The Interview | Limited Release on December 25, 2014

[Deep Wang]

  @anildash

If only Sony had a media console installed in millions of homes that they could use to release a film.

12/17/14, 4:03 PM

 

The only problem with that is that PSN goes down when someone sneezes.   Something like this would bring it down in a heart beat.  

 

That or the hacker DDOS's it and nobody can see it AND nobody would be able to get online.

[TLK]

Had it been Warner, Fox, or Disney behind the movie the hackers would have failed though, Sony is just a weak studio.

I am disappointed in them cutting the movie though, the damage is done and i just want to see if it was really worth the hassle.

I am also disappointed because pulling the movie means the hackers win.

 

Fox was supposed to distribute Steve Carell's North Korea movie but they declined to distribute it after Sony hacking. New Regency pulled the plug on the movie earlier today. You guys are kidding yourself if you think this is a Sony-only problem. Sony has been very badly damaged and as of now they are just trying to stay afloat. The movie was dead as soon as North Korean link was established.

 

 

EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Deadline revealed that New Regency had scrapped a project he planned to direct with Steve Carell with a North Korea setting, director Gore Verbinski has expressed his frustration that his movie was a casualty of the unprecedented hack attack and terrorist threat that caused Sony to cancel the theatrical release of The Interview after theater chains refused to show it. Word I’m getting from Fox is they hadn’t committed to fund the film, which Verbinski informed me was called Pyongyang, but they did decline to distribute it in the wake of recent events but didn’t stand in the way of it going elsewhere. Clearly that wasn’t going to happen.

 

https://deadline.com/2014/12/gore-verbinski-north-korea-steve-carell-film-cancellation-1201328823/

[BK007]

The Panda's insinuation that Disney would be imperious to the hack is such a fucking joke.

 

This is the studio that bucked to the pressure of parents that the Little Mermaid's minister for Ariel's wedding had a boner and re-edited the scene.

 

They would stand in the way of this? LMFAO.

 

Of course that's first assuming that Disney would even release such a movie, when they would never in hell do such a thing. Have you not noticed the movies they make?

 

Disney has financial power and clout, but do you really think they have so much more invested in them than Sony? Sony is a prime target for hackers seeing as they also produce gaming networks and etc, where hackers are tied to anyway. I don't see 7 year old "Let it Go" karaoke singers being able to hack anything.

 

It's not Sony. It's the government/world's fault for letting there be hardly any punishment for cybercrime. Did you know that revenge porn was not a crime until this year? The government has distracted the public with lots of other bullshit that they have bought instead of the realities and EXTENT of cybercrime. If you think this is just Sony, you're living under a rock. The difference is, the hackers wanted to publicly shame and destroy Sony. Otherwise, they'd be stealing info to sell on or use for their own malevolent purposes. Congress has been inept and is reactionary not visionary. The Internet age dawned a decade ago and what punishment is there for cybercrime?

[Maxmoser3]

I still hope they don't give it a VOD release and wait until all this has blown over. Remember Collateral Damage got a several month delay after 9/11.

Same with Big Trouble and Bad Company

[kowhite]

Same with Big Trouble and Bad Company

All bombs.

Not exactly a winning formula.

[bartonfink]

Just saw the leaked Kim Jung-Un death scene in Youtube. Awesome. 

[Crusader]

I read this in the newspapers today its been making headlines over here too 

 

Ridiculous situation if you ask me - one might even consider this extra marketing for the movie when it finally gets released ut one would have to be really cynical 

[cookie]

  @anildash

If only Sony had a media console installed in millions of homes that they could use to release a film.

12/17/14, 4:03 PM

 

I don't think Sony wants to risk a re-run of this:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Network_outage

Edited December 18, 2014 by Chr1stm4s C00k13

[TLK]

So this movie was more than an innocent stupid comedy. State Department officials thought that assassinating Kim Jong-Un would serve as a useful propaganda against the North Korean regime. No wonder Sony is now panicking and pulled the movie.

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/17/exclusive-sony-emails-allege-u-s-govt-official-ok-d-controversial-ending-to-the-interview.html

 

The Daily Beast has unearthed several emails that reveal at least two U.S. government officials screened a rough cut of the Kim Jong-Un assassination comedy The Interview in late June and gave the film—including a final scene that sees the dictator’s head explode—their blessing.

 

The claim that the State Department played an active role in the decision to include the film’s gruesome death scene is likely to cause fury in Pyongyang. Emails between the Sony Entertainment CEO and a security consultant even appear to suggest the U.S. government may support the notion that The Interview would be useful propaganda against the North Korean regime.

