Sony itself released his controversial film about North Korea – The Time (Ecuador)

             In the end, the film ‘The Interview’ if released on December 25 in some US cinemas. UU. Photo AFP.

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Sony announced today, December 23, finally released in the US “The Interview”, a parody on North Korea that had been canceled following threats from hackers, in a review which was applauded by the White House.

 

 
 The film will be released on Christmas Day “in a number of cinemas”, said the president of the company, Michael Lynton, while Sony Pictures wanted “more platforms and more rooms to reach the widest possible audience.”

 

 

 “We have never surrendered to premiere ‘The Interview’” said Lynton, who said he was “proud” that the studios “have faced those who tried to stifle freedom of expression.”
 

 

 US President Barack Obama, applauded the decision, having called a “mistake” the position taken last week the Hollywood studios.
 

 

 So far only one cinema in Atlanta (Georgia, southeast) and one in Austin (Texas Southern) confirmed through their Twitter accounts that will project the controversial film, which is about a fictional CIA operation to assassinate Kim taking advantage two journalists manage permission to interview him.
 

 

 The New Yor Times, citing a source, said “The Interview” will be screened at between 200 and 300 screens across the country, substantially small compared to between 2,000 and 3,000 who had planned to welcome her figure.
 

 

 “We hope this is only the first step to spread the film,” added the president of Sony Pictures, who on Friday acknowledged in an interview with CNN not have felt the support of the industry.
 

 

 US media said that Sony Pictures is trying to launch the tape in the format Video on Demand (VOD, its acronym in English).
 

 

 One of the costars, director and ribbon, Seth Rogen, writer reacted to the news with enthusiasm: “! The people have spoken, freedom has prevailed Sony has not given up,” tweeted

 

 

 His colleague and buddy sharing in real life, James Franco, published a photo of him and Rogen on Instagram with the caption: “Victoria The people and the president have spoken!”, Referring to Obama

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Obama held rectifying Sony to note that “allow the public to their own opinion about the film is formed.”
 

 

 “Our country believes in freedom of expression and the right to freedom of artistic expression,” stressed the White House spokesman Eric Schultz.
 

 

 Meanwhile, North Korea has been suffering cuts on his internet that have sparked early speculation about a possible US counterattack.
 

 

 On Tuesday connectivity communist country suffered a brief interruption, having collapsed for nine hours and 31 minutes on Monday.
 

 

 The precise causes of failure in North Korea, which in itself internet access is very limited, have not yet been confirmed, but experts said the type of problem is similar to that caused by an attack of “denial of service” .
 

 

 Washington accuses North Korea of ​​being behind the theft of digital information to study Hollywood and Obama promised to respond “proportionally” to such an attack.
 

 

 The “hackers” had issued threats to all moviegoers who dared to go see the movie, evoking the attacks of September 11, 2001.
 

 

 In response, Sony Pictures announced just six days they had no choice but to remove the tape from the distribution channels, the refusal of the main theaters of the country to project it does.
 

 

 The resolution of Sony seemed a capitulation, after enduring while filtering hundreds of emails from internal messages and confidential data from 47,000 employees in a cyberattack on November 24th.
 

 

 Several experts valued at up to $ 500 million impact of the attack, claimed by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace or GOP (Guardians of Peace, in English).
 

 

 Pyongyang has categorically denied being behind the attack on Sony, but called it a “legitimate act” because the film is a “senseless act of terror”.