{"id":480882,"date":"2026-05-12T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480882\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:09:11","slug":"people-are-already-selling-the-leaked-avatar-movie-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/480882\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Already Selling the Leaked ‘Avatar’ Movie on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a month<\/a> since the new\u00a0Avatar movie leaked online, and in that month Paramount has only been quiet about its approach to trying to quell the leak\u2019s spread (and quieter still about how it is promoting a movie that\u2019s meant to be out in five months, but that\u2019s par for the course with it and\u00a0Avatar). But now the studio has an even weirder headache to consider: people are taking the leaked movie<\/a> and burning it to Blu-ray discs for sale.<\/p>\n

Although Paramount has refused to publicly comment<\/a> on the leaks of\u00a0Legend of Aang, choosing instead to hit leaked clips and releases of the Avatar Studios film through copyright takedowns, the film\u2019s persistence online<\/a> has taken a new step recently, as multiple Blu-ray copies of the movie have started being listed for sale on eBay.<\/p>\n

\"AvatarWho remembers Legends of Chima? \u00a9 Gizmodo <\/p>\n

A cursory search for new listings under \u201cLegend of Aang\u201d on the auction site shows that, aside from the occasional copy of the PS2-era video game of the same name (at least, as it was known in Europe; elsewhere it was simply Avatar: The Last Airbender), in the past week multiple listings of what claim to be Blu-ray copies of the upcoming film are already being sold online, mostly from sellers in Asia.<\/p>\n

While these are, in all likelihood, simply people who have downloaded the leaked film and burned it to disc, there is something so utterly absurd about all of this beyond the fact that\u00a0Legend of Aang is now one of the most embarrassing leaks Paramount has faced in years. The studio has done so little to promote the upcoming movie, outside of pulling it from theaters<\/a> to instead debut on streaming, that not only are these physical releases being sold in the first place, they\u2019re being advertised with promotional art that Paramount hasn\u2019t even officially released yet\u2014it\u2019s art that first randomly appeared<\/a> as apparel designs on Target\u2019s website that has since been removed from sale (they remain online<\/a> for all to see, however). A movie that is, again, meant to be releasing five months from now!<\/p>\n

It truly goes to show that this whole situation is just the latest in a long line of ignominies that Paramount\u2019s management of\u00a0Avatar<\/a> has led to, and things are probably only going to get weirder from here as we get closer and closer to Legend of Aang\u2018s official launch on Paramount+ October 9.<\/p>\n

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