X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Fox: Downloads of Leaked "Wolverine" Top 4 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2009 - 12:44pm.

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) 20th Century Fox now estimates that an unfinished workprint copy of its "Wolverine" movie that was leaked onto file-sharing networks has been downloaded 4 million times, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The leaked copy began circulating on March 30, shortly after which the studio said it had been downloaded a million times.

Leaked "Wolverine" Movie Downloaded Over 1 Million Times

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 7, 2009 - 1:06pm.

Los Angeles - The leaked pre-release copy of Fox's (NYSE: NWS) "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has now been downloaded by more than one million users of the BitTorrent file-sharing network, TorrentFreak reported. The site also reports that Fox has been sending takedown notices to various torrent sites, and that "most site operators are kind enough to take down the links, but new ones are already uploaded before the requests are processed."

Fox News Cans Reporter Who Reviewed Leaked "Wolverine"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 7, 2009 - 11:09am.

New York - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Fox News unit has fired ten-year veteran entertainment reporter Roger Friedman, after Friedman posted a review of the unfinished copy of 20th Century Fox's film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" that was leaked onto the Internet. The film, which is not due in theaters until May 1, appeared on file-sharing networks last Tuesday; Friedman posted his review on FoxNews.com on Thursday, and by Friday Fox had pulled it offline.

Unfinished Copy of "Wolverine" Movie Leaked to BitTorrent

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 1, 2009 - 11:15am.

Los Angeles - An unfinished "workprint" version of the upcoming 20th Century Fox (NYSE: NWS) movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has leaked onto the BitTorrent file-sharing network, and has already been downloaded more than 75,000 times, according to TorrentFreak. The video file is reportedly of high audio and video quality, but does not contain any of the special effects from the film, which is not due for release until May 1. "Last night, a stolen, incomplete and early version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was posted illegally on websites," reads a statement from Fox.