Hollywood Breakdown
Sony Pulls the Plug on 'The Interview'
The situation at Sony isn't getting better any time soon. Following a threat of physical violence from the hackers, now believed to somehow involve North Korea, many theater owners said they would not show The Interview. Now, Sony has said they will not release the film in theaters at all, or via VOD.
By Kim Masters • • 3m ListenNorth Korea is now believed to be "centrally involved" in the unprecedented hack at Sony Pictures. The focus of the hackers' ire is the James Franco and Seth Rogen comedy The Interview, which portrays the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Now Sony has canceled the Christmas Day release of the movie entirely, and the future for several top Sony executives looks shaky. While there was some push to perhaps get Sony to release the film via a streaming VOD service, they'd likely have difficulty finding someone to stream it.
