After a month of leaks, embarrassment, and terrorist threats — not to mention an admonishment from President Obama himself — Sony has reversed course and will release The Interview on Christmas Day in a limited number of theaters.
The Alamo Drafthouse, an independent theater chain based in Austin, confirmed to Yahoo Movies that it will screen the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy about assassinating North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The Plaza theater chain in Georgia also tweeted that it would be showing the film.
According to The Wrap, Sony will also release the film on video on demand systems.
"We have never given up on releasing The Interview and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas day,” Sony Entertainment chair and CEO Michael Lynton said in a statement. “At the same time, we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience. I want to thank our talent on The Interview and our employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges we have all faced over the last month. While we hope this is only the first step of the film’s release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech.”
Here is a tweet from Seth Rogen after learning the news.
I mean it is one thing to be a little bitch and cave in to threats, but it is altogether different to be Kim Jong Un's little bitch.
Shaking in my Santa boots, Un.
ReplyDeleteBring it, bully.
He is an evil despot who brings misery and horror to a whole lot of people.
ReplyDeleteWhat up with this freak's 'do'. Hitler thought his 'stash' would become 'all the rage'. This is the face of an autocratic monster fermented in a cauldron of absolute depravity. Unfortunately, his organization is bigger than Bin Laden's so the approach
ReplyDeletethere won't work here. Millions will continue to suffer.
The film is playing locally in Minneapolis, though I'll pass. It's not rated well on RottenTomatoes.com. I'll wait for the DVD.
ReplyDeleteMore sad to me is the reality which is this North Korean autocrat who has such complete control to make millions of his countrymen, women and children live horrible lives. He basically is a one man government death panel.
You know, I have never thought NK had anything to do with this. I think it was an inside-the-industry hacking. As a good friend of mine puts it:
ReplyDeleteThink about it. North Korea barely has the Internet. Maybe 3 people in all of North Korea know how to use it! I didn’t even know who James Franco and Seth Rogan were before this fiasco, and now they’ve become household names.
This was an inside job if I’ve ever seen one. And I predicted that this would be the outcome! The movie industry was down 4% this year — major in terms of revenues — and now it’s become patriotic to go to the movies to stand up to North Korea. People will go in droves to see a bad taste, probably not-all-that-funny movie and Sony will reap a fortune. And at the same time, they’ve managed to put Angelina Jolie and the other spoiled superstars in their place (so that they can’t demand more money from them)./ Perfect-o.
North Korea has about 3000 professional full-time hackers.
DeleteAnon 4.25p - I don't know how many professional hackers they have, but who set them up on this target?
Deletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-the-fbi-get-it-wrong-on-north-korea/
DeleteHey, Kim Jong Assbreath, I'm here. Come hack me.
ReplyDeleteOf course this happened AFTER the head of SONY said theaters were calling him saying they refused to air the show, which got the middle finger from the movie theaters and he HAD to release it, especially after POTUS "wished" he'd have contacted him first.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, what a brilliant marketing ploy! I'd have never chosen to watch it, but now I want to, no matter how much it sucks.
making lemon aid
ReplyDeleteNow it's my patriotic duty to go see this POS of a movie. Thanks once again Kim.
ReplyDeletelost in the hoopla about NK, is the actual plot of the film, which seems to be about two "journalists" sent to assassinate NK leader. This fictional plotline is abhorrent, as in parts of the world western journalists are targeted as extensions of their governments. Real journalists put themselves at risk every day to report from the most dangerous parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteNK might not have had one thing to do with this. I don't trust the FBI to tie it's own shoes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-the-fbi-get-it-wrong-on-north-korea/
Fat man with little book. Fat man with little book. . .
ReplyDeleteThanks for that, lol. I can't stop laughing. I'll never be able to look at him the same again.
DeleteR in NC
This puts Palin in a tricky situation. Does she go see the film to support the Amurikan freedumbs her warrior son fought so hard for or does she boycott the film to support her North Korean allies? What a dilemma!
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