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| Sony cancels The Interview release amid threats | Sony cancels The Interview release amid threats |
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| Sony Pictures has cancelled the planned release on 25 December of the film The Interview, after major cinema chains decided not to screen it. | Sony Pictures has cancelled the planned release on 25 December of the film The Interview, after major cinema chains decided not to screen it. |
| The film is about a fictional plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. | The film is about a fictional plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. |
| Hackers have already carried out a cyber attack on Sony and warned the public to stay away from cinemas screening the film. | Hackers have already carried out a cyber attack on Sony and warned the public to stay away from cinemas screening the film. |
| Earlier, the New York premiere of The Interview was cancelled. Sony says it understands its partners' decision. | Earlier, the New York premiere of The Interview was cancelled. Sony says it understands its partners' decision. |
| However, in a statement it said it was "deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie". | However, in a statement it said it was "deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie". |
| "In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release," it said. | "In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release," it said. |
| "We respect and understand our partners' decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theatre-goers." | "We respect and understand our partners' decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theatre-goers." |
| It added: "We stand by our film makers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome." | It added: "We stand by our film makers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome." |
| Hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace have released emails and data stolen from Sony. | |
| In a recent warning they mentioned the 9/11 attacks, claiming "the world will be full of fear". | |
| "Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time," the hacker group wrote in a message on Tuesday. | |
| "Whatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment." | |
| The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Los Angeles says it is still not known who might be behind the cyber attack, or the threats. | |
| The US government has said there is no "credible intelligence" of any plot to attack cinemas. |