return
4.8 million yuan in contract payments.
It had also asked producers to bear losses of four million yuan,
which it suffered when the scenic spot was shut for several days for
the filming, and to compensate it for expected profit losses of 12
million yuan.
(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Additional reporting by Shanghai Newsroom;
Editing by Robert Birsel)
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