New plot twist in Avatar battle

Zhou Shaomou, the Chinese writer who says the script for the sci-fi epic Avatar was lifted from his novel and who had a 1-billion-yuan plagiarism claim rejected by a Beijing court, is now trying to get in touch with the film's creator, James Cameron.

Zhou has sent METRO an English-language version of an open letter he has written that claims there are astonishing similarities between Avatar and his work, Blue Crow Legend.

"Eighty percent of Avatar's content, plot, events, environment description and even dialogue can be found in Blue Crow Legend," the letter claims.