Amazon Reportedly Leaked Jason Statham’s New Film ‘Mutiny’ on Prime

Jason Statham’s new film Mutiny is apparently a heartwarming fable an action-packed thriller about a billionaire being murdered. If it sounds like your cup of tea, you’ll be able to see it in cinemas from August 21—unless, of course, you just happened to be scrolling Amazon Prime Video earlier today, in which case you could have watched the entire film.

As per The Verge , the movie appeared on Amazon’s streaming service for reasons that remain unclear, and it was up long enough that the outlet’s writer could watch it from start to finish. It’s not available on Prime anymore, and it doesn’t immediately appear to have leaked any further. Still, the fact that a big-budget Hollywood movie was posted online in its entirety a couple of days before its release, and that the leak occurred on a big-name streaming platform, is a) mystifying and b) a screw-up of pretty spectacular proportions.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the whole affair is how and why Amazon had access to a cut of Mutiny in the first place. Access Hollywood reported back in 2024 that the film will be distributed via Lionsgate in the USA and Sky Cinema in the UK, and there’s no indication that either arrangement has changed. Neither of those companies has any direct affiliation with Amazon, but Lionsgate’s streaming service, Lionsgate+, is available via Prime Video in multiple countries, including the USA. The Verge’s report says that the film’s listing on Prime Video was “fully populated with the cast list, video thumbnail, and a blurb,” which suggests that the film was supposed to appear there at some point—just not, y’know, now .

In view of this, it seems most likely that the film was sitting on Amazon and/or Lionsgate’s servers, waiting until such time as it’s released for streaming via Lionsgate+, and somebody—who is presumably having a very bad day—accidentally posted it too early. But then again, maybe it was a rogue AI agent that decided unilaterally that the world was going to see the film right now, damn it, or an overzealous chatbot going above and beyond in response to someone’s request to book a ticket. Who can say? We’ve approached Amazon for comment and will update this post when we hear back.