Twitter has its say on news that Seth Rogen and James Franco’s new film won’t be released.
In case you did’t hear the news overnight, Sony has made the monumental decision to pull the release of their new satirical film The Interview because of cyber terror threats.
In the film, Rogen and Franco play a news journalist and producer who travel to North Korea in an effort to be taken seriously, but the film has been targeted by the North Korean regime as slanderous and offensive.
Conspiracy theorists believe that the Communist state may have some involvement with the recent spate of cyber hacks on the company although this remains unproven.
The reason for the film’s cancellation though was because hackers promised “9/11-style” attacks on any theatres that went ahead and screened the comedy.
Sony Pictures has since made the unprecedented decision to pull the film’s theatrical release due to the threats made by these hackers and quite a lot of actors, directors and celebrities have shared their feelings on the issue:
I think it is disgraceful that these theaters are not showing The Interview. Will they pull any movie that gets an anonymous threat now?
— Judd Apatow 🇺🇦 (@JuddApatow) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/545351624151945217
Really hard to believe this is the response to a threat to freedom of expression here in America.#TheInterview
— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) December 18, 2014
Don't stop making ballsy movies.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) December 17, 2014
Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I'd also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/545360994923323392
. @JuddApatow I agree wholeheartedly. An un-American act of cowardice that validates terrorist actions and sets a terrifying precedent.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) December 17, 2014
Everyone who went to the premiere of "The Interview" needs to start recounting every detail, so it can be passed down via oral tradition.
— Chris Willman (@ChrisWillman) December 18, 2014
Saw @Sethrogen at JFK. Both of us have never seen or heard of anything like this. Hollywood has done Neville Chamberlain proud today.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/545455419519283200
@owen_g Could this be the greatest PR stunt in Hollywood history? When The Interview does (inevitably) open, millions flock defiantly to see
— sportingintelligence (@sportingintel) December 18, 2014
This only guarantees that this movie will be seen by more people on Earth than it would have before. Legally or illegally all will see it.
— Judd Apatow 🇺🇦 (@JuddApatow) December 17, 2014
Time for a theatrical rerelease of Team America, i think!
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) December 17, 2014
And this is what James Franco tweeted a few hours after hearing the news. Odd lad.
https://twitter.com/JamesFrancoTV/status/545334696607891456
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