. >> kim jong-un wants to do an interview with dave skylark? >> in the movie, they score an interview with kim jong-un and the cia orders them to kill the hater -- dictator. north korea is furious over the movie. they released a trove of embarrassing sony documents and threatening worse if the movie was shown. the studio reacted, canceling the interview's release. but they took a public flogging from movie stars and from president obama for bowing to intimidation. the release was back on. victory, tweeted actor james franco. seth throw been the people have spoken. american moviegoers seem to agree. >> it's important to be able to stand up for free speech as well as to be able to stand up for our constitutional rights. >> the big chains have been slow to reschedule the interview after hackers threaten retaliation against anyone who screens it. >> to south korea where prosecutors are planning to arrest korean air's former vice president for cabin service after she delayed a flight by throwing a tantrum over snacks. >> it has become known as not r

. >> kim jong-un wants to do an interview with dave skylark? >> he's a fan! >> reporter: now the film has opened on christmas day as scheduled, but only in a limited number of independent cinemas. they number in the hundreds, not the thousands that were originally going to show the film. some cinema managers said it was more important to uphold free speech than buckle to a vague threat of terrorism. >> there's a much greater risk, and that's the risk to all of us that what we say and what we consume could be curtailed based on the threats of bullies. >> the decision to show the film has been welcomed. by one of its stars on social media. by other actors, including ben stiller. >> i'm glad it's being released. merry christmas, everybody. >> reporter: and as he relaxed in hawaii, by the president himself. even before it had been shown in the cinemas, "the interview" had been released online across several different platforms. but only in the united states. sony said the digital release showed cyber criminals have not been able to silence the studio. joe inwood,

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. >> kim jung un wants to do an interview with dave skylark? >> reporter: it was satire intended for a holiday release. >> up here from sonoma. about an hour and a half in the rain. >> reporter: those who showed up left disappointed, and disturbed by the controversy. y there's some things you just don't joke about. i don't think it was one of the best topics to joke on. >> reporter: the film depicts two television producers asked to assassinate kim jung un. a comedy that didn't strike some as a laughing matter. a group called guardians of the peace, hacked themselves into sony pictures. the nation's three largest cinema chains all announced they would not show the film. security was a concern raised in 2012 after a gunman opened fire inside a theater in aurora, colorado. >> i don't think there's anything ever been quite like this. >> reporter: he saw the film and shared information with us. >> it is no more or less offensive than a south park episode. >> reporter: but the cancelation of the film presents a big threat to free speech. >> i'm upse

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wants to do a interview with dave skylark. >> he is a fan. look at him. if that ain't a real story, i don't know what is. >> okay, let's do it. >> the sony story now completely out of control. >> i think this is a big victory for the bad guys. >> the story has changed with sony's capitulation to terrorists. >> the terrorists win. >> since when did we become a nation of with uses,. >> it is our patriotic duty to go and see this movie. >> hello north korea. >> preceding the interview, you will shake kim's hand with a fatal dose of poison it is critical that you hutch nothing. [sneeze] >> you are about to hear from another outraged critic of sony donald trump. first, former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us. good evening, sir. >> it's not official yet. the u.s. hasn't said that it is north korea and whether they acted alone or not. but it is said that the u.s. is weighing a response. a proportional response. what in the world could that be? >> well, i think we have simply not paid enough attention to the threat that cyber attacks pods for the government,

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. >> kim jong-un wants to do an interview with dave skylark?off the christmas release, sony says it has no plans to pull its upcoming movie "the interview." >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> now developing a person close to the situation says sony would not object if theaters decide to pull it from their box offices. >> you want to go k

. >> kim jong un wants to do a movie with dave skylark. >> is he a fan. if that isn't a real story, what is? >> okay. ♪ ♪ [doorbell] >> i'm agent lacy with central intelligence. >> you two are going to be in a room alone with kim. >> we got the interview. >> the cia would love it if you could take him out. >> huh? >> take him out. >> like for drinks? >> like to continuer? >> on the town? >> no, take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what an assignment. and fox new york entertainment reporter simone boyce joins us now to talk all about the interview. >> i have been following this story like a vulture. fascinating unprecedented scenario. this is the little movie that could. it was the target of this, you know, unprecedent cyber attack, vicious cyber attack and still managed to bring in a million dollars at the box office while playing in only 300 movie theaters. that's a very limited release. so, at the very least, this $1 million number is decent and at most it's pleasantly surprising considering all that this film was u

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>> our leader is interested in doing an interview with dave skylark. >> did you do say china?e traveling to north korea to interview north korea's president. ♪ >> i am agent lacy with central intelligence. you two are going to be in a room alone with north korea's president. we would love it if you could take him out. take him out. >> for coffee? >> dinner? >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> what? >> hello, north korea! >> i watched every episode of your show. i especially enjoyed the miley cyrus camel toe episode. >> you are entering the most dangerous company on earth. >> i have a gift for you. >> this dog is killing me with his cuteness. ♪ >> i wish we had an escape plan. >> i'm a good swimmer. >> it is really far. >> people have done it. >> that is not true. ♪ >> nice tank. is that real? >> it was a gift to my grandfather from stalin. >> in my country it is pronounced stallone. ♪ >> i never heard this before in my life. >> i love katy perry. >> i spend a lot of time with kim and i think he's not a bad guy. >> you are way too deep to pull

how good is your dave skylark impression at this point?ys were not as busy as i was on christmas. i got to watch this movie. a lot of people -- first of all, you loved it? >> i really enjoyed it. >> i definitely would be willing to see it on a plane. >> that is usually about the only place i can watch with little kids. digital transformation of movie theaters made this into the distribution possible ways it would not have been only a few years ago the movie business. we have the image of the projection room of a movie theater, this iconic image from "blowout," which we have stacks of 35mm film up in the background and tape all over the place. you hear those crazy sounds with the movie going backwards and forwards and a line of the different canisters of film. that is the old way. the new way, thanks to this massive transformation to digital that has taken place a last couple of years, has really changed the movie projection business. inside the movie theater, and no longer looks like that picture of the 35mm film rolling around for most mo

. >> kim jong-un wants to do an interview with dave skylark? >> amid threats from hackers to call off the christmas release, sony says it has no plans to pull its upcoming movie "the interview." >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> now developing a person close to the situation says sony would not object if theaters decide to pull it from their box offices. >> you want to go kill kim jong-un? >> car mike cinemas, the first movie chain to pull the plug from their more than 270 theaters across more than 40 states. landmark theaters also bailing, canceling thursday's premiere in new york. even the film's star, seth rogan and james franco dropping out of all media appearances this week. this fear in the movie industry prompted by a new threatening american, purportedly by the sony hackers. the fbi investigating their promise of a bitter fate to anyone who sees the controversial north korean comedy. the message says "soon all the world will see what an awful movie sony pictures entertainment has made. the world will