A visual effects company based in Australia is currently in hot waters after being accused of leaking a full-length work print of the upcoming film “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”

Rising Sun Pictures, the company contracted for the visual effects of the film, were allegedly the culprits of this incident since their company’s name were captioned in the leaked copy that was seen online on March 2. However, the company denied having anything to do with the unfortunate incident.

“As we worked on individual sequences within the film, neither Rising Sun Pictures or its staff members have ever been in possession of a full-length version, so it would have been impossible for the movie to have been leaked from here,” Rising Sun Pictures chairman Tony Clark said in a statement published on the company’s website.

The Hugh Jackman-starrer deals with the beginnings of one of the most famous Marvel characters. The film is scheduled for release on May 1 but started appearing on file-sharing sites this week.

Rising Sun Pictures has worked on visual effects of box office hits such as “Australia,” “Watchmen” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

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