Sony, hackers, The Interview

Recently even President Barack Obama has waded into the debate over the hackers who threatened Sony over the release of the comedy The Interview, which features James Franco and Seth Rogen. A few days ago Sony announced that the movie would no longer be released in theaters on Christmas Day because there was concern by many theater owners about the safety of the patrons due to threats that were made. It is suspected that the hackers are from North Korea, the country whose leader is supposed to be assassinated in the movie. There was immediate push back and criticism of the decision to cancel the release from celebrities in Hollywood, government officials, and even the President of the United States of America.

Many have accused Sony of giving in to hackers by canceling The Interview, and President Obama accused the studio of giving in to terrorist threats. Sony is fighting back though, and studio executives have stated that they did not cancel the release but that most theater owners refused to show The Interview on Christmas Day. The movie producer has stated that they are looking at other ways to get the movie out there, and they issued a public statement saying that they want anyone who wants to view the film to be able to watch it. Bit Torrent has offered to act as a distributor for the movie using it’s paid subscriber service but so far they have not received an answer. Hopefully the hackers do not win and the movie is eventually released.