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This has not been a good month for Sony, the company was hacked, its emails were leaked, secrets were revealed and movies were prematurely hauled on to torrent sites. All of this, just to stop the release of one movie, The Interview, and unfortunately for those who wanted to see what all of the fuss was about, the film won't be seeing the light of day.
Following last night's cancellation of the film's cinema release, which was originally scheduled for next week, Sony has since clarified that it has no plans to release it at all. This is all in response to the hacker group's threats of violence against movie goers and further action against Sony should The Interview be released.
Not releasing the movie at all would obviously be a huge hit to Sony's wallet but despite the pleas of many onlookers on the Internet, that does appear to be the company's strategy moving forward. Speaking to Deadline, a studio spokesperson said that it has “no further release plans for the film”.
Maybe Sony will change its mind one day, after all, nobody wants to see these hackers win but for now, things are looking rather bleak.
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KitGuru Says: Sony shouldn't just roll over and let the hackers win, if they are planning to take the financial hit, then they should leak the movie to ensure the hackers don't get the outcome they were hoping for. Unfortunately, there are probably legal consequences to that. Either way, I imagine Seth Rogen isn't too happy right now. What do you guys think of this? Is Sony giving up too easy? Is this the right decision in the long run?
I think they did the right thing. Even if the hackers were not terrorists, the idea of innocent people being attacked over a fucking movie was just too much. It’s up to the authorities to pursue the hackers now, and maybe after they’re caught the movie will be released.
I don’t agree with Sony’s decision, This is blatant censorship, Plain and simple, now you have just opened the flood gates to hacker groups, when they want a film not to be shown, simple they threaten with violence and boom, The movie one week before release gets halted, Bull shit, I am not saying this is Sony’s fault, however this is censorship, and that’s not right! And so what a bunch of crazy fucking Koreans got pissed off, Don’t fucking watch the movie then, People have the FREEDOM to watch whatever entertainment they wish, That’s what the RED, WHITE and BLUE used to stand for, USED to being the keyword!!!!!!!
I think the movie looked stupid before, and I still think it does. But if the choice is do not release it ever and get $0 for everything you spent, or just release it in a digital only or on BluRay/DVD and make some money. It seems obvious they should release it. Who cares about the movie theater!.
> “Guardians of Peace”
> Making terror threats on innocent movie-goers
Well, so much for that idea. This is the first time I actually feel bad for a “big evil corporate” company.
Then the “terrorists” will target distributors/shops that sell the DVD/BD. It will still involve innocent people who want to watch it, and Sony wouldn’t want that.
If you want to earn your freedom back, start by hunting down those GOP kiddies.
Sony ‘s more concerned by the safety of its own employees I believe.