RIP "The Interview" - pulled from theaters due to hacking and controversy

[Pike]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7...-the-interview

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7...out/in/7116622

Has this ever happened before to a major Hollywood release? I can't think of controversy (in this case North Korea is the one making all the noise I think) straight up canceling a major, star-studded movie like this before. Especially just a week before release.

[Del Murder]

Well now I got to see this.

Pretty cool that Seth Rogen was promoting the movie as recently as Monday on The Colbert Report and my wife was at that show! Not only did she get to see Colbert in his final week, but she also got to see the writer/director/star of one of the most controversial movies in Hollywood history!

[Shorty]

Just read about this. I've read sources pointing fingers at North Korea and others saying that no, it wasn't North Korea, it was simply people who don't agree with the movie and North Korea is the perfect scapegoat for it, etc etc.

Seems like a really crappy thing to do.

[Sephex]

The only thing worse than this movie would be death camps.

Oh.

[Newmani]

Is there a reason we're bending so easily to a bunch of people who probably wouldn't bomb us anyway? It's not like we're dealing with the Taliban here; North Korea threatens all kinds of crap and never goes through with it. They're headed by a bunch of crazy narcissistic psychos who probably can't go to the bathroom without assistence.

[Agent Proto]

Many theaters are backing out because they're the ones being targeted by the hackers. Since most of the big name theaters aren't showing the movie, Sony decides to pull the movie. I read that the small lesser known theaters may still show the movie. Not too sure about that.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

These stupid smurfing hackers are ruining my life. North Korea didn't want it to come out, but we didn't bend.
But these smurfing bitch ass "Guardians of Peace" are threatening to kill people at the theaters if the theater chains release the movie. smurfing scumbags.

More importantly. Anonymous or some other hacking group needs to hack Sony again and put the Interview up for torrenting.

[Freya]

Seriously. I now just want to watch it because of all the drama it's causing.

[Newmani]

These stupid smurfing hackers are ruining my life. North Korea didn't want it to come out, but we didn't bend.
But these smurfing bitch ass "Guardians of Peace" are threatening to kill people at the theaters if the theater chains release the movie. smurfing scumbags.

More importantly. Anonymous or some other hacking group needs to hack Sony again and put the Interview up for torrenting.

Sadly the Gardians of Peace were being ordered to threaten us by North Korea. So yeah we bent over backwards for them.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

Sadly the Gardians of Peace were being ordered to threaten us by North Korea. So yeah we bent over backwards for them.

I really just don't believe that. Not unless NK paid them every yen in the country.

[Psychotic]

PR stunt. Not the hackers, the cancelling. More people will now watch this movie when it is released than before.

[Pike]

Apparently Sony's not even planning to release this on home video: http://variety.com/2014/film/news/so...ew-1201382167/

RIP that $44 million production budget, I guess.

[Jinx]

Holy crap, man.

[Freya]

I doubt that taking a hit of $44 million is a PR stunt.

But it's working like one. I NEED TO SEE THIS NOW.

[Pike]

I'm sure it will leak out to torrent sites eventually, but damn Sony is shooting themselves in the foot if they don't put it on Netflix or DVD or something before that happens.