Theater chain owners are removing “The Interview” from their theaters concerned about the chance of terrorist attacks on their customers. The film depicts journalists assigned to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un portrayed in negatively. (The Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2014, by Richard Verrier and Ryan Faughnder)
Steve Kovach of Business Insider, December 17, 2014, believes the threat of the hackers to target the movie goers is credible so that the theaters are justified in pulling the movie.
In the meantime, Sony withdrew the film from circulation and attorney Alan Dershowitz condemned the move to take it out of theaters while not announcing immediately that it would be available online. Dershowitz said the move to withdraw was “Pearl Harbor” on the First Amendment. (The Wrap, December 18, 2014, by Jordan Charlton)