Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Citing Threats

Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by srj on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:03PM (#8765473)

I also don't see how this could be taken as a realistic threat, but what are Sony's financial incentives to theaters pulling it? Weren't their costs in creating the movie?

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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by downandout on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:09PM (#8765500)

According to Variety [1], the budget was $42 million, and they have "tens of millions" more into advertising and promotion. But I think they want this whole incident to go away, and they know that even without a theatrical release, they can make money on DVD/blu-ray and PPV.

[1] https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-weighing-premium-vod...

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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by waterlesscloud on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:21PM (#8765534)

Sony is now saying they have no plans to release it at all, in any format. Buried.

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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by roywiggins on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:29PM (#8765561)

I wonder if the hackers will release whatever draft the movie they grabbed just to spite Sony now.

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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by millzlane on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:47PM (#8765617)

This is the only reason I may suspect anyone that just normal black hats. Why wasn't this movie released with the rest of them. It wouldn't be the first time we've seen an unfinished movie released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5AsOEk-ZJU

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