New ‘Wolverine’ Film Leaked Online

New ‘Wolverine’ Film Leaked Online“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” is yet to hit the screens and someone has already stolen an “incomplete and early version” of the next installment of the blockbuster. According to the studio that owns the billion-dollar film franchise not only has the film been stolen but it has also been posted on the Internet this week. This is a big blow for the film, which will be released in a month’s time. An early version of the film, starring Hugh Jackman, was posted on the net.

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” is scheduled to release on May 1st in all over US. Twentieth Century Fox said the FBI is looking into this matter, which has become a grave issue. The digital file of the X-Men sequel circulated quickly across the Internet and was available for free downloading from numerous film download Web sites. This was completely illegal act stated the FBI.

“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”, stated the studio. A reliable source from the industry said today that it would be next to impossible to remove all the links of this free movie download from the Internet. The source wanted to remain unnamed since legal proceedings are talking place. The film’s illegal version leaked on the website was removed from the site that first hosted it. But reports suggest that the film has already been downloaded over ten thousand times.

“It’s not removed from the Internet. It’s still there“, an industry source stated. Twentieth Century Fox has mentioned in a press meet that the version of the film that was being circulated on the web wasn’t the final version of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. “It was without many effects, had missing and unedited scenes and temporary sound and music”, they added.

Kent Lundblad, an Online movie critic, has said that the version published on the net is only the rough cut of the film. “Even in this rough form, it’s much better than the last ‘X-Men’ outing or anything Fox has given us in a long, long time”, he added. He also said that the final movie will look a lot different from the pirated version since there are many scenes that were re-shot.

This sudden leakage of the film month before its release may affect the box office earnings, which is a major concern of the makers of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” now.

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