Sony Cancels Kim Jong-Un Movie After Threats

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Sony Pictures has cancelled the release of the controversial film The Interview, which depicts an assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

 

The company said the decision was made after major US theatre chains pulled out of showing the film following threats from hackers.

 

"In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release," a Sony Pictures statement said.

 

The studio added it was "deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie, and in the process do damage to our company".

 

Sony said it stands by the makers of the film, which tells the fictional story of two journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate the North Korean leader.

 

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Well, at least we got Channing Tatum's lulzy email out of this mess.

[424]

North Korea like:

[♥SNS-Shinomiya♥]

Yes, I thought the movie sent a bad message!

[Almondandlime]

Good tbh.

[Nev Schulman]

Hope it leaks because I wanna see it out of curiousity

[Kaleidoscope]

Good choice.

 

Edit. 

 

Actually I don't know how to feel about this. Might set a precedent.

[macchatea]

why did they even make such a stupid movie anyway

[-~W~-]

I wanted to see it 

[kass]

I couldn't believe they actually made a movie like this tbh.

[-~W~-]

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[g-dragons girlfriend]

I don't know what they were expecting, honestly.

 

That being said, I really want to see this movie.

[Jung Soojung]

Because that isn't an overreaction at all

[KissontheW1nD]

why did they even make such a stupid movie anyway

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This x1000

It was probably gonna flop anyways. Who in the right mind would go see it?

[Sudeki]

Wtf why?? North Korea is like the least threatening country in the world. 

 

By cancelling the movie, they're sending the message that their threat should be taken seriously, which they should not.

[Sephiroth]

why would anyone think making a movie like that is a good idea...

[sparkilene]

I know all the issues (cyber-terrorism, freedom, etc)

 

But good riddance. The movie sounded like a horrid idea.

[......]

I don't know what's more disturbing... bending to the censorship whims of terrorist threats from a shitty dictatorial country...

 

 

or the people in this thread who are like "phew good riddance".

 

Lol... "cyber terrorists" (let's be real, they hacked Sony, not the Pentagon) have won. We are growing up in a time where people fear flying, watching a movie, and drinking coffee at a cafe. That is what terrorism is... control by fear mongering. Every single day you are making yourself a victim to them. They don't need to blow up your megaplex...they just need you to think they will....and they win...and you lose.

 

This film will leak...and i will watch it...not because it looks particularly good...it actually looks dumb as fuck.... but because this type of censorship is embarrassing. The US should genuinely feel embarrassed imo. How long before leaders in other volatile anti-west countries complain about the way they are depicted in our textbooks... on our television shows....in our fictional literature...

 

"if you don't amend these texts...we'll 9/11 your schools" ...  "if you don't yank that series off the air, we'll 9/11 LA" ... "if you don't burn those books... we'll 9/11... Barnes & Noble"...

 

Give a mouse a cookie.....

[LeeTaeyong]

someone leak it pls

[Tee]

North Korea like:

omg another Latoya gif

[tomatosoup]

Yay

[sane]

This is why we can't have nice things...

[Bingo_01]

lol fuck y'all 

 

i was gonna go watch it 

[cantnobody-]

I don't know what's more disturbing... bending to the censorship whims of terrorist threats from a shitty dictatorial country...

 

 

or the people in this thread who are like "phew good riddance".

 

Lol... "cyber terrorists" (let's be real, they hacked Sony, not the Pentagon) have won. We are growing up in a time where people fear flying, watching a movie, and drinking coffee at a cafe. That is what terrorism is... control by fear mongering. Every single day you are making yourself a victim to them. They don't need to blow up your megaplex...they just need you to think they will....and they win...and you lose.

 

This film will leak...and i will watch it...not because it looks particularly good...it actually looks dumb as fuck.... but because this type of censorship is embarrassing. The US should genuinely feel embarrassed imo. How long before leaders in volatile countries complain about the way they are depicted in our textbooks... on our television shows....in our fictional literature...

 

"if you don't amend these texts...we'll 9/11 your school" ...  "if you don't yank that series off the air, we'll 9/11 LA" ... "if you don't burn those books... we'll 9/11 Barnes & Noble"...

 

Give a mouse a cookie.....

 

meh. i don't see it as censorship, more like a polite nod. kim jong un is a disgusting human being but making comedy about killing somebody is in extremely bad taste.

[424]

omg another Latoya gif

I have a problem I know, I'm trying to stop lol

[......]

meh. i don't see it as censorship, more like a polite nod. kim jong un is a disgusting human being but making comedy about killing somebody is in extremely bad taste.

...a polite nod...? Since when? For what reason? 

 

it's a film... nobody cares about bad taste... if any artistic medium cared about bad taste... we would be stuck listening to Kid Bops, and reading the Bible... maybe... 

 

it's absolutely censorship... and terroristic coercion...

 

But let's say it is "bad taste" ... and that suddenly meant something in film...

If they had changed the name... and not confirmed likeness... would it have mattered as much?