Sony Pictures to Release ‘The Interview’ on Christmas In Theaters and VOD

by Sohrab Osati | Dec 23, 2014 | 0 comments
Sohrab Osati

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You hear that? Yea, that’s the sound of freedom as millions and millions of freedom fighting fans click over to YouTube to jam out to America, Fuck Yea! from the Team America soundtrack while adjusting their Christmas plans. In all seriousness though, Sony Pictures has officially confirmed that The Interview will in fact be landing in theaters this Christmas. Details are still forthcoming and it’s expected to be a limited release, seeing how the two largest theater chains, Regal and AMC, backed out from airing the flick in the first place which cause Sony to pull the comedy – but as it stands, The Interview will be coming to theaters and potentially VOD on December 25th.

Details after the jump, including comments from Seth Rogan and James Franco.

Via an official press release, Sony has confirmed their plans to release the Seth Rogan and James Franco comedy, insisting that they have

  never given up on releasing The Interview and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day 

We’ll bring you a list of theaters showing The Interview as the information becomes available. There has also been chatter about a VOD release though the official press release makes no mention of it. Some outlets believe that news will be announced later today.

Update:

You can checkout a list of theaters showing The Interview by clicking here. We’ll keep updating that article as new information becomes available.

Discuss:

Will you see The Interview this Christmas?

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SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES LIMITED THEATRICAL RELEASE OF THE INTERVIEW ON CHRISTMAS DAY

[Hollywood – December 23, 2014]  Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that The Interview will have a limited theatrical release in the United States on Christmas Day.

“We have never given up on releasing The Interview and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day,” said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Entertainment. “At the same time, we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience.”

“I want to thank our talent on The Interview and our employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges we have all faced over the last month.  While we hope this is only the first step of the film’s release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech.”

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