Hugh Jackman as Wolverine on "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (Photo 20th Century Fox)
Rising Sun Pictures, the Australian visual effects company working on “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” issued a statement Thursday denying that it was responsible for leaking the film’s full-length work print online.
The name of the company appeared on the caption of the leaked copy briefly, which was distributed in different file-sharing websites.
“From the reports we’ve had, the stolen material is a work in progress version of the film with many incomplete sections. As we worked on individual sequences within the film, neither RSP or [sic] its staff members have ever been in possession of a full-length version, so it would have been impossible for the movie to have been leaked from here.
“It’s common practice for work in progress between us and the production to carry vendor watermarks and for these works in progress to be integrated into various edits of the film for screenings which would explain why our name appears,” Rising Sun Pictures Chairman and co-founder Tony Clark said in a statement posted on the company’s official website (www.rsp.com.au).
Rising Sun Pictures is responsible for producing “a number of key effects sequences” in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
The new X-Men film is not due for release until May 1 in the US (April 29 in the UK) but an almost finished copy of the film started appearing online Tuesday night.
Fox said that the FBI and MPAA are already investigating the crime. The studio also said Wednesday that the leaked version “had missing and unedited scenes and temporary music and sound.”
