The chilling effect of the Sony Pictures hack and terrorist threats against The Interview are reverberating. New Regency has scrapped another project that was to be set in North Korea. The untitled thriller, set up in October, was being developed by director Gore Verbinski as a star vehicle for Foxcatcher star Steve Carell. The paranoid thriller written by Steve Conrad was going to start production in March. Insiders tell me that under the current circumstances, it just makes no sense to move forward. The location won’t be transplanted. Fox declined to distribute it, per a spokesman.
This entire debacle makes we wonder how we managed to get away with a Red Dawn remake and Team America.
The good news, however, is that not everyone is taking this lightly. President Obama publicly encouraged we “go to the movies,” and George R.R. Martin (author of Game of Thrones) has offered to show The Interview in his own theater to anyone who wants to see it.
And if you’re wondering if The Interview is even any good, you can read Richard Corliss’s review of the film on Time, as he is one of the few outside Sony to have already watched it.
This whole thing is the worst. It reminds me of the movie massacre that happened at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises.
I highly doubt we should trust George R.R. Martin with a theater showing. Especially after what we saw him do with a wedding.
You sir, are my favorite Batman.
I would have loved to see Steve Carell in a Gore Verbinski movie. WHY
Seems silly to get so up in arms over a damn movie.
I like to have an opinion when things like this happen. My gut reaction is to always fight for freedom of speech. But if there was credible evidence in the intelligence community that civilians would likely die simply because this film was being shown? I can’t say I wouldn’t have made the same decision.
The real irony? More people will watch this now. Somehow, someway, people are going to get their hands on this film and share it. People love to do things they’re not allowed to do.
Especially me.
I agree with your sentiment. Still, it seems weird that we didn’t react this way when a guy literally shot up a theater after Dark Knight Rises premiered. I guess it’s a different situation, but still.
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BREAKING NEWS:Sony announced that The Interview will have a limited release on Christmas.