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In the latest episode of the Sony hack, Hollywood Reporter says that Carmike Cinemas, which operates 278 theaters and 2,917 screens in 41 states, will not show the Sony comedy "The Interview" following threats of violence from hackers. Sony Pictures told exhibitors who had booked The Interview that it planned to move forward with the movie's release, but that they were free to decide not to show the film, and that the studio would support them in whatever decision they made.
Citing 9/11, the hackers issued a warning and said, "We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places The Interview be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to." The situation is also raising concerns among studios that the threat of violence could keep some movie-goers away from the multiplex over the lucrative holiday movie-going period. "This is bad for everyone. This will stop people from going to theaters, and that affects all of us," says one source at a rival studio. "If somebody called a bomb threat for a concert, and it was credible, you'd have to cancel or postpone the concert."
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 18 2014, @04:00PM
I have a couple of not-necessarily-related thoughts on this:
(1) Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. -- The one thing that all the juicy gossip in the email that GOP liberated shows is that the people running Sony are just as afflicted by human idiocies as anyone else.
(2) If Sony changes their mind and does do a theatrical release I am totally fine with a ton of people going to see it even if they have had their belief in freedom of speech exploited - since 9/11 this country has been acting like a bunch of pussies. If Sony has found a way to monetize bravery and convictions instead of the way the entire media business has been monetizing fear since 9/11 then that is still a major improvement.
(3) I'm still going to pirate the bluray no matter what because I think the copyright business model needs to go away regardless of all this noise.