 In June 2003 , the Fox Movie Channel cancelled a planned Charlie Chan Festival , soon after beginning restoration for <unk> , after a special @-@ interest group protested . Fox reversed its decision two months later , and on 13 September 2003 , the first film in the festival was aired on Fox . The films , when broadcast on the Fox Movie Channel , were followed by round @-@ table discussions by prominent East Asians in the American entertainment industry , led by George Takei , most of whom were against the films . Collections such as Frank Chin 's <unk> ! An Anthology of Asian @-@ American Writers and Jessica Hagedorn 's Charlie Chan is Dead are put forth as alternatives to the Charlie Chan stereotype and " [ articulate ] cultural anger and exclusion as their animating force . " Fox released the restored versions on <unk> in 2006 ; as of mid @-@ 2008 , Fox has released all of the extant Warner Oland titles and has begun issuing the Sidney Toler series . The first six Monogram productions , all starring Sidney Toler , were released by MGM in 2004 . 
