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Sony: 'The Interview' Will Have a Limited Theatrical Release

Posted by Soulskill on from the it-was-all-a-viral-marketing-scheme dept.

New submitter clovis writes: It's not over until it's over. Sony Pictures has announced that The Interview will be getting a limited theatrical release after all. The Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain has authorization to show the film, and The Plaza Theater in Atlanta will show it as well. It's not yet clear whether the major theater chains will choose to show the movie despite the threats against them. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Layton said, "[W]e are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience." There are unconfirmed reports that Sony will make the movie available over video-on-demand as well.

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  1. In other news... by jddeluxe · · Score: 4, Informative

    Larry Flynt has announced that Hustler is making a porn version of The Interview:

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/bus...

    Becuase Freedom!

  2. Re:Limited Theatrical Release by NatasRevol · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uh, Sony pulled the plug too.

    It may have been after the major movie chains did so, but Sony didn't let it go to anyone else either. Until now.

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  3. Re:Limited Theatrical Release by bledri · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uh, Sony pulled the plug too.

    It may have been after the major movie chains did so, but Sony didn't let it go to anyone else either. Until now.

    Actually, 9 out of the top ten chains pulled the movie. Only #6, Marcus Theaters, didn't. They are less than half the size of #5 (Cineplex Entertainment). They have about 3% of the screens of the top five.

    It's hard to have a "blockbuster" release by opening only in the midwest on a limited number of screens. So Sony pulled it until they could negotiate with enough small players to make it worthwhile. I don't get all the hate toward Sony over this. It just seems like mob mentality to me, along with conflating Song Pictures with Sony BMG.

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  4. Re:Dear SONY: by grumpy_old_grandpa · · Score: 3, Informative

    How about because they are part of the MPAA cartel? Suing grandmas and kids all over the world. But yeah, their dubious "family members" (aka Sony Music, Sony Computer Entertainment) doesn't really contribute to their reputation, whether Sony Pictures have control over them or not.

    Watching Sony bleed has really been the greatest xmas gift of this year.