First Francis Ford Coppola’s computers got stolen from his offices in Argentina where he’s planning his next movie. Then Tyler Nelson, an actor in the new Indiana Jones movie gave away the entire plot to a newspaper in Oklahoma, causing Steven Spielberg to hit the roof (he’s threatened to cut all of Nelson’s scenes from the film). Then before the dust from that catastrophe could settle, Spielberg’s computers, and photos from the next Indy installment were stolen.

Is this a weird case of serendipity, overzealous fan boys getting desperate for information, or the next episode of the world’s dumbest crooks? Spielberg has always gone to great lengths to protect the storylines of his movies from being leaked. Trying to get a copy of a Spielberg script before the film’s release? You’ll have better luck getting access to missile launch codes, which is why this current leak of info and computer theft must be Spielberg’s worst nightmare come true.

Just as I was finishing this blog, Reuters reported that a suspect has been apprehended in the Spielberg theft. He’d apparently been advertising the Indy info for sale in e-mails he’d been sending to Hollywood gossip sites. I was really hoping for Coppola and Spielberg doing an O.J. style citizen’s arrest. Imagine them breaking down the door of a hotel room in Vegas, seeing copies of their scripts everywhere, screaming: “Look at this sh*t! You think you can steal my sh*t?!?”