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‘The Interview’ Brings in Over 1 Million Dollars on Christmas Day Release

Don’t tell Kim Jong Un, but the controversial movie, ‘The Interview’ was still released on December 25th, despite terrorist threats from The Supremes in North Korea. The movie, in case you still don’t know, is a comedy about the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. And although the movie’s Christmas day release pales in comparison to other movie releases, Americans went to the theaters in clear defiant to the demands from North Korea.

Yes, North Korea actually had the balls to demand the movie not be shown here in America. The even invoked the threat of September 11th type attacks if the movie was shown. They really thought we would have cower and stay away from the theaters!

Variety predicts that this number may drop off due to The Interview‘s release on VOD, but it is better than no dollars, which is the amount Sony would have made had they gone through with the complete cancellation of the film thanks to hacker attacks possibly sponsored by North Korea. Many of the indie chains reported that their screenings were all completely sold out.

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Sony’s ‘The Interview’ will Be Available on YouTube

YouTube and other online services will carry The Interview, beginning on Thursday.

As first reported by CNN’s Brian Stelter and later confirmed by Sony, viewers are able to rent or buy the film from YouTube Movies, Google Play, Microsoft’s Xbox Video and via SeeTheInterview.com. (The cost is $5.99 to rent, and $14.99 to purchase).

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Sony’s Movie ‘The Interview’ will Be Shown on December 25th

This has to be the most fuss any movie has received in the history of movie making. The once on-again, off-again movie that depicts the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is now back on-again, and will be shown in selected movie theaters on December 25th.

“We have never given up on releasing ‘The Interview,‘ and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day,” Sony Entertainment Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton said in a statement.

He added that Sony is continuing to “secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience.”

Lynton’s statement came after Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas confirmed to NBC News that the Texas theater chain will run the film. The theater’s website posted multiple showtimes beginning Thursday for a location in Richardson, Texas.

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What “Dr. Evil” Had to Say about The Sony Hack and North Korea – Video

North Korea was able to bully Sony Entertainment and the movie theaters into censoring one of their comedy movies, The Interview. What got North Korea upset was the fact that this movie – a comedy mind you – is about the assassination of their “dear leader,” Kim Jong Um.

Over the last few days a lot of people have voiced their opinion on Sony and the steps they took, but one voice in particular stands out from all the rest. That of Dr. Evil.

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President Obama – I’m Not Mad at Sony, It’s The Precedent Their Decision Set

 In an interview on CNN’s State of The Union, President Obama reiterated that Sony “made a mistake” when they decided to bow to North Korea’s threats and canceled the showing of the movie, The Interview. But the president also said that he understood Sony’s decision as a company, but wished they had talked to him first before pulling the plug on the movie.

“I was pretty sympathetic to the fact that they have business considerations that they got to make,” the president said. “Had they talked to me directly about this decision, I might have called the movie theater chains and distributors and asked them what the story was.”

Mr. Obama continued saying that Sony’s decision set a dangerous precedent, one that cannot be adhere to.

“If we set a precedent in which a dictator in another country can disrupt through cyber, a company’s distribution chain or its products, and as a consequence we start censoring ourselves, that’s a problem,” Obama said.

“And it’s a problem not just for the entertainment industry, it’s a problem for the news industry,” he said. “CNN has done critical stories about North Korea. What happens if in fact there is a breach in CNN’s cyberspace? Are we going to suddenly say, are we not going to report on North Korea?

“So the key here is not to suggest that Sony was a bad actor. It’s making a broader point that all of us have to adapt to the possibility of cyber attacks, we have to do a lot more to guard against them.”

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Watch the Death Scene in “The Interview” North Korea is Afraid of – Video

North Korea has apparently gone above and beyond to keep “The Interview” from coming to a big screen near you. But the internet is a different story and it was just a matter of time before certain scenes from the movie, and ultimately the whole movie, appear on the WWW!

This is a gif of the death scene from the movie. It shows how the actor playing Kim Jong Un dies.

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Sony CEO – “We have not caved” on The Interview

Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, went on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria to set the record straight, saying that Sony did not cave in their decision to cancel showings of the movie, The Interview – a satirical movie that shows the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Lynton instead said that Sony had no other choice after movie theaters decided not to show the film.

“The movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short time – we were very surprised by it – they announced that they would not carry the movie. At that point in time, we had no alternative to not proceed with a theatrical release on the 25th of December….”

That being said, Lynton affirmed that America and the world will get to see the movie. “We have not caved,” he said. “We have not given in. We have persevered and we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the America public see this movie.”

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George Clooney – “We cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong Un”

George Clooney, like most Americans, are upset that North Korea and their leader Kim Jong Un, are dictating what Americans can and cannot see, and in an interview with Deadline, Clooney made his feelings known.

“We should be in the position right now of going on offense with this. Stick it online. Do whatever you can to get this movie out. Not because everybody has to see the movie, but because I’m not going to be told we can’t see the movie.”

The movie Clooney is referring to of course, is “The Interview,” a comedy about the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Because of “September 11th type” threats against movie theaters – threats that are now linked to North Korea – Sony has decided to cancel the movie’s distribution. Clooney and many more Americans are joining the chorus for something to done about this situation.

Clooney added: “That’s the most important part. We cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong Un, of all f***ing people.”

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