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Top 10 Movie Leaks


they say that the crazy ones huh in the
film industry
there’s many a tale of leaked material
and information Conor we do this right
Morris welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movie leaks I took an oath to
protect the American people for this
list we’re examining the history of
Hollywood from its Golden Age to the
present day in search of the most
glaring instances of secret film details
being leaked prematurely be they movie
scripts obtained by way of subterfuge or
early work prints of films uploaded to
the web it all serves to highlight the
risks inherent to the filmmaking
business number 10 the first draft of
prometheus Prometheus big things have
small beginnings Ridley Scott’s 2012
science fiction film might have looked a
little bit different have this script
been used would you go to get what you
came all this way for you’re not after
its release a script entitled alien
engineers found its way into the public
eye and was revealed to be an early
version of the script for Prometheus
whatever that probe is picking up it’s
not dead it’s really not for its content
suggested a different and potentially
more visceral take on the material with
more emphasis placed on the facehuggers
and chess bursters of the alien films
interestingly the script was written by
John Speights the lead writer of
Prometheus prior to Damon Lindelof
survival make of that what you will
sometimes to create one must first
destroy number nine deadpool script
deadpool i love you way to massa we can
fight this
sometimes good can come from unfortunate
circumstances what if i told you we can
make you better
this happens to have been the case for
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick Deadpool
screenplay
which was leaked in October 2010 and
received glowing appraisal one thing
that never survives displaced is a sense
of humor we’ll see about that posh spice
despite a positive review of the script
though 20th Century Fox went into damage
control mode going so far as to threaten
legal action against the screenwriter
responsible for the leak you may be
wondering why the red suit well that’s
so bad guys can’t see me bleed what’s
most intriguing is that the 2016
Deadpool film appears to be using the
same basic script and reefs and Warnock
remain attached to the film
I am very turned on right now
number eight The Expendables 3 screener
The Expendables 3 Sly Stallone & Company
probably didn’t see this one coming
nothing lasts forever
hard as it is to hear three weeks before
the action film The Expendables 3 was
set to release a DVD quality copy of the
film found its way onto file-sharing
sites this left the film’s distributor
Lionsgate less than pleased they filed a
lawsuit against ten anonymous people for
perceived copyright infringement and
sent letters to a number of sites
considering that the Expendables 3 was
pirated over 2 million times within the
first week we certainly understand their
desire to protect their interests I’m
getting out of this business
and so should you number 7 Terminator
Salvation ending Terminator Salvation
the internet can be rather volatile at
times case in point a leak in 2008
indicated that Terminator Salvation
would end with Sam Worthington cyborg
character Marcus taking on the
appearance of the deceased John Connor
hey you know what you are even if you
don’t know not only did this supposed
detail from the shooting script turn out
to be true but director McGee and
company had contemplated an even darker
ending you cannot say John Connor
watch me however because of the
resulting backlash it was decided to
instead rewrite the ending of salvation
with Connor living thanks to Marcus’s
sacrifice number 6 x-men origins
Wolverine work print x-men origins
Wolverine country needs
I’m Canadian Wolverine just can’t catch
a break Kenny at the very least his solo
outing x-men origins Wolverine faced its
own struggles when in March 2009 a full
work print of the film was leaked onto
the web got a choice son
mine got taken
featuring unfinished special effects
work and placeholder text it prompted
investigation by the FBI and MPAA would
he kill super me though the perpetrator
of the leak was found the work print of
x-men origins was said to have been
downloaded about 4.5 million times by
the film’s actual release I heard you
were the moment every
do the tricks too aren’t you number five
the hateful eight script the hateful
eight got room for one mo it would seem
that trust is a hard thing to come by in
Tinseltown
they call him the hangman director
Quentin Tarantino might have been
feeling this after the script for his
upcoming film the hateful eight was
leaked to the public
in January 2014 as here is Daisy Dahmer
goop
she’s wanted dead or alive for murder
and that Sun comes out I’m taking this
woman to hang according to Tarantino
copies of the script were entrusted to a
small number of close friends like Tim
Roth and Michael Madsen one of them
fellas
is not what he says he is the incident
caused tarantino to not only briefly
cancel the hateful eight and consider
releasing it as a novel but also file a
lawsuit against Gawker the site
responsible for the leak move a little
strange you gonna get a book number for
citizen Kane’s script troubles Citizen
Kane I don’t think any word can explain
a man like talent intelligence and drive
could not protect Orson Welles first
film Citizen Kane from turmoil I think I
did pretty well under the circumstances
according to the famed 1971 novel length
essay raising Cain co-writer Herman J
mankiewicz sent a copy of the script for
Citizen Kane to his friend Charles
Leader er I know too many people I guess
we’re both lonely leader er in turn
would show the script to his aunt Marion
Davies the mistress of one William
Randolph first radio network incensed at
the prospect of being a partial subject
in Citizen Kane Hearst set in motion the
measures that would ensure Welles
project suffered a financial failure
correct don’t believe everything you
hear on the radio read The Enquirer
number three Star Wars Episode three
leaked Star Wars Episode three Revenge
of the Sith we imagine the Sith really
would want vengeance for this you don’t
know just me
you have done not yourself
near hours after Revenge of the Sith
opened in theaters file-sharing sites
were granted a copy of the film but
there was a catch I won’t let these
visions come true Master Yoda this copy
board time stamps that marked it as a
work print and it was eventually
revealed to have been stolen by a
post-production employee who shared it
with several people from which the leak
was sprung I can’t believe that despite
these individuals being charged the film
was soon afterwards released in Shanghai
as a laughably poorly translated bootleg
DVD number two trouble for scream –
scream – look gales no killer
okay okay whatever you say
but if she’s not a killer she’s a target
for a moment there things looked bleak
scream – had just begun filming in July
1997 with Kevin Williamson script firmly
in place and then the script leaked onto
the Internet revealing the identities of
the four intended killers cotton meet
Billy Louis’s mother she’s the killer
fortunately Williamson was quick to act
reducing the number of killers and
reworking certain characters roles
accordingly while the production
continued with a partial script GA
you’ve got more lives than a cat this
incident also meant tighter restrictions
on plot details for instance script
pages revealing the identity of the
killer were only provided the day of
shooting to prevent additional leaks she
did I don’t know now is come back before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions trouble you for
a drink when he is that his son has died
he commits ritualistic suicide while in
prison right it’s unpleasant and then
both of them meet up in Kryptonian
heaven
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number one the Sony Pictures
Entertainment hack so now the FBI wants
to know who’s responsible for a major
cyber attack at Sony Pictures it was a
treasure trove of information but with a
dire cost they hate us because we is us
and what we is doing is terrible in
November 2014
large amounts of Sony Pictures
Entertainment confidential files from
internal emails to employees personal
information was leaked by the dubiously
named guardians of peace because in
addition to demanding the cancellation
of the film the interview
the GOP hackers also set about leaking
then upcoming Sony films such as Annie
mr. Turner and perhaps the biggest of
them all the script for the 2015 James
Bond flick Spectre why should I trust
you
because right now I’m your best chance
of staying alive while some of the info
revealed may have been intriguing
the damage done to Sony its employees
and its reputation more than cements the
tragedy at play here you’re dead devil
watches over zone
do you agree with our list what do you
feel was the most newsworthy movie
leaked look like an avocado had sex with
an older avocado thank you
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