A 26-year-old man was arrested in Singapore for allegedly leaking The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender.
According to The Straits Times, police said the man accessed a media server without authorization, downloaded the unreleased film, then leaked parts of it online. A copy of the film was recovered from one of his devices.
Unauthorised access to computer material carries a maximum jail term of seven years, a fine not exceeding $50,000, or both.
The Straits Times pointed to the @ImStillDissin X / Twitter account, which has been at the heart of the leaks, and suggested someone based in Singapore is behind it.
Earlier this month, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender was leaked to X / Twitter months ahead of its official premiere on Paramount+. The account that first leaked the movie said someone at Paramount-owned Nickelodeon “accidentally” emailed them the full film. However, according to Variety, “the initial investigation determined that the vulnerability had nothing to do with Paramount’s systems.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the person behind the X / Twitter account claimed “a friend from his hacker days sent him a full copy of the movie,” and, “He didn’t know what it was until he looked it up.” He posted the initial videos to social media to, he insisted, “troll a little bit.” Apparently he didn’t think it was a big deal because the movie isn’t set to release in theaters.
After the X / Twitter account posted the initial clips of the movie, the entire film leaked online from another account, apparently also based in Singapore. “Welp movie just got leaked on 4chan. GG,” the original leaker tweeted on April 13. “And no anon I’m not getting extradited over a cartoon movie chill out.”
In December, it emerged that Paramount had ditched plans for a theatrical release of The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender in favor of an exclusive launch on streaming platform Paramount+. The much-anticipated animated movie was due out in theaters on October 9, 2026, but Paramount subsequently set Paramount+ as the exclusive home of Avatar Studios content, forcing The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and original series Avatar: Seven Havens onto the platform.
Avatar fans who were looking forward to seeing the movie in theaters questioned the decision, which came as a surprise in the context of the huge box office success anime films enjoyed last year. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, for example, grossed an incredible $774 million at the global box office.
An animator who worked on The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender criticized those who were using Paramount’s “awful decision” to pull the movie from theaters “to justify leaking it.” Michaela Jill Murphy, the original voice of Toph Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender, subsequently told fans that they should avoid the leaks completely. Olivia Hack, the voice of Ty Lee in Avatar: The Last Airbender, then joined fan calls for Paramount to change its mind and release The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender in theaters.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
