International threats, hacking scandals, a major production company brought to its knees and a hilarious Dr. Evil Saturday Night Live bit later, these past couple of months have been a wild ride for Sony’s film The Interview. Starring James Franco and Seth Rogan, the premise of the film is centered around two talk show hosts being tasked with assassinating the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-un.
It is widely believed, even by the FBI, that North Korea is responsible for retaliating against Sony with a massive data breach that exposed many terabytes of confidential information from Sony’s computers to the world. The data released globally ranged from completed films like Annie to medical records of famous celebrities.
Amid denying responsibility for the hacking, North Korea simultaneously threatened any theatre wanting to show The Interview, as well as delivering a myriad of insults against the United States and its allies.
Sony, stuck with a feature film on its hands that no one wanted to show, sought out a rather interesting approach. On December 17th, Sony reached out to a number of companies, specifically Google, to attempt to bring The Interview to the masses via streaming media.
Today, on Google’s official blog, the company’s Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, had this to say:
Last Wednesday Sony began contacting a number of companies, including Google, to ask if we’d be able to make their movie, “The Interview,” available online. We’d had a similar thought and were eager to help—though given everything that’s happened, the security implications were very much at the front of our minds.
Of course it was tempting to hope that something else would happen to ensure this movie saw the light of day. But after discussing all the issues, Sony and Google agreed that we could not sit on the sidelines and allow a handful of people to determine the limits of free speech in another country (however silly the content might be).
So starting at 10 a.m. PST in the U.S., you can rent or buy “The Interview” on Google Play and YouTube Movies. It will also be available to Xbox Video customers and via www.seetheinterview.com.
Based on today’s announcement, the conspiracy mill is already in full-swing with claims that this whole thing has been orchestrated by Sony in order to drum up hype.
So if you want to see what all the fuss was about, check out the link below to rent the movie in HD for $6, or purchase it in HD for $15, on Google’s Play Store.
Google Play Download Link
Source: Google
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