NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced a limited theatrical release of “The Interview” beginning Thursday, putting the comedy back into theaters.
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton said Tuesday that Seth Rogen’s North Korea farce “will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day.”
Sony is making “The Interview” available on a variety of digital platforms this afternoon.
Streaming partners include Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft’s Xbox Video and a separate Sony website.
(The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville is among the indie movie houses that will screen The Interview Christmas day. Photo: Belcourt Theatre-Facebook)
Moviegoers celebrated the abrupt change of fortune for a film that appeared doomed, as the film began popping up in the listings of a handful of independent theaters Tuesday.
After hackers last Wednesday threatened violence against theaters showing the film, the nation’s largest theater chains dropped the film. Sony soon thereafter canceled the film’s release altogether.
But that decision drew widespread criticism, including from President Barack Obama.
The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville and the Franklin Theater will screen the film Christmas Day.
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