DHAKA: An early version of the script for the new James Bond film has been stolen by hackers.

The producers of Spectre have confirmed that the screenplay was taken as part of a cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November.

In a statement on the film's official website, Eon Productions said they were concerned the script may be published online.

Spectre is due to be released in November 2015, reports the BBC.

The statement said, ‘Eon Productions, the producers of the James Bond films, learned this morning that an early version of the screenplay for the new Bond film SPECTRE is amongst the material stolen and illegally made public by hackers who infiltrated the Sony Pictures Entertainment computer system’.

‘Eon Productions is concerned that third parties who have received the stolen screenplay may seek to publish it or its contents.’

BDST: 1250 HRS, DEC 15, 2014