U.S. Links North Korea to Sony Hacking

[Dread Knot]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Whilst I don't agree with the film being pulled I think foremost in theatre companies minds will have been the possibility of any nut job or terrorist organisation carrying out the dirty deed/atrocity in the name of whatever anywhere in the world.

That's the ironic part. A nation with a long history of blistering but mostly empty bluster managed to cow all these theater companies into ignominious retreat. But I guess it would only take one "lone wolf" effort, even a failed one, to cause a nation-wide panic.

It's not hard to worry that the response to The Interview will have a long lasting effect in terms of studios backing politically risky projects. Movie studios are already some of the most risk-averse businesses on Earth, and that's only becoming more and more true with every year. There are studio projects that will never get past the pitch stage, let alone get made if this trend continues.