Ough dikke bummer voor Sylvester Stallone en zijn anabolen bende, want er is een DVD screener van The Expandables 3 opgedoken in het download circuit en deze is in enkele uren al meer dan 200.000 gedownload via de bekende torrent sites. Volgens de website Torrentfreak is de kwaliteit zover het kan voor een DVD screens behoorlijk goed.

The Expendables 3, featuring every action hero known to man, was set for an August 15 debut but has appeared online in near DVD quality. In just 12 hours, more than 100,000 copies have been downloaded. It's worth bearing in mind, however, that production company Nu Image sued those who downloaded the original movie.

Around twelve hours ago, a near perfect copy of The Expendables 3 appeared online and it's already a smash hit with home audiences.

Figures gathered by TorrentFreak reveal that more than 100,000 200,000 (update) people have downloaded the presumed 'DVD screener' copy using BitTorrent alone, and at one point in excess of 65,000 users were engaged in transfers on a single torrent.

These stats push the leak well ahead of the initial pre-release popularity of the infamous X-Men Origins: Wolverine leak back in 2009 and once the news begins to spread today, things are only going to get worse.

Needless to say, the folks at distributor Lionsgate are going to be absolutely furious. While 'cams' are an annoyance, most movie-goers won't want to destroy the movie experience by watching them. High-quality copies like this one are a different matter altogether and the soaring download numbers are a testament to that.