Um-ah! Someone at 20th Century Fox is going to be in biiiiig trouble.

Rumours started circulating in the blogosphere yesterday that the full-length Wolverine feature (which is due out in US cinemas on May 1) had leaked onto the web.

The so-called "work-print copy" is said to be a high-quality, full-length version of the film without time codes or a studio watermark, though some special effects are not yet complete.

Later in the day a bunch of "industry insiders" came out and said that the leaked version was not the final cut. But there's a good chance the "industry insiders" were a bunch of panicked 20th Century executives, so let's take that with a big fat grain of popcorn salt.

Here's what Rick Marshall had to say about it on his MTV blog:

"According to various sources in and around Hollywood, the version of “Wolverine” currently available online isn’t the final cut of the film. In fact, the most notable story elements likely to be missing from the leaked “Wolverine” movie are the scenes filmed last — specifically, those that were re-shot back in January. That footage is rumored to focus heavily on Ryan Reynolds‘ character, Deadpool, who remains one of the project’s biggest mysteries — and it could be a mystery that the leaked film might not solve entirely.

Also, since all indications seem to point to the leaked version of “Wolverine” coming from an early test-screening cut of the film, there could be significant differences in plot points between the bootleg film and its theater-ready counterpart. Story elements that were considered too moody or upbeat might have been changed since the bootleg version was cut, while certain scenes that either said too much or too little about a character or story point could have been re-edited to present a dramatically different take on the subject matter.

Finally, the special effects are often the last element of a film to be polished up and receive their final “tweak” by the film’s creators. It’s no secret that the people behind “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” have been talking up the “bad-ass” vibe of Logan’s solo debut — and special effects are likely to play a big part in that bad-assery. (Case in point: that scene where Logan crashes his motorcycle into a truck in order to generate the upward momentum to launch himself at a helicopter. That’s a scene worthy of a final cut, in my humble opinion.)" 

We can't post the link to the online version of the film, or a big scary fist from copyright heaven will probably come down and smite us. But that's what comment sections are for. Right?