Theaters around the country have decided not to show “The Interview” after hackers warned people not to see the movie.
The Sony Pictures’ comedy, scheduled for Christmas release, is about the assassination of North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un and stars James Franco and Seth Rogen.
Major theater chains including AMC Entertainment Holdings, Cinemark, Carmike and Regal Entertainment Group have decided not to show the film because of the threatened terror attacks. Regal is owned by Philip Anschutz, owner of the Washington Examiner.
The four chains control more than 18,000 of the 40,000 movie screens in the United States and Canada.
It is believed the people who hacked Sony Pictures’ computer systems and released thousands internal documents and emails are the same people threatening the terrorist attacks. They are believed to be connected to North Korea.
The North Korean government has denied that it hacked Sony, but the regime called the attack a “righteous deed.”
In the movie, Rogen and Franco play two television journalists who land an interview with the North Korean leader and are then recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that the threat of a terrorist attack on movie theaters is not credible.
