Just weeks after the upcoming animated film The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender leaked online in its entirety, the individual responsible for the leak has been placed behind bars.
An unidentified 26-year-old man was arrested in Singapore, on charges that heillegally accessed a media serverwithout authorization,according to The Strait Times.
Local authorities received a report on April 16 that portions of an unreleased film was leaked onto social media platforms.
The man was arrested within a day of that report, with various electronic devices seized by authorities, along with the unauthorized copy of the film.
The Singapore police’s investigation revealed that this manobtained remote access to a serverand downloaded the film from there, later posting clips of the film on social media.
The charge of unauthorized access to computer material carries a maximum prison term of seven years, with the potential of a fine upwards of $50,000.
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The Paramount film was initially set for a theatrical release in October 2025, though it was delayed to January 9, 2026 and then to October 9, 2026, when the studio ultimately decided to roll it out on the Paramount Plus streaming service instead.
It was this decision to keep it from theaters that seemingly motivated this man to leak the film online, as he teased on social media platform X a few weeks ago.
Back on April 11, an X user from Singapore dubbed@ImStillDissinclaimed, “Nickelodeon accidentally emailed me the entire Avatar aang movie,” though that doesn’t seem to be the case, according to the charges against him.
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