It’s been a genuinely crazy past couple of weeks,
but at long last The Interview is indeed opening in
theaters on Christmas Day. After the five
biggest theater chains in the country refused to
show the film due to threats from the North
Korean hackers, Sony pulled directors Seth Rogen
and Evan Goldberg’s follow-up to last year’s This
Is the End from theaters, prompting the President
of the United States himself to chime in and say
the movie should still be released. Sony Pictures
announced today that they’ve reversed their
decision and will open The Interview on Christmas
Day in any theater willing to play it, but this puts
those major theater chains in an unenviable
position in that they’ve already sold tickets to
Christmas showings of other films and thus can’t
fit The Interview in.
Regardless, smaller theaters are starting to chime
in saying they’ll be showing the film, and we’ve
got a running list of where you can see The
Interview on opening day. Moreover, Sony has re-
released a final trailer for the film that directly
addresses the controversy; it was initially pulled
shortly after going online.
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