‘Eyes In The Trees’ Footage Of Anthony Hopkins Hacked; Producers Refuse To Pay Ransom
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Days after Disney revealed that it was investigating a reported hack of its internal Slack workplace, the producers behind the upcoming indie Eyes in the Trees starring Anthony Hopkins say they has been targeted in a ransom-seeking data breach.
Producer Daemon Hillin (Which Brings Me to You) tells Deadline that he has received disturbing and very detailed emails from a Korean Zombie address that said 18 minutes of video footage from his film had been hacked.
The breach constitutes all of Hopkins’ scenes that were shot in Los Angeles during last year’s strikes. (The film was awarded an interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA.) The email included screenshots of Hopkins from the film, which is a reimagining of the H.G.
Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, along with a list of the film’s investors and other producers. BGG Capital and Landon B.
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