NYC Premiere of "The Interview" cancelled

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Kevin

All I can say about this situation is that before, I wasn't really sure I wanted to see it and now, I feel it is my duty as an American to watch this film and somehow pay Sony for the pleasure of doing so.

I feel it is my duty as an American to make sure that Sony and now Paramount never get a single dollar from me again. Seriously, Kim Jung Un just made Sony his bitch and it's embarrassing.

ETA- Apparently it's the movie theaters and distributors that ended up making the call to shelf the movie. Sony Pictures wants to release it, they just don't have a platform to do so.

[33girl]

No, they've said they won't even release it on Netflix or straight to on demand or video. If they really wanted to put it out, there are still independent theaters out there. Honestly, it's probably a crappy movie that they were dreading the release and flop of anyway, the threats are kust the cherry on the sundae.

[QueenD]

I work for a major theatre chain and while I can't say a ton, I will say that the threats and hacking attempts were not just confined to Sony. There were many other organizations in the movie business, including multiple large chains, that were targeted.

[ZetaPhi708.20]

The expert on evil organizations gives some advice to North Korea:

http://youtu.be/nBoPm_ZJPDc?t=40s

[ZetaPhi708.20]

Are things about to go to hell in a hand basket? Or just more rhetoric?

Now, North Korea is saying the U.S. government was behind "The Interview" & North Korea is also threatening destruction.


https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Nort...ea%22&src=tren

[andthen]

This has more plot twists than a daytime soap opera.

The Interview will see the light of day, according to Sony lawyer David Boies.

Boies appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and claimed that Sony’s controversial comedy The Interview “will be distributed.” How it will be distributed, however, he admitted is unclear right now.
“Sony only delayed this,” Boies told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd. “Sony has been fighting to get this picture distributed. It will be distributed. How it’s going to be distributed, I don’t think anybody knows quite yet. But it’s going to be distributed.”

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/sony-la...865827337.html

[ZetaPhi708.20]

And things progressed extremely towards ironic comedy today:

North Korea is experiencing wide-spread internet outages.