The Interview | Limited Release on December 25, 2014

[filmlover]

Anyone been to the IMDb page yet for this film? I don't take IMDb ratings seriously, but The Interview is at 10.0 with 6,563 votes and it has a shot at surpassing The Shawshank Redemption for #1.

 

Well done!

I pray that it gets nominated and wins Best Picture after all this. This whole saga is going to be remembered more than any other movie related thing from 2014.

[Fancyarcher]

I pray that it gets nominated and wins Best Picture after all this. This whole saga is going to be remembered more than any other movie related thing from 2014.

 

I don't care if The Interview sucks, the whole incident surrounding it, is truly maddening.

[filmlover]

And to think that James Franco is gonna lead us into WWIII. I knew he would do it, that bastard!

 

"Are we human or are we Franco?"

[The Panda]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/19/7421373/sony-hackers-wont-release-more-data-because-the-interview-cancelled

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

That's the reason you don't negotiate with terrorists. Sony just made a bad situation worse by canceling it, they gave the hackers authenticity to make demands.

[Mango]

Considering how Kim Jong-il once kidnapped a South Korean director and forced him to make films for him over a period of several years, you would figure we'd overlook the threats and release this film out of sheer poetic justice.

Edited December 19, 2014 by Mangostellar in 70mm

[grim22]

That's the reason you don't negotiate with terrorists. Sony just made a bad situation worse by canceling it, they gave the hackers authenticity to make demands.

 

The hackers played this one to perfection actually. They leaked juicy tabloid fodder which everyone reported on despite knowing full well where the info came from, then they upped the ante by leaking emails as well, then when everyone was well and truly taken in by everything that was leaked out... Boom, a threat to theaters showing The Interview. By this time, the media had basically legitimized the hackers and the theaters and Sony had to back off. The media is pretty complicit in the whole thing.

[Alpha]

GOP sends another threat to Sony

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Sony...

Unless you comply with these instructions, 9/11 2.0 will happen and more data will be leaked...

Send 60 OREO Cookie Sandwiches, handpacked by your IT team, to Kim Jong-Un's PO box. It is the Dear Leader's favorite dessert.

[grim22]

Obama just told Sony they screwed up by canceling "The Interview" release. 

 

Obama says Sony made a mistake cancelling #TheInterview after #SonyHack http://t.co/laEiQMOK2b pic.twitter.com/8AfxOn4Kr0

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking)

December 19, 2014

[RySenkari]

I wonder if he can order Sony to release it by executive order? XD

[AniNate]

That would definitely get Obama his mojo back among his base

Edited December 19, 2014 by tribefan695

[cozmeesah]

IIIII dunno about that. POTUS ordering a piece of art to be released isn't much different than what's already happened.

[AniNate]

IIIII dunno about that. POTUS ordering a piece of art to be released isn't much different than what's already happened.

 

When Toby Keith wrote "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" he only released it because he was told it was his "duty" to. Not the most agreeable precedent, maybe, but in this case it is very much Sony's duty to release the film. This isn't just about personal decisions to release or not release a work of art anymore, it's about standing up to terrorist threats.

Edited December 19, 2014 by tribefan695

[Kvikk Lunsj]

If Sony decides to release on Christmas still it will be huge at the box office

[Alpha]

If Sony decides to release on Christmas still it will be huge at the box office

Except it won't be in theaters at this point.

And even if it does find a theatrical release, it won't be on Christmas day. Most likely once this situation has blown over (February/March).

[SpiderByte]

I pray that it gets nominated and wins Best Picture after all this. This whole saga is going to be remembered more than any other movie related thing from 2014.

It kind of can't if it never gets released.

[Cmasterclay]

Great call by President Obama!!

 

Also, why is this in On the Lot? Just seems like needless over-moderation to me. At least move it to the Speakeasy. It's one of the most unique/big/interesting box office stories in years. It shouldn't be in this less-visited forum.

Edited December 19, 2014 by Cmasterclay

[Frozen]

Sony's CEO responded to the President on CNN:

 

 

 

"The president, the press, and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened," Lynton said in an exclusive interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria. "We do not own movie theaters. We cannot determine whether or not a movie will be played in movie theaters."  

 

http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/19/media/sony-executive-michael-lynton-responds-to-president-obama/index.html?sr=twmoney121914sonyent0415story

[Ozymandias]

 

Obama just told Sony they screwed up by canceling "The Interview" release. 

 

 

Obama says Sony made a mistake cancelling #TheInterview after #SonyHack http://t.co/laEiQMOK2b pic.twitter.com/8AfxOn4Kr0

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 19, 2014

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Its official now, Sony and the theaters are jokes.

 

Edited December 19, 2014 by Ozymandias

[Alpha]

Sony's CEO responded to the President on CNN:

http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/19/media/sony-executive-michael-lynton-responds-to-president-obama/index.html?sr=twmoney121914sonyent0415story

He does have a point. The theater chains are the ones that pretty much forced Sony to cancel the theatrical release.

Still not an excuse to release it digitally.

[filmlover]

He does have a point. The theater chains are the ones that pretty much forced Sony to cancel the theatrical release.

Still not an excuse to release it digitally.

Maybe they'll wait a bit until all this cools down and to encourage the major chains to show it on a later date. Maybe try a "quiet" release first in a handful of theaters and expand. We'll see I guess. Although if this does debut as a wide release, it's gonna have a massive opening now, whereas it would've done only alright business before in its original spot controversy-free.