With the Guardians of Peace (aka North Korea) Now Threatening 9/11 Style Attacks on Theaters that Exhibit "The Interview," Five Theater Chains Cancel The Film's Showings

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The country's top five theater circuits have decided not to play Sony's The Interview, a knowledgeable source tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, Carmike Cinemas and Cineplex Entertainment have all decided against showing the film.

This, following new threats that the "Guardians of Peace" (aka the North Korean external intelligence services) would kill people at theaters screening the film.

"The world will be full of fear," the message reads. "Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. (If your house is nearby, you’d better leave.) Whatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment."

For those thinking "Oh, North Korea would have to be crazy to do that!!!," @ComradeArthur reminds you: They are crazy.

I think Sony will pull the film.

And then it will be released on Pay Per View, where it will make 75% of what it would have made in the theaters.

And the word will go out. No movie company is going to name a real repressive regime as a heavy any more. You can't create a $300 million product and let it be held hostage by nuclear-armed fruitbats.

So from now on all bad guys, and not just 90% of them, will be White Male Christian Businessmen, or made-up countries like "Qurac."

posted by Ace at 02:39 PM

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