The Interview

film by Goldberg and Rogen [2014]

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cybercrime

  • In cybercrime: Spam, steganography, and e-mail hacking

    …that Sony Pictures not release The Interview, a comedy about a CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, and threatened to attack theatres that showed the movie. After American movie theatre chains canceled screenings, Sony released the movie online and in limited theatrical release. E-mail hacking has even…

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discussed in biography of Rogen

  • Seth Rogen
    In Seth Rogen

    Rogen cowrote and codirected The Interview, a provocative farce about an attempt to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; he and Franco costarred. The film, slated for release in December 2014, was pulled by its distributor, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., in the wake of a hack of the company’s…

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history of North Korea

  • North Korea
    In North Korea: Acceleration of North Korea’s nuclear program

    Prior to the release of The Interview, a comedic farce about a CIA plot to assassinate Kim, hackers released tens of thousands of Sony’s internal e-mails and issued threats against theatres that showed the film. The North Korean government denied responsibility for the hack.

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role of Franco

  • Franco, James
    In James Franco: Later movies

    In the irreverent The Interview, also codirected by and costarring Rogen, Franco played a talk-show host who is tasked with assassinating North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The film, slated for release in December 2014, was pulled by its distributor, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., in the wake of a…

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