 

.......

 

He added, “In fact, when I have briefed my book on ‘preparing for the possibility of a North Korean collapse’ [sept 2013], I have been clear that the assassination of Kim Jong-Un is the most likely path to a collapse of the North Korean government. Thus while toning down the ending may reduce the North Korean response, I believe that a story that talks about the removal of the Kim family regime and the creation of a new government by the North Korean people (well, at least the elites) will start some real thinking in South Korea and, I believe, in the North once the DVD leaks into the North (which it almost certainly will). So from a personal perspective, I would personally prefer to leave the ending alone.”

 

That same day, Lynton responded saying that a U.S. government official completely backed Bennett’s assessment of the film.

“Bruce – Spoke to someone very senior in State (confidentially),” wrote Lynton. “He agreed with everything you have been saying. Everything. I will fill you in when we speak.”

[DeeCee]

There's only one way to deal with the North Koreans.

[CoolioD1]

Fox was supposed to distribute Steve Carell's North Korea movie but they declined to distribute it after Sony hacking. New Regency pulled the plug on the movie earlier today. You guys are kidding yourself if you think this is a Sony-only problem. Sony has been very badly damaged and as of now they are just trying to stay afloat. The movie was dead as soon as North Korean link was established.

 

 

https://deadline.com/2014/12/gore-verbinski-north-korea-steve-carell-film-cancellation-1201328823/

Bullllshiiiit. sounds like you're blaming sony for greenlighting the film which is pretty much the worst attitude to take in this situation. They had no reason to think it would lead to this when it began production. bcos like I said earlier it's not the first movie to do what it doing

[DeeCee]

Why weren't they more worked up about this?

[The Stingray]

lol, Hollywood's held hostage at the whim of a mad man.

[Hatebox]

The weird part is that by all accounts it's a totally mediocre movie anyway. I know that's beside the point, but it's not even like the North Koreans are gettings worked up by a Strangelove-esque, biting satire - it's Rogen and Franco making dick jokes.

 

Anyway, I sincerely hope this doesn't set a precedent. American corporations have a dubious history of caving into vocal minorities, but this is ridiculous.

[RaidensSword]

lol, Hollywood's held hostage at the whim of a mad man.

Whoa! Great reference dude.

[CoolioD1]

Whoa! Great reference dude.

[Avatree]

lol, Hollywood's held hostage at the whim of a mad man.

Pop quiz: you're releasing a film next week and you're getting terroist threats. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?

[The Panda]

The Panda's insinuation that Disney would be imperious to the hack is such a fucking joke.

This is the studio that bucked to the pressure of parents that the Little Mermaid's minister for Ariel's wedding had a boner and re-edited the scene.

They would stand in the way of this? LMFAO.

Of course that's first assuming that Disney would even release such a movie, when they would never in hell do such a thing. Have you not noticed the movies they make?

Disney has financial power and clout, but do you really think they have so much more invested in them than Sony? Sony is a prime target for hackers seeing as they also produce gaming networks and etc, where hackers are tied to anyway. I don't see 7 year old "Let it Go" karaoke singers being able to hack anything.

It's not Sony. It's the government/world's fault for letting there be hardly any punishment for cybercrime. Did you know that revenge porn was not a crime until this year? The government has distracted the public with lots of other bullshit that they have bought instead of the realities and EXTENT of cybercrime. If you think this is just Sony, you're living under a rock. The difference is, the hackers wanted to publicly shame and destroy Sony. Otherwise, they'd be stealing info to sell on or use for their own malevolent purposes. Congress has been inept and is reactionary not visionary. The Internet age dawned a decade ago and what punishment is there for cybercrime?

It's not the same disney that released little mermaid anymore, they are one of the biggest financial giants around. Sony isn't the only gaming studio, yet you really never here of Microsoft getting hacked in such a way. Sony is a weak studio that was in financial trouble, they were the most vulnerable of the major studios to a hack.

[baumer]

Not to tempt fate, but theaters backing out of this film because NK said there would terrorist attacks, I mean, really?  What exactly is NK going to do?  Someone please tell me.

Edited December 18, 2014 by baumer

[Alpha]

Shouldn't the government have been searching for these hackers before they issued their 9/11 statement? If they had been found beforehand none of this would've happened.

 

Just goes to show you how no one takes cybercrime seriously anymore.