Amazon is in choppy waters after accidentally leaking Jason Statham’s latest big-budget action picture. insurgency on its Prime Video service days before the film is released in theaters.
Deadline understands the film was up for a few hours earlier this week after an error led to it being posted on a Prime product details page that usually shows trailers.
Some participants couldn’t believe what they were seeing. one Published to X: “I’m watching the new Jason Statham movie insurgencystreaming on Amazon for free now. This has to be a big mistake, right? My theater has showtimes starting this week!
Another user said: “Someone’s getting fired at Amazon. They’ve uploaded the new Jason Statham movie insurgency on Prime one day before it hits theaters.
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Lionsgate releases the action thriller this weekend in US theaters and is one of a number of buyers who are understandably not very impressed. According to multiple sources close to the project, the film is already being pirated in different regions. That’s a problem for Lionsgate and likely a bigger problem for international buyers, some of whom won’t release until later. We heard the film opened well in France and the Middle East yesterday before the leaked hype surfaced.
Overseas distributors, such as Lionsgate, have poured millions into acquiring and marketing the film. It is a film with a net worth of $50 million. Lionsgate is understood to have paid eight figures for it. We hear some movie theater chains are also opposed.
Now the question we’re hearing from those close to the film is what Amazon, the Premium VOD partner in the picture, can or will do to make good.
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“This is an unprecedented situation,” one angry international buyer told us. “This is a huge disaster. I’ve never been in this situation before. What’s clear is that this is a multi-million dollar problem for Amazon, and buyers will expect to write a check to help solve this problem.”
“What the hell? There are serious repercussions for distributors here,” said one person who worked on the project. Another overseas buyer simply told us: “Oh my God.”
We understand that Lionsgate’s anti-piracy team is trying to mitigate the damage. Meanwhile, international buyers are trying to coordinate a formal letter to Amazon.
Jean-François Richet Live insurgencyin which Statham is framed for the murder of his billionaire industrialist boss, leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy. Statham produces with Marc Boutin.
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This isn’t the first time a streamer has gotten into trouble for being lax regarding the film’s safety. Netflix is currently being sued for $105 million after disclosing a previously unreleased Nicolas Cage film, a World War II thriller. Consistencystolen from her office. The lawsuit accuses Netflix of losing the copy, but the studio has denied responsibility for the loss, saying it was delivered “without appropriate industry-standard safeguards.”
Representatives for Amazon, Lionsgate, Statham, and the film’s producers declined to comment on the matter insurgency a leak.
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