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Sony has just released a new statement on why they dropped the release of their film The Interview!

“Sony Pictures Entertainment is and always has been strongly committed to the First Amendment. For more than three weeks, despite brutal intrusions into our company and our employees’ personal lives, we maintained our focus on one goal: getting the film The Interview released. Free expression should never be suppressed by threats and extortion,” the studio shared.

Sony added, “The decision not to move forward with the December 25 theatrical release of The Interview was made as a result of the majority of the nation’s theater owners choosing not to screen the film. This was their decision.”

Sony continued to say that they were looking for alternatives, so people will have the opportunity to see the movie in the future.

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If you were watching President Obama‘s year end press conference, you may have noticed his slip up on James Franco‘s name when talking about the movie The Interview and the Sony hack scandal.

“I think it says something interesting about North Korea that they decided to have the state mount an all-out assault on a movie studio because of a satirical movie starring Seth Rogen and James Flacco,” the president said. “I love Seth and I love James, but the notion that that was a threat to them I think gives you some sense of the kind of regime we’re talking about here.”

We have a feeling that Obama might have been confusing James with the Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco! Watch the video from the press conference below:

Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton breaks his silence to address President Obama‘s comments about the studio’s decision to cancel the release of The Interview.

“We have not caved, we have not given in, we have not backed down,” the 54-year-old Sony exec shared to CNN.

He added, “I think the unfortunate part is… The President, the press, and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened. We do not own movie theaters. We cannot decide what will be played in movie theaters.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Michael Lynton’s response to President Obama’s comments?

Sean Penn is not happy about Sony’s decision to stop the release of The Interview after threats from Sony hackers.

“This week, the distributors who wouldn’t show The Interview and Sony have sent ISIS a commanding invitation. I believe ISIS will accept the invitation. Pandora’s box is officially open,” the 54-year-old actor said in a statement.

Sean added, “The damage we do to ourselves typically outweighs the harm caused by outside threats or actions. Then by caving to the outside threat, we make our nightmares real. The decision to pull The Interview is historic. It’s a case of putting short term interests ahead of the long term. If we don’t get the world on board to see that this is a game changer, if this hacking doesn’t frighten the Chinese and the Russians, we’re in for a very different world, a very different country, community, and a very different culture.”

Judy Smith, who inspired Kerry Washington‘s Olivia Pope character on Scandal, is currently working on the Sony hacking scandal!

The Smith & Company president is advising Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal on how to deal with the crisis after the studio’s decision to pull The Interview.

Judy has been very helpful to Sony, due to her deep contacts with the government, according to TMZ.

Judy and her crisis team are spreading the message that the hack is a big concern for the industry, not just Sony. She is also conveying the message that the studio pulled the plug on the film to protect their employees.

President Obama isn’t afraid to share his thoughts on Sony’s decision to pull the plug on the release of The Interview.

“Yes I think they made a mistake,” the 53-year-old President shared in a press conference on Friday (December 19).

He added, “We can not have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship in the United States. I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which you are intimidated by those kinds of criminal attacks. Watch the press conference below!

It looks like the Sony hackers aren’t going away just yet!

The unknown hackers, who have been confirmed to be working for North Korea, sent out emails to several Sony employees after the studio decided to cancel the release of their upcoming film The Interview, which starred James Franco and Seth Rogen.

“Now we want you never let the movie released, distributed or leaked in any form of, for instance, DVD or piracy,” the hackers wrote in an email.

The hacker added, “We still have your private and sensitive data and claims that they will ensure the security of your data unless you make additional trouble. And we want everything related to the movie, including its trailers, as well as its full version down from any website hosting them immediately.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK of the latest threats from the Sony hackers?