hollywood melon man

Chapter 576: Film Source Leakage Incident
After an extremely busy day, Sam returned to his rented house. Too tired to eat, he walked to the window and looked into the distance, but he could only see layers of tall buildings.

However, through the gaps in the street, he could still see the huge posters on the nearby Berek Commercial Plaza, including the poster of "The Last of Us", the latest work of his favorite director, Gilbert Jr.

But Sam recently watched the trailer of "Transformers" on the Internet, which attracted him more and made him want to watch the movie even more.

So Sam was in a dilemma. On one side was Gilbert Jr.'s latest work, and on the other side was "Transformers", which he was very interested in. He couldn't make a decision.

If your financial situation is a little better, you don't have to worry about it at all, because the two movies are released at different times and you can go to see them.

But it's different for Sam. He has a limited income and watching movies is a rather luxurious entertainment activity for him. Going to see a movie is already quite a big deal.

After taking a breath, Sam sat at the table beside the bed, turned on his second-hand computer to browse video websites, and also visited social networking sites to check the latest news on the official account of Cantaloupe Studios and watch the trailers.

The Last of Us, Iron Man, and Transformers are the movies he wants to watch this summer, but he has to give up one of them and can only choose to watch two.

Sam was confused and didn't know which movie to give up, so he opened a movie community forum and planned to post a message to ask netizens for their opinions.

However, when Sam opened the community forum, he was quickly attracted by a pinned post.

"Transformers: The Complete HD Version, Watch Now if You Want to Watch!"

Sam couldn't help but frown as he looked at the hundreds of thousands of hits and tens of thousands of replies on this post.

Did the video leak?
Sam is not a veteran movie fan, but he knows that if a movie is leaked before it is released, it will have a huge impact on the box office.

Similar things have happened in Hollywood before, but those films in the past were all small and medium-investment B-level films, horror and blood-thriller films, shit and fart comedies, etc., which did not cause much response.

Moreover, it is understandable that the company’s products were leaked because they were small and their security measures were not perfect.

But the leaked movie this time is "Transformers", a summer A-level commercial blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan. The consequences of such a leak are quite serious.

Although Sam was told in his heart not to click on the link because it might contain a virus, he still couldn't help himself and clicked on the link to download it.

Waiting is boring, during the long wait, Sam browsed the posts and found that similar posts were constantly spreading on the Internet.

If the leak of the film source is true, it will be troublesome for Sky Studios.

Previous film leaks, even though the Internet was not as developed as it is now, have caused serious damage to genuine films.

While I was daydreaming, the video was downloaded.

Even though he knew it was an immoral act, curiosity eventually got the better of him and Sam clicked on the video.

As soon as he entered the video, Sam knew the source was real.

The source video is of very high definition, only slightly weaker than a DVD. The male protagonist in the film is also called Sam, played by Andrew Garfield.

There is also a timestamp and Sky Studios watermark in the upper right corner, proving that this is an internal version and that the soundtrack has not yet been added.

The more Sam watched, the more fascinated he became, especially when he saw the yellow Chevrolet he was driving transformed into a Bumblebee, which made Sam even more excited.

Sam quickly paused the show, ran downstairs to buy a hot dog, came back to make coffee and continued watching.

After watching for a while, Sam realized something was wrong. The male and female protagonists began to act to the air, and the tall and mighty robots disappeared.

The green screen shooting scene that appeared afterwards told Sam that this was obviously an unfinished version.

More importantly, this version is only one hour long. Obviously, a theatrical movie cannot be only one hour long, and some episodes are longer than this. Sam turned off the video in disappointment, finished dinner and lay on the bed, the image of Bumblebee's transformation still echoing in his mind. That scene deeply attracted him, making him want to go to the cinema to watch it even more.

Sam was not the only one who had the same idea. Many netizens across the United States who had watched the leaked video online had the same idea.

The lights were on in the conference room of Cantaloupe Studios, and Gilbert Jr. watched the leaked video with Cameron Diaz, Ivanka, Sheena Boone, Anna and others.

"Everyone, tell me, what's going on?"

Anna was the first to speak: "I think there are two possibilities. One is that there is a traitor inside MGM United Artists who stole the film source. The other is that the server was hacked by cyber hackers and the film source was stolen."

Sheena Boone said: "I think the second possibility is very likely. If it was an insider, he shouldn't have stolen the unfinished source material."

"Yes," Cameron Diaz agreed. "If it were me, I would definitely steal the full version of the source."

"But why?" Ivanka was puzzled: "If it is the first one, it must be done by competitors to affect the box office of Transformers.

But if it was the second case, the hackers should have contacted MGM United Artists and Sky Studios and demanded a ransom.”

"Yeah, I can't figure it out either."

The conference room fell silent for a moment. It was obvious that this move had confused everyone's minds and they had no idea what was going on.

Little Gilbert tapped the table with his fingers, thought for a while, and suddenly an idea came to him.

"Do you think it's possible that this was directed and performed by Sky Studio itself?"

"You mean, it was Sky Studios themselves that leaked it? Why?"

Gilbert Jr. explained: "Think about it, putting aside your subjective standpoint, if you are an ordinary movie fan now, what would you think if you saw the unfinished version of Transformers?"

"Of course I want to see the complete version..." Ivanka responded, "So that's how it is. Sky Studios leaked the source of the film in order to attract fans to watch the complete version.

This version will only be shown in cinemas.

And we also saw that it was called the full version, but in fact it was only one hour long. The real effective content was only the first twenty minutes or so. "

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on. Cameron Diaz covered her mouth and said, "Oh my god, this is an unconventional way of marketing. It actually works!"

Sheena Boone said: "Now it depends on how Sky Studios reacts. I think they will investigate this matter in a big way, and they may even let the FBI get involved and make things bigger."

"Yes," Anna added, "The source of the video has spread on the Internet. What's more important now is to let more people know about it and then look for resources.

As long as they have seen the source material, a large number of people will become interested in the film and go to the cinema.”

Everyone contributed their words to perfect the plans for Sky Studio.

But the problem now is that all of this is based on speculation, and no one knows the facts yet.

However, this did not prevent Gilbert Jr. from making some preparations. He immediately called Robert Egger and Doug Walter.

Shortly thereafter, Robert Iger called Ichiga Yamamoto, a Japanese executive at Sony Columbia Pictures.

(End of this chapter)