Sony says it will release ‘The Interview’ despite the embarrassing email hack and threats to blow up theaters which
show the film . This is coming days after Sony cancelled the film’s release after the hackers threatened real-world attacks on cinemas screening it.Many believe their new stance has to do with President Obama’s statement that Sony had made a mistake in cancelling the movie, and that he would have intervened to make sure it went ahead.He also said North Korea may be laced back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Company attorney David Boies on today’s NBC’s Meet the Press
‘Sony only delayed this,”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,’ he said. ‘But it’s going to be distributed.’
North Korea, which was outraged by the film showing the assassination of leader Kim Jong Un threatened more attacks against the U.S. government and other American institutions