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

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @06:56AM 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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Limited Theatrical Release by future+assassin · 2014-12-23 06:58 · Score: 5, Insightful

aka we need to do whatever we can do still cash in on this other wise they just release it as normal.

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1. Re:Limited Theatrical Release by NatasRevol · 2014-12-23 07:22 · 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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