The Interview | Limited Release on December 25, 2014

[forg]

TMZ is reporting that Sony believes the hack was an inside job and possibly a laid off IT employee went to someone in North Korea with the info. Crazy stuff.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/12/17/sony-hack-inside-job-north-korea-investigation/

 

I think these are just the laid off employees posing as North Koreans

Edited December 17, 2014 by forg

[kitik]

if The Interview gets pulled, this is going to be one of the weakest Christmas's ever

 

 

 

Wednesday
24

NEW IN THEATERS	DISTRIBUTOR	RELEASE
The Gambler (on Thu.) Crime Drama	Paramount	Wide
The Interview (2014) (on Thu.) Comedy	Sony / Columbia	Wide
Into the Woods (on Thu.) Musical	Buena Vista	Wide
Unbroken (on Thu.) War Drama	Universal	Wide
American Sniper (on Thu.) Drama	Warner Bros.	4
Big Eyes (on Thu.) Drama	Weinstein Company
Selma (on Thu.) Drama	Paramount	Limited
Two Days, One Night Foreign	IFC

 

 

 

 

I don't think The Gambler is going to be 3000-wide. I doubt it will put up big numbers.

 

If The Interview goes, that would probably be good news for holdovers like Hobbit, Mockingjay, and even Interstellar and BH6. And it will certainly be good news for Into The Woods and Unbroken.

 

I wonder if something like Imitation Game or Inherent Vice might try to expand earlier than planned if they think screens might be available.

Edited December 17, 2014 by kitik

[Alpha]

The Interview is probably gonna end up the saw way as Borat.

Borat was supposed to debut in 2,500 theaters, but Fox only released it in 800 theaters because there was apparently little to no interest.

Borat debuted to $28 million, with a PTA over $30,000.

The Interview might get pulled from a lot of theaters, but in the end with all this free publicity it'll do around $15-25 million.

[lab276]

Such drama. Not being released here until January anyway.

[filmlover]

Yeah, the movie is definitely not going to be pulled now that they are apparently close to finding the hackers. I'm also expecting Carmike Cinemas to announce they will screen the film after all any minute now.

[Frozen]

Fandango still has tickets for sale in my area.

[CJohn]

Rival Studios Fuming at Sony for Not Yanking ‘Interview’ in Wake of Hackers’ Threats, Insiders Say (Exclusive)

http://www.thewrap.com/rival-studios-fuming-at-sony-for-not-yanking-interview-in-wake-of-hackers-threats-insiders-say-exclusive/

[Alpha]

Rival Studios Fuming at Sony for Not Yanking ‘Interview’ in Wake of Hackers’ Threats, Insiders Say (Exclusive)

http://www.thewrap.com/rival-studios-fuming-at-sony-for-not-yanking-interview-in-wake-of-hackers-threats-insiders-say-exclusive/

LOL, the real reason studios want it pulled is because it's gonna make the holdovers lose a decent amount of theaters.

[filmlover]

Yeah, with 4 wide releases this weekend and what looks to be 6 (since Big Eyes is looking to go at least fairly wide) on Christmas Day, the holdovers released before then are going to be pretty much decimated.

[Alpha]

"Why Sony Pictures Should Release 'The Interview' Online"

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7407493/why-sony-pictures-should-release-the-interview-online

[CJohn]

Yeah, they are absolutely totally not gonna do that.

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

I guess this shows how much more connected to the west Kim Jong Un is than his father. I don't remember much of a fuss being made over Team America a decade ago(That was 10 years ago? Wow.). Pretty sure Team America made more fun of the dad than this will make of the son.

 

Although, there is that conspiracy theorist inside of me that can't help but consider Sony is just making all(or at least some) of this up to drum up "free" publicity for this film.

[The Futurist]

We still aren t sure the hack is north korean.

An article from the wrap interviewed an IT guy and he said that to collect that much data, the breach in sony security and the hack has probably been going on for months, which could mean this is an inside job ...or not.

[filmlover]

I guess this shows how much more connected to the west Kim Jong Un is than his father. I don't remember much of a fuss being made over Team America a decade ago(That was 10 years ago? Wow.). Pretty sure Team America made more fun of the dad than this will make of the son.

 

Although, there is that conspiracy theorist inside of me that can't help but consider Sony is just making all(or at least some) of this up to drum up "free" publicity for this film.

Well, according to some, the hacker (or at least one of them) is now believed to be someone who worked/was associated with the studio, which would make a lot of sense.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I got screening tickets to this tomorrow night

[filmlover]

I still can't believe that all this drama has been over a fucking Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy. The movie must have by far the most awareness of the 674 movies opening on Christmas Day just because of all this. lol

[antovolk]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/source-top-five-theater-circuits-758843?utm_source=twitter

The country's top five theater circuits have decided not to play Sony's The Interview, a knowledgeable source tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, Carmike Cinemas and Cineplex Entertainment have all decided against showing the film.

Carmike Cinemas confirmed its decision to drop the film on Tuesday. The other chains did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sony also had no immediate comment.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/source-top-five-theater-circuits-758843?utm_source=twitter

Booooo

I hope my screening happens tomorrow.

[Chewy]

All of this drama will help the movie in the long run. It won't make much BO noise but it'll be infamous

[75Live]

Yeah while this movie looks terrible to me, I don't think this is right that it is being pulled due to this stuff.  Don't get me wrong, I get why it is and no theater is going to want to take the PR hit if something actually happened, but this still stinks.