As Sony Pictures announced its decision to cancel the December 25 release of The Interview, a movie based on North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, several stars, politicians have taken to Twitter to condemn the decision.
Filmmaker Michael Moore said on Twitter, "Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I'd also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers, reported ABC News.
Donald Trump, an American businessman, investor, television personality and author accused Sony of being "gutless" and said that they should have never cancelled the release of the movie. Newt Gingrich, an American politician remarked that with Sony Pictures' decision, the US has lost its first cyber-war and termed it a "very dangerous precedent."
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin also struck the same tune by saying that the US succumbed to an "unprecedented attack" on free speech. Actor Rob Lowe condemned the decision by saying that it handed a victory to the hackers.
President Barack Obama on the other hand, advised people to go and watch the flick.
Sony Pictures took the decision after major cinema chains decided not to screen the movie. Hackers, who attacked Sony's computers systems recently and revealed a volley of confidential correspondences and data on the Internet, had threatened to launch a 9/11-style attack on American theatres showing the studio's film.
The movie shows Seth Rogen and James Franco playing two reporters who are granted an audience with Jong-un and are then enlisted by the Central Investigative Agency (CIA) to assassinate him.
North Korea had earlier denied its involvement in the hack attack ahead of the release of the film but had termed it a "righteous deed" carried out by its "supporters and sympathizers."
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