Sony’s lawyer gave every American interested in seeing “The Interview” a good dose of hope Sunday.
In an interview with NBC host Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” David Boies affirmed that the film “will be distributed” in some way, shape or form.
“Remember, Sony only delayed this,” stressed Boies. “Sony has been fighting to get this picture distributed. It will be distributed. How it’s going to be distributed I don’t think anybody knows quite yet, but it’s going to be distributed.”
Supporting Sony Pictures’ decision to delay the film from opening in theaters Christmas day, Boies said that one must be “very careful with people’s lives” when confronted with threats like those that came from North Korea regarding the movie.
Boies also criticized President Obama for his comments on Friday regarding Sony’s decision to pull the film last week.
“I would have liked to have seen [his comment] a little earlier and I would have liked to have seen it without the sort of ‘blame the victim’ aspect of it,” Boies told Chuck Todd.
During his year-end press conference, Obama said that Sony “made a mistake” by delaying the release of “The Interview.”
However, Boies said positively that Obama appeared to recognize the fact that “The Interview” saga is a larger national security issue.
“I think we’ve got to realize that this is not a Sony security problem,” the lawyer emphasized. “This is a national security problem and the government has got to lead.”
