James Bond Producers Confirm SPECTRE Script Is Among the Materials Stolen in Sony Hack

I don’t know who’s playing Blofeld in the new
James Bond film Spectre, but if you’re curious
about what’s going to happen in 007’s latest
adventure and lack scruples, you’ll probably be
able to find out soon. Producers EON
Productions have issued a statement
acknowledging that the script was stolen as part
of the Sony hack. The hackers have threatened
to continue leaking documents, and the script
may be part of a “Christmas gift” that the
hackers, Guardians of Peace, threatened this past
Saturday. If so, that would mark the seventh
dump of documents. The hack has been in
response to Sony’s decision to release the Seth
Rogen and Evan Goldberg comedy The Interview,
which the group believes will cause “The War”
with North Korea because the nation is
lampooned in the film. Presumably, this group
didn’t exist or was asleep at the keyboard when
Olympus Has Fallen came out.
Hit the jump for more including EON Productions’
statement.
While I’m sure it’s tempting for some to find out
what happens in Spectre, I strongly encourage
both fans and other websites not to read or
disseminate this script. The script is stolen
property, and spreading it around the Internet
tells criminals that it’s okay to steal personal e-
mails, account information, and more just
because the public finds it juicy. If you care
about filmmaking, then respect the filmmakers
and don’t share or report the contents of the
script.
And if you do, you might be in violation of
copyright law anyway. Here’s the statement
from EON [via Variety]:
“EON PRODUCTIONS, the producers of the James
Bond films, learned this morning that an early
version of the screenplay for the new Bond film
SPECTRE is amongst the material stolen and
illegally made public by hackers who infiltrated
the Sony Pictures Entertainment computer
system,” reads the statement. “Eon Productions
is concerned that third parties who have received
the stolen screenplay may seek to publish it or its
contents. The screenplay for SPECTRE is the
confidential information of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studios and Danjaq, LLC, and is protected by the
laws of copyright in the United Kingdom and
around the world. It may not (in whole or in part)
be published, reproduced, disseminated or
otherwise utilized by anyone who obtains a copy
of it. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Danjaq
LLC will take all necessary steps to protect their
rights against the persons who stole the
screenplay, and against anyone who makes
infringing uses of it or attempts to take
commercial advantage of confidential property it
knows to be stolen.”