Top Five Theaters Won't Show "The Interview" Sony Cancels Release

tobiasly writes The country's top five theater chains — Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, Carmike Cinemas and Cineplex Entertainment — have decided not to play Sony's The Interview. This comes after the group which carried off a massive breach of its networks threatened to carry out "9/11-style attacks" on theaters that showed the film. Update: Sony has announced that it has cancelled the planned December 25 theatrical release.

Comments

Re:Sets a precedent

[ArcadeMan]

And you don't even need to get elected to do it!

Re:Home of the brave?

[Obscene_CNN]

So if 9/11 style threats against theaters will stop a movie from being released, Why the hell didn't someone think of that when Twilight was released?

Re:Good

[TropicalCoder]

I almost pity the fools that made their veiled threat behind the keyboards...they will pay.

And I am always thinking that the FBI must know a lot more than they let on. Just think of all the resources the NSA has to track this down - taps into every internet trunk line in the world. Surely they can follow the trail to the perpetrators, and deliver a punishment to fit the crime in their own time. They may never even tell us about it, but somewhere, someday, some people will mysteriously meet up with a premature death. For sure the US Gov has an interest in this, above and beyond what they would have in hacks of Target & Home Depot, because the unique wanton destructiveness of the hack and the terrorists threats.

Re:There is a difference.

[ColdWetDog]

Man, talk about being an arm-chair general.....

I guess when you're in the basement, everything looks like a bomb shelter.

Re:There is a difference.

[squiggleslash]

Well, if you're lucky, the terrorists may kill you before the movie starts.

If you're not so lucky, the last thing you hear before your death is Seth Rogen laughing...