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) by Joe Desertrat on Friday December 19 2014, @07:51PM
As if North Korea has nothing better to do than make lame threats against a movie company. The hack was perpetrated by run of the mill every day hackers. The threat was either internet pranksters for the lulz, Sony themselves for the sympathy and publicity or the TLAs (probably in cahoots with Sony) for the OMG Terrrrists! In the unlikely event that the threat really was issued by North Korea, they have exactly fuck all power to enforce any such threat outside their own borders. What a load of shit. This is mass media pushing America's over-sensitive panic button yet again.
I just heard John McCain claiming this is proof the U.S. government has to do something now about cybersecurity. Look for a series of onerous legislation being introduced, or perhaps a media push to equate the TPP with this.