Fox news
LOS ANGELES — "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" isn't due in theaters until next month, but the prequel has already hacked its way online.
A high-quality, full-length work print of the 20th Century Fox film, which is set for release May 1, appeared online Tuesday. The film focuses on the beginnings of Hugh Jackman's clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine.
Fox said in a statement Wednesday the version of the film posted online was not complete and vowed that the source would be prosecuted. It said the FBI is investigating.
CNN
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Someone stole an "incomplete and early version" of the next installment in the blockbuster "X-Men" movie series and posted it on the Internet this week, according to the studio that owns the billion-dollar film franchise.
Twentieth Century Fox said the FBI was investigating who leaked "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which is set for release in U.S. theaters May 1.
The digital file quickly spread across the Internet and was available for free, but illegal, downloading from hundreds of easily found Web sites.
"The source of the initial leak and any subsequent postings will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law; the courts have handed down significant criminal sentences for such acts in the past," the studio's statement said.
Removing the pirated files from the Internet may prove an impossible challenge, an industry source said. This source did not want to be
Source
*www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512114,00.html
*www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/02/xmen.piracy/
Well i was waiting for the movie and if the movie fails there will be no sequel of it (x-men origins magneto)
so i am bit disappointed.
I don't usually watch movies in theater but i think i'll watch this when its out.
LOS ANGELES — "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" isn't due in theaters until next month, but the prequel has already hacked its way online.
A high-quality, full-length work print of the 20th Century Fox film, which is set for release May 1, appeared online Tuesday. The film focuses on the beginnings of Hugh Jackman's clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine.
Fox said in a statement Wednesday the version of the film posted online was not complete and vowed that the source would be prosecuted. It said the FBI is investigating.
CNN
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Someone stole an "incomplete and early version" of the next installment in the blockbuster "X-Men" movie series and posted it on the Internet this week, according to the studio that owns the billion-dollar film franchise.
Twentieth Century Fox said the FBI was investigating who leaked "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which is set for release in U.S. theaters May 1.
The digital file quickly spread across the Internet and was available for free, but illegal, downloading from hundreds of easily found Web sites.
"The source of the initial leak and any subsequent postings will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law; the courts have handed down significant criminal sentences for such acts in the past," the studio's statement said.
Removing the pirated files from the Internet may prove an impossible challenge, an industry source said. This source did not want to be
Source
*www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512114,00.html
*www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/02/xmen.piracy/
Well i was waiting for the movie and if the movie fails there will be no sequel of it (x-men origins magneto)
so i am bit disappointed.
I don't usually watch movies in theater but i think i'll watch this when its out.
