The Chinese One Piece Live-Action Movie Seems Like a Hoax

The original press release on Business Wire lists Shanghai Minghuan Investment as the company that had purchased the One Piece rights.

Shueisha, which publishes One Piece, has completely denied the press release’s validity, telling Japanese website Krankin! that it “was not true.”

One Piece is hugely popular in China, and the country finances numerous movies these days, so the press release seemed to hold water at first glance.