It seems that the illegally leaked and frequently downloaded
X-Men Origins: Wolverine isn't suffering too much from the leak.
Entertainment Weekly has tracked consumer research to show that even despite the film's leak to the internet, the film still has a high "wanna see" rating, and is currently the number one choice for young men and males aged 31 and older.
This marks a bit of a turnaround for a film that was considered to be in serious danger when a full-length (though unfinished) copy of the film was illegally loaded onto the Internet and downloaded by somewhere between 100,000 and 1,000,000 users. The initial fear was that the leak would lead to lost ticket sales, and potentially bad hype for the film, if either the storyline or acting were not what fans of the
X-Men films and comics were hoping for. This fear was compounded by the fact that the special effects in the download are incomplete, and in a film like
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the special effects are clearly a large part of what will make or break the movie.
Those fears now seem to be a thing of the past, and some are speculating that the leak might actually turn out to be a positive thing for the film, as it has generated a significant deal of free publicity. One executive from a competing studio has even said that, while it's impossible to currently predict what the opening weekend numbers for
X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be, they're sure to be huge. "
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is in fabulous shape," says the source. "They could open today."
Leading up to the events of
X-Men,
X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe. The movie stars Hugh Jackman, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan, and Daniel Henney.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters May 1st, 2009.
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I can't even fathom a logical explanation for Deadpool to have his own spin-off film now, henceforth why the film really fucked me off. Because i was so amped that Deadpool was in this and thought to myself...YES. this is going to be the film that boosts Deadpool's popularity so much that producers will want a spin-off, plus i knew that David Goyer was still writing his spin-off script for Deadpool but he was just waiting for the release of this film, so Deadpool becomes more known.
I don't know whom that guy is playing, i've never heard of him, he may have starred ina film i've seen before but when i searched it on IMDB it said his starring rle was Beak
And Comrade and J.A. which is it? Robot, or Beak? I know he was supposed to be Beak when they announced it.
And also, for the people that ain't dumb enough to figure out the market tactic that, Fox President was blabbing on about a few days ago. This is the full length finished version, the only thing in this movie that is unfinished is CGI.
Because a movie wouldn't be shipped to the SFX room for complete sceneary SFX unless it was finished, and this one had in screen SFX on it. It didn't have complete SFX.
This was a finished version, Fox president is just saying that, because he knows the leak has badly hurt the film from a profitable aspect, and he is trying to bundle a lie together saying that there is 10mins missing.
Well my one looked complete, felt complete, and was complete because it was 103minutes which is the official runtime for this film, according to every source i've checked.
The leak was complete, just that they need to grab more profit, so easy just lie to the public, they'll never know that once a film has finished editorial stage it goes into the SFX enigneering room for the SFX's to be added on and then straight to the MPAA & BBFC.
Also Dominic Monaghan is Beak.
On the bright side, I am so pumped for this movie!!!!!!!!! From all accounts, it sounds like "Wolverine" is going to be much better than "X3". CAN'T WAIT!!!
Wish someone would post the new 'Star Trek" movie online so that it losses a ton of money and everyone can see that it's a piece of shit. Now that would make me happy!
Deadpool was such a huge fuck up (BTW, how does he store 2.5 foot blades in his forearms?)
And Gambit was so badly shortchanged that the only way to rectify the error would be to include him in the second prequel in a main supporting role.
FOX should have their rights to the X-Men taken away. Unfortunately, so long as they can manage one mythos-raping shitfest with lots of explosions and too many characters once every five years, they've got it locked.
just my two cents...besides, the name of the film should give away what the story line is going to be about...the origin of Wolverine...
I was able to get a bootleg copy of the movie. My kids and I enjoyed it even though it was unedited and incomplete. It just made us want to see it in the theater even more. It also made the kids appreciate how much work goes into a movie like this.
And then just bloody vanishes from the film until he becomes Weapon XI, which doesn't look nothing like Deadpool, the only thing he had in similarity was the 2 swords, and he hardly used them.
In my POV, when Wade was Wade he was Deadpool, and after that one tiny sequence he has not even the sum of 3 minutes. He was Weapon XI.
I had heard of Deadpool before this and the thing that pissed me right off, is they got the perfect casting for the role and got the personality of this character so brilliant and it what for 3 minutes screentime and then he becomes a silent mute called Weapon XI.
Which completely fucks up the continuity of the character for a spin-off for the character, which people have been waiting for more than like 8 years, i feel sorry for David Goyer whom spent 8 years writing the script.
All his work down the drain for, nothing because of Fox