Sony hackers threaten "9/11 style attacks"

[blownaltered]

Now every time a country doesn't like a movie they can get it pulled. Just throw around some threats and we will buckle. I say fuck NK and put that bitch on the internet for free for everybody to see.

[Gargamel]

Now every time a country doesn't like a movie they can get it pulled. Just throw around some threats and we will buckle

The pussification of the United States continues....

[Forever_frost]

Texas Theater to Show 'Team America' In Place of 'The Interview'

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/texas-theater-show-team-america-759037

After Sony canceled the release of the North Korea assassination comedy The Interview, a Texas theater said it would swap the film with Paramount's 2004 film Team America: World Police for one free screening.

"We're just trying to make the best of an unfortunate situation," James Wallace, creative manager and programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Dallas/Fort Worth location, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

American flags and other patriotic items will be given out by theater employees, Wallace says.

The plot of Team America, co-written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, revolves around Kim Jong Il, the father of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The posters promoting the R-rated movie in 2004 included the tagline, "Putting the 'F' Back in Freedom."

In The Interview, Seth Rogen and James Franco's characters are tasked with assassinating Kim Jong Un.

The Alamo Drafthouse movie theater in Dallas, Texas, will be showing Team America: World Police in place of The Interview on Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. Wallace says that the Dallas/Fort Worth location is the only location as of now that is planning to screen the replacement film.

In a note on its website, the theater added: "THAT is how true American heroes will be celebrating this year, but if you want to let the terrorists win...well, that's your prerogative."

Sony canceled the release of The Interview earlier on Wednesday after the country's five largest theater chains all decided against showing the film, saying in a statement: "We respect and understand our partners’ decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theater-goers."

[helosailor]

Now every time a country doesn't like a movie they can get it pulled. Just throw around some threats and we will buckle. I say fuck NK and hack their servers so that they see nothing but that movie for a month straight.

Fixed

[Mach1]

The pussification of the United States continues....

Ditto, what a fucking joke.

[Trip McNeely]

Fixed

[32vfromhell]

Well, studio's caved and redid several movies that portrayed China as the enemy because of pressure.


The remake of Red Dawn for example.

[71chevellejohn]

Of course, the movie could suck. Sony could have realized this. And with the recent hack, Sony could have faked the threats to create buzz about a shitty movie. Then they could take this as a way to pull it from theaters and increase DVD/download sales.

[Trip McNeely]

Of course, the movie could suck. Sony could have realized this. And with the recent hack, Sony could have faked the threats to create buzz about a shitty movie. Then they could take this as a way to pull it from theaters and increase DVD/download sales.

I would be on board with that theory until they announced that the FBI is now involved. Not that they can do anything about it, but a phony PR scam to that extent would fuck a lot of people up legally.

[71chevellejohn]

lol, I know.

[01vnms4v]

The pussification of the United States continues....

yup, and i still can't believe they pullied the movie, there was going to be no attacks at the theaters.


it's all a bluff, to see how weak we are getting

[71chevellejohn]

Well, they still haven't pulled the promos. Just saw one on Syfy

[LANTIRN]

North Korea causing Hollywood to shut down and pull a movie sounds like the plot for a new Naked Gun movie. It feels like Lelsie Neilson should be running around the premier to thwart North Koreans, God rest his funny soul.

[GhostTX]

Well, studio's caved and redid several movies that portrayed China as the enemy because of pressure.


The remake of Red Dawn for example.

They caved to China because they actually show movies in China.

Oh, and who were the new bad guys in red dawn...NK.

[FunFordCobra]

not that I would have seen it anyway, but sony caved and totally pulled the film.