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Internet leak From the full version of Avatar: Aang, the last airbender— a highly anticipated animated take on a multimedia fantasy franchise — that divided ardent fans while upsetting those who spent years working on the film film.
the Leaks X’s day began late Saturday night, about six months ago Ang It was scheduled to premiere on Paramount+. UserImStillDissin Posted two short clips From the movie. “Nickelodeon accidentally emailed me the entire Avatar aang movie,” he claimed. He also threatened to stream the entire film if Paramount didn’t release an official trailer, and posted a still from the film’s end credits, revealing previously undisclosed cast and voice roles. Media from @ImStillDissin’s posts later suffered copyright violations and was removed.
But within 48 hours, links to download the full film appeared on 4chan and X, where some users also live-streamed the film. Across the web, fans said they succeeded Pirated and watched What seemed like it was about to end andBeautiful“Animation movie.
While some argued that Paramount deserved to be punished for some of the creative and marketing decisions related to the film, others pointed out the blow the leak dealt to the animators and production crew. A number of team members took to social media to express their sadness and frustration.
“We’ve been working on Aang for years with the expectation that we would celebrate all our hard work in theaters. Only to see people unceremoniously leak the film and pass our footage on Twitter like candy,” said animator Julia Showell. books Tuesday X.
The user behind @ImStillDissin, who is not revealing his real name out of fear of legal repercussions, tells WIRED he got the film almost by accident and didn’t expect his posts to spark such a crisis in the entertainment world. “When I posted those clips, I was just trolling,” he says. “I was expecting a day of influence cultivation at best, not for the whole thing to blow up like this.”
(Although WIRED did its due diligence to verify that the person who spoke to us was behind the @ImStillDissin
According to ImStillDissin, a screen-captured version of Avatar: Aang, the last airbender It was circulating among people he knew from his days in the hacking community, and one of them shared it with him. “In general, the film and TV supply chain is full of unsafe companies and vendors and lax controls,” he claims. He points out that the two are different SpongeBob SquarePants films It leaked months before its release date In 2024. “Someone on 4chan, who wasn’t happy with the drip-feed stuff, posted a copy of the draft script (for the new movie) Avatar “About 2 years ago,” @ImStillDissin says.
Neither Nickelodeon nor its parent company Paramount have confirmed the hack, nor have they issued a statement on the matter. They also did not respond to requests for comment.
Originally announced in 2021, Avatar: Aang, the last airbender It marks the first production for Avatar Studios, a division of Nickelodeon’s animation division.
Some people felt justified in pirating and sharing the film due to the recast voice actors. Last year, during a Reddit AMAcasting director Jenny Joo books That sound cast from Avatar The TV show that aired on Nickelodeon in the 2000s is not making a comeback due to efforts to “match the racial/ethnic background of the actors to the characters they portray.”