娱乐英语新闻:FBI investigates into Wolverine leak

BEIJING, April. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- The FBI is investigating the online leak of a copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine-- starring Australian actor Hugh Jackman-- which is due for release on May 1. 

    Rising Sun Pictures, an Australian visual effects company that worked on "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", appeared in a caption on March 2 a few minutes into the high-quality leaked copy of the 20th Century Fox superhero movie.

    The company said Thursday it was not responsible for leaking a full-length work print online."As we worked on individual sequences within the film, neither Rising Sun Pictures or 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," Rising Sun Pictures chairman and co-founder Tony Clark said in a statement posted on the company's Web site Thursday.

    20th Century Fox, the studio behind the film, said the print included temporary sound and music and was missing special effects and some scenes, while other scenes were unedited.

    Because of forensic marks, the studio said it will be able to determine the source of the leak.

    The studio said the source of the initial leak and any subsequent postings will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The courts have handed down significant criminal sentences for such acts." 

    "The FBI and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) are actively investigating this crime," the studio said in a statement.