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Some misguided advice in this thread.
Get a lawyer. They do not have to appoint a lawyer for you because you are not being criminally prosecuted. You are being sued, and that is a civil action.
You cannot go to jail in a civil trial. You go to jail if convicted in a criminal trial. Civil trials involve the exchange of money, not incarceration.
Delete anything you've pirated off your drives. Wipe the drives completely. And keep in mind that data recovery can be done on formatted drives, on drives that have been "erased" with a magnet, etc. I'd suggest a new hard drive and toss the old one where they won't find it.
Write NBC/Universal legal department for verification that the lawsuit is real. Vigorously deny that you pirated the movie while doing so, but do not send the letter without having your attorney look it over, since the letter can be used as evidence if you say the wrong thing.
I suggest exploring the "some asshole cracked my wifi router and downloaded it in my driveway" defense.
Good luck.
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