Sony has confirmed it has no plans to release the satirical film The Interview internationally, in any form, following threats from hackers.They aren't alone.
The chilling effect of the Sony Pictures hack and terrorist threats against The Interview are reverberating. New Regency has scrapped another project that was to be set in North Korea. The untitled thriller, set up in October, was being developed by director Gore Verbinski as a star vehicle for Foxcatcher star Steve Carell. The paranoid thriller written by Steve Conrad was going to start production in March. Insiders tell me that under the current circumstances, it just makes no sense to move forward. The location won’t be transplanted. Fox declined to distribute it, per a spokesman.I guess "publish and be damned" is a quaint sentiment.
I tend to agree that there is also a share of blame to be ladled out to the "journalists" who published the material obtained by the hackers. They can be damned, as well.
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