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Ahead of its long-delayed American premiere, an unfinished 'workprint' copy of "A Minecraft Movie" is circulating on pirate sites. Warner Bros. is trying to contain this and other leaks, but that may prove difficult. The incident mirrors the infamous 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine workprint leak and the involvement of the FBI, which led to the arrest and conviction of an uploader. The source of that leak was never publicly disclosed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

"Villagers."

I'd go so far as to say it's probably more entertaining than the finished product.

Edit: I also didn't see anything about pirated content images in the rules, but if this breaks any please feel free to remove.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's already available in pretty high quality from pirate stream sites.

Also available to download as "PRE-HD" whatever that means.

Edit: PRE-HD means it's the workprint

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And yet I was saying just today there's no way I'd go to the movies to see it anyway... Because Microsoft. Yet another example of how they'd never get money anyway but no doubt there'll be another article claiming they lost billions from the leak or some bs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I was totally trying to figure out what Microsoft had to do with this and had a complete brain fart forgetting MS bought Minecraft.

“Dave my mind is going …I can feel it… I can feel it…”

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

what are they so worried about spaceballs came out with instant cassettes years ago

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's why they never released Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It all makes sense now! Like the 1234 password!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've thrown a copy up on my personal website (username + .com) if anyone wants to check it out. From a quick skim I can confirm it is somehow even worse than the normal one. (Mods please remove this if it's too close to linking to pirated content).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Thank you, you're the best!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Well.... That's 2 mins of my life I'll never get back. Thanks for the link tho

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A lot of movies go through rewrites and updates before they get released, so saying it’s bad now may not be indicative of the final product. I mean look at Sonic. If that movie got released during its unfinished phase everyone would have hated it. That’s why they do test screenings and ask for feedback before release. Sometimes the movie will drastically change from its original.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

The workprint leak came a day before the official release, the plot and cut of the film is exactly the same. It's just missing a significant amount of the effects.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

It's already out in some countries, so there should be some real reviews, though jokes in translation can often be a mixed bag.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not an unfinished leak, it's an indev beta

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Early Access

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Oh no... Not that

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

... And nothing of value was lost.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hope whoever leaked it has FIRE opsec

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Financially Independent, Retire Early? Never heard of that opsec.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

It lets you pay for the oncoming lawsuit

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Coincidentally both movies are crap too

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Seriously, I watched the leaked workprint. It's really, really bad. Bad script, bad acting, bad styling, just bad bad bad. First time I've legitimately seen Jack Black phone it in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

aw that's a shame, I was hoping this would actually be a decent romp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I just watched it today with my friends and had fun. Idk it was pretty funny movie

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My understanding is that this is not terrible, only bad then? In top ten new movies this year?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No, even being a kids movie couldn't save this pile of crap. Even the crappiest kids movies have some heart. Like Dogman was legitimately fucking stupid, but it had heart to it, I cared about the characters despite how stupid it all was. A Minecraft Movie fails in every measure to have characters you care about at all. I feel nothing for these idiotic jabronis breezing through the film, the writing and acting is legitimately that bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Mind sending me a download link?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I personally found it on soulseek, most trackers are avoiding it because pre-release brings extra heat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, found it on there. If anyone wants to find it just search the title of the movie and download one of the "worse" files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Is the final one available anywhere?