USA TODAY: Events surrounding the hack attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment began to cascade late Tuesday after hackers posted a message threatening a “9/11” style attack on theaters that screened the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy…
Sony will not withdraw the film following the threat, but is leaving it up to theater owners and chains to decide whether to show the film, a source familiar with the situation said late Tuesday.
Tuesday evening, Carmike Cinemas, the fourth-largest cinema chain in the country, decided to cancel its planned showings of the film, the Associated Press reported. Carmike operates 278 theaters across the country … (more)