With Sony being backed into a corner by hackers amidst controversy over Seth Rogen's satirical comedy, "The Interview," "Game Of Thrones" author George RR Martin expressed his sentiments on his personal LiveJournal site.
On his blog post entitled, "Corporate Cowardice," the bestselling writer was "pissed off" at Sony's decision to pull the new movie off of theatres.
According to Martin, major cinema chains in the US such as Regal and AMC displayed a "stunning display of corporate cowardice" when they succumbed to the hacker group's (Guardians of Peace) threats.
"These gigantic corporations, most of which could buy North Korea with pocket change, are declining to show a film because Kim Jong-Un objects to being mocked?" he asked.
"It's a good thing these guys weren't around when Charlie Chaplin made THE GREAT DICTATOR," he further wrote. "If Kim Jong-Un scares them, Adolf Hitler would have had them sh****ng in their smallclothes."
George RR Martin also shared a trailer of the Seth Rogen and James Franco movie, adding that his theatre company, the Jean Cocteau Cinema, and many other independent companies are willing to release the movie. (The trailer has been removed from Youtube as well.)
He admits that he hasn't seen the film (just like the rest of the world) but he's shocked that "a major Hollywood film could be killed before release by threats from a foreign power and anonymous hackers."
This somewhat angry post followed Sony's announcement to stop all kinds of activities for "The Interview" after USA Today reported that a federal law enforcement officer confirmed that the cyber attacks on Sony were indeed made by North Korea.
"Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film," USA Today quoted a statement from the movie company.
Hackers hit Sony's database on November 24 and demanded to cancel the Christmas day wide-release of "The Interview."
"The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001," the hackers threatened movie-goers recently.
Instead of scaring George RR Martin, however, the threat and subsequent cancellation of Seth Rogen and James Franco's "outrageous" comedy only intensified his anger.
"Come to Santa Fe, Seth," he offered in the post, "we'll show your film for you."
