Leaked “Spider-man 3″ Trailer…It’s Getting Ugly!

Breaking News: In a security breach with legal ramifications far beyond Hollywood’s insular post-production community, an unfinished trailer for “Spider-man 3″ has leaked onto the Internet. Uh oh!

The theatrical trailer for the Sam Raimi blockbuster, which was ultimately not selected by Sony for it’s “Spider-man 3″ marketing campaign, shows scenes from the movie that bear the watermark of The Ant Farm, an award-winning trailer house that works on numerous studio films every year, including those of Sony Pictures.

But, unfortunately for Sony, the tell-tale watermark of the post production house is not a reliable indication of the source of the leak, insist Mike Greenfeld and Barbara Glazer, co-CEOs of The Ant Farm, who stressed that the studio doesn’t believe the leak came from their company. Read more…

I’m fairly certain, this is the official Spiderman 3 Trailer:

“We certainly don’t cut trailers and post them on YouTube,” added Greenfeld, referring to the vastly popular shared video website recently acquired by Google for $1.6 billion last month.

And therein lies a major headache for Google: While Sony is not commenting on what, if any, legal action it may take breach of security that allowed the unfinished “Spider-man 3″ trailer to go missing, Google Video is currently carrying the unfinished, pilfered trailer; while the studio clearly intends to inform Google that it must be removed, the nature of viral video is such that the trailer might well keep on being reposted ad infinitum. Read more…

UPDATE: Google has since removed the video

Leaked “Spider-man 3″ Trailer…It’s Getting Ugly!

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