'Fantastic Four' trailer leaked, pulled fast on copyright grounds

2015/04/20

Summer's the season for blockbuster movie releases, which means spring is the time for blockbuster-movie trailers. And this spring, it seems leaked trailers are going to be all the rage. Just last week, director Zack Snyder announced that a special screening for the trailer for the upcoming "Batman v Superman" film was to be held in IMAX theaters around the US on Monday. Then the trailer leaked online, forcing the studio to release the official trailer earlier than they'd have liked.

Now we have a just-leaked version of the new "Fantastic Four" film that's been posted online a day earlier than its official release date on Monday.

The trailer was leaked by a YouTube user going by the name of lioonelx. It's the only video posted by the user, who remains completely anonymous in his YouTube profile.

The advice given the team about the conflict by Franklin Storm is, "If you want to stop him, it's going to take everything you have." It seems like that's the same advice that could be given to the big movie houses these days in terms of the leakers who keep putting trailers out there before the "official" release dates.

"Fantastic Four," directed by Josh Trank, is slated for release in the US and UK on August 7, and in Australia August 6.

(Source:cnet)