Endgame has already been hacked

Disney / Marvel's Avengers: End of the game, a film that millions of people have been waiting for years, began to be screened in some cinemas around the world before it was released in the United States. This should not surprise anyone, but the full movie has already been hacked because. ..c is the world we live in?

Depending on your position in the world, announcements announcing Avengers: End of the gameThe release date of the film was not the same, because the film was not launched simultaneously. After the premiere in Los Angeles on April 22, End of Game arrived on the markets of Asia, Europe and Australia on the 24th and was launched in the UK today.

All this to say that a lot of people have already seen the movie in the movie theaters, which means that people have had the opportunity to illegally register it and download it online. TorrentFreak reports that Chinese downloads of End of Game hit BitTorrent last night, and the quality of the video loaded with watermarks is catastrophic. We have contacted Disney for comments on the pirated copies of the film and we will let you know if we receive an answer.

None of this is surprising, really.

The most interesting thing about the piece of spoiler-heavy Avengers: End of the game Images that filtered through the internet last week showed that anyone who originally posted the poorly acquired video was probably allowed to watch it. This is partly because Marvel has managed to keep the details of the film in silence, it is that the studio strives to ensure that people close to the production do not reveal anything to the public. But this new instance of hacking is not surprising when you consider Avengers: End of the game It's one of the most anticipated films of the last decade, partly because the public is very keen on it, but also because Marvel Studios actively encourages its fans to get excited.

The jokes about the fact that Marvel movies are uncomfortable little independent movies have not been funny for quite some time, largely because the movies are literally pieces of an industry titan that consolidates its power in a sequence impressive and rather alarming. Whether we like them or not, the blockbusters of End of GameThe scale of nature is becoming a cultural moment that captures the attention and imagination of the public and, unfortunately, piracy is almost inevitable.

That being said. If you are interested in seeing Avengers: End of the game in all its splendor, as the filmmakers wanted, respect yourself, do not watch a piss-poor video, and drag your bad to the theater like everyone else. Thanos requires it.

Avengers: End of the game opens in the United States on April 26.

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