Sony Changes Mind On Christmas Release, Again

[Kathianne]

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...-on-christmas/

'Freedom has prevailed!': 'The Interview' being shown in theaters on Christmas

Published December 23, 2014

Sony announced Tuesday the limited release of the embattled film "The Interview" beginning Christmas Day.

The move comes after the studio's widely criticized move to cancel the movie's release following threats from hackers who crippled the company's infrastructure and published the private information of thousands of employees and business associates.

"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," said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Entertainment. "At the same time, we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience."

"I want to thank our talent on 'The Interview' and our employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges we have all faced over the last month," Lynton said. "While we hope this is only the first step of the film's release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech."

The film's star Seth Rogen was quick to voice his support on Twitter.

[Drummond]

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Sony appear to be bending to whichever direction the wind is blowing them towards. First, it was kowtowing to terrorist hackers (be they from the N Korean authorities, or not ..). Now, because Obama has expressed his disapproval, other Americans ditto, they're deferring to THAT instead.

Sony needs to get a collective spine and just refuse to be blackmailed by control-freaking scum, come-what-may. It's that simple.