{"id":75308,"date":"2014-12-18T18:19:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T18:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=75308"},"modified":"2014-12-18T18:19:36","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T18:19:36","slug":"interview-sony-shelves-worldwide-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/interview-sony-shelves-worldwide-release\/","title":{"rendered":"The Interview: Sony shelves worldwide release"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sony has confirmed it has no plans to release the satirical film The Interview internationally, in any form, following threats from hackers.<\/p>\n
Cinemas in the US cancelled screenings of the film, about a plot to kill North Korea’s leader, prompting Sony to shelve it altogether.<\/p>\n
But there has been dismay in Hollywood, with Ben Stiller calling the move “a threat to freedom of expression”.<\/p>\n
Hackers had issued a warming to cinema-goers who planned to watch the movie.<\/p>\n
President Obama recommended that “people go to the movies”, but stressed that the hack was “very serious”.<\/p>\n
Speaking to US television network ABC, he added: “We’ll be vigilant – if we see something that we think is serious and credible, then we’ll alert the public.”<\/p>\n
Several other famous names have criticised the decision to shelve the movie, accusing the studio of caving in to the hackers’ threats.<\/p>\n
Oscar-wining screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who has already attacked the media for spreading information leaked by the hackers, said: “Today the US succumbed to an unprecedented attack on our most cherished, bedrock principle of free speech.”<\/p>\n
Actor Steve Carell called the move a “sad day for creative expression”.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday it emerged that Carell’s planned film project, a thriller called Pyongyang about a Westerner working in North Korea, was scrapped ahead of Sony’s announcement.<\/p>\n