Quentin Tarantino can't seem to avoid having his material leaked and now his latest movie is now showing up online ahead of its official premiere.
According to Torrent Freak, a high quality version of The Hateful Eight is now circulating across the Internet. The copy that's out there is likely the screener recently sent out to members of the Academy for awards consideration, although no watermarks appear on the image.
This is not the first time something related to The Hateful Eight has leaked just last year, an early draft of the screenplay was posted online. The director was so angry about this that for a while he actually cancelled the project entirely. He has also been very passionate about the theatrical, 70mm presentation of The Hateful Eight, so aside from all the money lost because of this piracy, the fact that fans are now watching his movie on their computers has got to be pretty upsetting for Tarantino.
Plenty of other big movies have leaked as well including The Revenant, Creed, Joy, Steve Jobs, Carol, Room and Brooklyn, all of which are being considered at the Academy Awards. The Revenant has already been downloaded over 740,000 times, while The Hateful Eight has racked up about 570,000 illegal downloads.
The Hateful Eight hits limited theaters on Dec. 25.