The latest on the Sony hack, ‘The Interview’ and more

Written by O’Boyd

The last two days have been a whirlwind of news, action and reaction about the Sony hack.

From theaters opting out of showing “The Interview,” then Sony pulling the plug altogether, it’s been a crazy 24-48 hours. I’ve read so much interesting stuff on the film, the decisions, what’s next … it’s unprecedented.

Below are links and stories we’ve compiled that, hopefully, wrap up what has been a crazy period in the movie industry.

• One Texas theater thumbs its nose at it all and decides to show another controversial film in place of “The Interview.”

• Sony confirms it won’t release “The Interview” anytime soon. That includes theaters, DVD, Blu-Ray and Video-On-Demand.

• While you can’t exactly watch ‘The Interview,” IGN gives you the next best thing: clips from the film.

• Variety reports “there are no legitimate measurable copies of ‘The Interview’ on torrent sites” or any other piracy site … yet.

• New Regency has dropped plans for its North Korean thriller “Pyongyang,” which was to star Steve Carell and would be directed by Gore Verbinski.

• Hollywood reacts to all the news via Twitter here and here, too.

• Entertainment Weekly examines how things would have gone had ‘The Interview’ been a prestige pic.

• Sony executives are now leery of sending emails.

• The Sony hackers used the email address of Nicole Basile, who has worked with Sony before and left Sony after her recent job with them “on great terms.”

• The president says it’s still OK to go see a movie. 

Finally, something to lighten the mood a bit. Thanks, James Gunn.