Sony to release 'Interview' after hack attack

2014/12/24 03:01:38 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Sony Pictures says it will screen madcap comedy & quot;The Interview & quot; in some US theaters on Christmas Day, a dramatic U-turn after its widely criticized decision to cancel the film following a cyber-assault blamed on North Korea. Just six days after cancelling the film & #039;s opening, in a move decried as a defeat for freedom of speech, Sony chief executive Michael Lynton confirmed that the movie would now be shown in theaters on Thursday. A Sony spokesman said the film was expected to screen at & quot;200 plus & quot; theaters, a fraction of the estimated 2,500 cinemas originally expected to screen the movie. Sony & #039;s U-turn was the latest twist to a crisis which has engulfed the studio and & quot;The Interview & quot;, a screwball romp about a fictional plot by two US journalists embarking on a mission to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
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