Instead of a short teaser of writer-director Jon Matthews’ film, Sony uploaded the nearly 90-minute-long movie.
ony accidentally gave viewers a free look at Khali the Killer when a video was uploaded to Sony’s official YouTube channel that was supposedly the red-band trailer.
But instead of a short teaser of writer-director Jon Matthews’ film, Sony uploaded the nearly 90-minute-long movie.
Website Comic Book Resources was one of the first to notice and report the mistake, writing: “some commenters on YouTube began to wonder whether it’s a marketing stunt. Others, to their credit, worried about the future of the employee who uploaded the video”.
Sony Uploads Entire Khali the Killer Movie Instead of the Trailerhttps://t.co/zfRUrsD5Xz pic.twitter.com/U0J0iap9gQ
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) July 4, 2018
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The trailer remained on YouTube for eight hours before eventually being taken down.
Khali the Killer follows a hit man who is in the middle of working one last job before developing sympathy for his victims. The film was released in Germany on DVD and Blu-ray last November. According to IMDb, the film will not be released in theaters and will arrive in the United States this August. (sul/kes)
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