Poster of” The Interview “removed from a Hollywood movie. / Atlas / AFP
“The President considers this a serious matter of national security “, said yesterday the White House spokesman Josh Earnest, about cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. While the Obama administration is considering “an appropriate response”.
The company suffered a leak of hundreds of thousands of documents following the production of the film Interview , which shows the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the most humorous and bloody as possible. And threats group calling itself the Guardians of peace, connected with the North Korean government sources said the Department of Justice US, of violating the spectators forced the studios to cancel the premiere of the film Seth Rogen and James Franco.
“This demonstrates the power of comedy and art. Turns out Rogen and Franco are the wildest political activists, “he wrote on Twitter Juliette Lewis. A summary of a saga that has left a bitter taste in the Hollywood industry. “A sad day for artistic expression,” summarized the actor Steve Carell of a day that will go down in Hollywood
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Step by Step
November 24th. Sony suffers an hacking by the self-styled Guardians of Peace.
December 1. Pirates broadcast movies and personal data stakeholders and employees of Sony.
4 December. You are doing a number of documents extracted from their computer system public.
December 5. appear salaries James Franco and Seth Rogen., Among others
11 Diciembre e. outcrop some pseudonyms that actors use in taxis or in hotels.
December 16. Two former employees claim that Sony knew their weaknesses before a possible cyber attack.
December 17. The main exhibitors US canceled the premiere of Interview and undated Sony decided to postpone the release of the film to threats.
In the hours before the announcement of the cancellation of the premiere, the main exhibition chains in the country had announced its intention not to show the film because of threats. “The world is filled with fear. Remember the September 11, 2001, “read the last message of a group that has put Sony on the ropes.
” In view of the decision of the majority of our exhibitors not to project Interview , we have decided not to proceed with the premiere planned for December 25 cinemas, “the company said in a statement describing the situation experienced as” a criminal assault unprecedented “. “We support our filmmakers and their right to freedom of expression and are very disappointed with this result,” summed up the statement.
Since the announcement, the comments have not ceased to succeed, in support of the tape and conviction for what Senator John McCain described as the victory of evil. “It’s a disturbing precedent,” said the politician who said the decision will empower “bad actors”. He was not referring to Rogen or Franco, and Oscar nominee for 127 hours , but the perpetrators of cyber attack. Although the spokesman for the White House just spoke of a “sophisticated actor,” as responsible for the attack, was leaked to the US media that North Korea was behind the operation. Pyongyang has always denied any link but criticized the film as “an act of war.”
The cancellation can cost you study over 80 million, more than double the budget of The interview , since there to tell distribution costs and lost promotion. But worse their impact on the creative community in Hollywood. Judd Apatow, akin to the Sony studios man who gave his first artistic opportunity Rogen and Franco in the series Freaks & amp; Geeks , described the decision as a disgrace. “Withdraw any film that receives a threat?” Said the director at Twitter. Michael Moore was more sarcastic: “Dear hackers: now directing Hollywood I wish there was less romantic comedies, but Michael Bay films and none of Transformers “. Jimmy Kimmel, one of the most popular presenters in the US, summarized the decision as “an act of cowardice.”
The screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, known for shows like The oes wing you or The Newsroom , preferred to recall the responsibility of the media. “They have fulfilled the wishes of terrorists in part thanks to the press,” he said, referring to the continuous flow of news stemming from cyber attack that has turned to the net more than 30,000 documents of sensitive information.
the cost of cancellation must be added the economic damage of this leak, which could easily exceed about 140 million euros it cost Sony attack in 2011 overthrew the service online Playstation and took personal data of nearly 80 million users. In addition, several film projects canceled as a result of this situation, such as Pyongyang , based on the comic by Guy Delisle and has his experiences in North Korea.
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