‘Doctor Who’ And Five Other Shows And Movies That Suffered Script Leaks

Earlier this week, the internet became a harder place for ‘Doctor Who’ fans to navigate, after five scripts from the show’s eighth season were leaked online. After the leak, show bosses pleaded with fans to keep the information to themselves, so as not to spoil Peter Capaldi's maiden voyage for the rest of us. But since the dawn of the internet, script leaks have become just one of those things that fans and studios alike have had to deal with. You’re not alone ‘Doctor Who’, here’s five other scripts which somehow found their way online as well.

3. The Avengers

Samuel L Jackson reportedly felt the wrath of Disney and Marvel when his script for the first Avengers movie was stolen. Months later, Jackson explained what happened, saying. "When they sent me the new version of the script, I was shooting a film in Toronto and my assistant copied it from the email and printed it in the office somewhere. And by the time we got to Albuquerque someone had stolen the script out of the printer and put it online for sale. I didn't know printers had memories. And apparently my assistant didn't either.” No one was ever arrested over the incident, despite an intense investigation by Marvel who even sent a team out to Canada to track down the IP address of the person who had put it online.

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4. The Fifth Estate

Of course a film about a website made famous for leaking documents was going to incur a leak of its own. The script, for the movie about Julian Assange and his Wikileaks website was leaked before its release and subsequently found its way into the hands of the very subject. Assange wasn't too happy with what he read and leaked the ‘mature’ version of the script on his website. He also included a 4,000 word essay, pointing out all the alleged factual inaccuracies in the screenplay, including noting that “Julian Assange does not dye or bleach his hair white, as claimed in the film.”

5. Breaking Bad

As the ‘Breaking Bad' finale drew closer it seemed one fan in particular just couldn’t wait any longer. In March 2013 a man was arrested for breaking into Bryan Cranston’s car and stealing the actor’s iPad which contained two ‘Breaking Bad’ script. But luckily for Cranston and the show’s producers, technology saved the day. As thanks to some particularly tech savvy folks, the scripts were able to be deleted from Cranston’s iPad remotely, ensuring no nasty spoilers ended up online.