Fans up in arms after Avengers: Endgame footage leaks online

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Marvel fans, be warned - footage spoiling major plot points for the Avengers: Endgame movie, set to hit cinemas here next Wednesday, was leaked yesterday afternoon and has been circulating online. A 41/2minute montage, purportedly containing pivotal scenes from the final...

The avid fan said:"For many years, I have been watching premieres early and we never spoil it for people. But some may want to show off, gain attention."

"As a fan, you will not click on the leaked footage under any circumstances... I will block whatever page that tries to show me spoilers," he said.It is not clear where the leaked footage came from. Journalists and critics have not been allowed to see the film ahead of its premiere, with only 10 minutes of footage shown to critics in the US earlier this month and around 20 minutes shown to a select audience in Seoul this week.

Nanyang Technological University assistant professor Liew Kai Khiun, who studies pop culture, said such leaks have, historically, rarely been critical blows because people go to the movies not just to see the story unfold but for the experience of witnessing it on the big screen. Pinsent Masons MPillay's Bryan Tan, an intellectual property and entertainment law expert, said tracking the source of the leak can be difficult and time-consuming, so the first step is usually to get distribution channels like social media platforms to take the leak down, reducing access.

 

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