"The Interview" premiere pushed through in Los Angeles last week albeit to limited media access. The film's stars, Seth Rogen and James Franco, as well as Sony executives, attended the showing.
Sony beefed up security during the red carpet event, only allowing photographers and not major broadcast stations and publications.
"Thank you all so much for coming," Seth Rogen reportedly said during "The Interview" premiere in LA. "Before we start this, honestly we just want to thank Amy Pascal for having the balls to make this movie."
However, has Sony lost the "balls" to premiere the parody film thanks to hacker threats?
Although no news was reported of the Seth Rogen and James Franco-comedy's Christmas release being halted, Amy Pascal gave cinemas the choice to cancel already scheduled premieres of the film.
According to Deadline, Carmike Cinemas will forgo showing the satirical comedy in its 278 theatres and 2,917 screens.
It updated further that ArcLight Cinemas in California also bowed out of the release after awhile, but the report was later corrected. Execs from the company had reportedly not made a definite decision as to the film's fate in its screens.
NPR reported that Sony has pulled out Rogen and Franco from any promotions for "The Interview" premiere. Are they finally getting scared of the hackers' threats of another 9/11-like attack over the comedy?
"The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001," the hacker group, Guardians of Peace, reportedly warned the cinemas planning to show the movie.
They previously hacked Sony's database and promised threatening consequences should the studio continue with its plans to release "The Interview."
The cyber attack happened after North Korea denounced the movie for being blatantly disrespecting its leader, Kim Jung On. However, the secretive country denied any involvement with the hacking.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, however, there is "no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot against movie theaters within the United States."
Do you think Sony should cancel all of the scheduled "The Interview" premieres? Do you think the film's wide release on December 25 will really bring on another terrorist attack?
