Leikararnir segjast hafa áhyggjur af tjáningarfrelsi og hafa áhyggjur af því fordæmi sem Sony er að setja.
Myndin snýst um tvo sjónvarpsmenn sem fá það verkefni að myrða Kim Jong-un, einræðisherra Norður-Kóreu. Yfirvöld þar í landi hafa tekið útgáfu myndarinnar mjög illa, en talið er að stjórnvöld landsins hafi staðið að baki árásinnar sem gerð var á tölvukerfi kvikmyndadeildar Sony í síðasta mánuði.
Hakkararnir hótuðu svo þeim einstaklingum sem myndu sjá kvikmyndina. Sony veitti kvikmyndahúsum leyfi til að hætta við sýningu myndarinnar, sem mörg þeirra gerðu. Í kjölfar þess hætti Sony við að gefa út myndina þann 25. desember næstkomandi.
Fjölmargir sem hafa tjáð sig um ákvörðunina segja hana vera ó-ameríska og að Sony hefði ekki átt að lúffa fyrir hótunum.
Hluta umræðunnar má sjá hér að neðan.
. @JuddApatow I agree wholeheartedly. An un-American act of cowardice that validates terrorist actions and sets a terrifying precedent.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) December 17, 2014
Sony's decision to pull THE INTERVIEW is unsettling in so many ways. Good thing they didn't publish THE SATANIC VERSES.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 18, 2014
I have enjoyed movies that offended me deeply. The key to humor is the key to debate, to freedom of thought: difference.
— Joss Whedon (@josswhedon) December 18, 2014
Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I'd also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 17, 2014
Sad day for creative expression. #feareatsthesoul
— Steve Carell (@SteveCarell) December 17, 2014
Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them. Wow.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
Canceling "The Interview" seems like a pretty horrible precedent to set.
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) December 17, 2014
This only guarantees that this movie will be seen by more people on Earth than it would have before. Legally or illegally all will see it.
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 17, 2014
Let's be real here. NO ONE wanted to see "The Interview" to begin with. It's most likely a crappy movie. Now that it's gone, you want it.
— Lamarr Wilson (@LamarrWilson) December 17, 2014
Really hard to believe this is the response to a threat to freedom of expression here in America.
#TheInterview
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) December 18, 2014
Released by United Artists, March 1941. pic.twitter.com/cXuLoxdivx
— mark romanek (@markromanek) December 18, 2014
RT @SoNotJelly: the PM of Malaysia didn't act like this when zoolander ws going to assassinate him > Zoolander was banned in Malaysia...
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) December 18, 2014
Kim Jong-Un took away our god-given right to watch what is very likely the most horrible movie of 2014 on Christmas Day. #NeverForget
— Brooklyn Middleton (@BklynMiddleton) December 17, 2014
No one should kid themselves. With the Sony collapse America has lost its first cyberwar. This is a very very dangerous precedent.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014
America will NEVER give in to the demands of terrorists! (unless they don't like our movies in which case we will fold like a beach chair.)
— Danny Züker (@DannyZuker) December 17, 2014
Saw @Sethrogen at JFK. Both of us have never seen or heard of anything like this. Hollywood has done Neville Chamberlain proud today.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
.@RobLowe it wasn't the hackers who won, it was the terrorists and almost certainly the North Korean dictatorship, this was an act of war
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014
There goes my Hitler comedy.
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) December 17, 2014
No bullshit though, this is seriously fucked and it's such a sad day for free speech. Frightening.
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) December 18, 2014
Worried about the prospects for my new film,"Abbot and Costello Fuck North Korea's Mom."
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) December 17, 2014
All joking aside, we just gave a comfy foothold to censorship & it doesn't get any better from this point on. #TheInterview
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 18, 2014
All joking aside, we just gave a comfy foothold to censorship & it doesn't get any better from this point on. #TheInterview
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 18, 2014
#TheInterview Is that all it takes - an anonymous threat and the numbers 911 - to throw free expression under the bus? #PussyNation
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) December 17, 2014
The precedent of letting a nation state get away w cyber terrorism is 1 that will set the tone for anyone who wishes 2 suppress our freedoms
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) December 18, 2014
While I understand the necessity to pull The Interview, it makes me furious. Free speech is the most admirable tenet in our constitution.
— dax shepard (@daxshepard1) December 18, 2014
Cyber-terrorists win. Wow. #sony
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 17, 2014
.@SonyPictures don't cave, fight: release @TheInterview free online globally. Ask viewers for voluntary $5 contribution to fight #Ebola.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) December 18, 2014