It was a very alarming situation for the movie that it came out first online as a leak, and many movie fans and dowloaders took the advantage of it and save it in their desktop. I first heard about the leak movie during April 1, 2009, at first I thought it was a big April fools day gimik, but then it was real after all.I finally found the leak movie streaming of it, and watched the first 20 minutes of the X-men Origins :Wolverine, I know that any fan boy of comics will watch it and still give its support by watching the whole film on its local release. I've seen it and many movie components are not finished, but it is still the whole movie and it kinda suck that the whole footage came out a month before its official release. I just vowed to myself not watch the entire leaked movie, the film is good and it create a massive geek blood overflow in my veins and if you are a comics fans, you know what I am talking.
I've been hearing news that the local pirated DVD is now here, and some reports say that the leaked movie is showing in some public buses and many movie fans are not happy when they encounter it. "I saw the movie playing inside the bus when I rode it in EDSA, I played my Ipod in full volume and decided not to watch it and avoid seeing the whole movie", one of the movie fans who reported this via plurk.com, And numerous reports are coming out that provincial and city bound buses are playing the leaked movie inside the bus transport.
Here's what you should do if you don't wanna be spoiled by the leakaed movie.
1. Ask a request to the bus driver or conductor and tell them that they should turn it off
2. or ask them to play other movie and not the leaked movie of Wolverine.
3. if they didn't listened to you, take a photo of their tv or took a video of it and then get the bus information like bus liner name, plate number and the bus conductor's name.
4. report it to our local Warner Bros. (Philippines) which can be contact via Facebook group. They will give action to this and report it to the Optical Media Board. 20th Century Fox distribute the movie through Warner Bros. (Philippines)
5.If you have experienced local buses playing the leaked movie, report it and don't be afraid
its sound that I'm very kill joy, but hey! I love this movie and I don't wanna be ruined by watching it inside a local public bus liner. I might even destroy that tv set if ever I see it.
and here's the press release from 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. (Philippines.
Leaked Version of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Lacks 10 Mins. of Entire Movie
20th Century Fox through its local (Phils) distributor Warner Bros. would like to inform the public that CD/DVD and online copies of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE movie which was recently leaked online is an incomplete and very rough version.
Fox Co-Chairman Tom Rothman issued an official statement ensuring the fans and moviegoing public that the leaked version is indeed an early rough cut, with temporary sound and music and a darker appearance than the finished footage.
Rothman's statement notes that "The version that went out is unfinished. It's about 10 minutes shorter, doesn't have key scenes, it wasn't edited, and none of the effects shots were in any remotely final form. It's a complete misrepresentation of the film and is deeply unfair to the people who have worked on it for years."
Rothman is touting a bunch of footage shot in Canada earlier this year that he says is not even included in the version online. And he insists that both he and Hugh Jackman have vowed to stop at nothing to get the movie out to as many fans as possible. "Hugh was heartbroken and hurt when he found out. He's lived with this thing for 10 years. But he's also a man and knows that life isn't fair, and is more determined than ever," Rothman says. "Hugh and I exchanged e-mails: Basically, we're not going to let the bastards win. But we didn't use the word 'bastards.' That's a slightly sanitized version."
Likewise, fans and supporters of the movie in the Phils. have affirmed that the leaked version is more like watching behind-the-scenes of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. It is worthy to note that in unison, those who have come in possession of the unfinished version vowed that they will still definitely see it on the big screen when it opens April 30 (in Phil. theaters) since most of the scenes have unfinished, rough 3D special effects, blank frames, dull moments due to muted speaking lines and sound effects and the appearance of blue dots in every scene from start to end.
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE will bow to theaters across the Philippines on APRIL 30 from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
