‘The Interview’ is now finally available to stream on Netflix, it was released earlier this month, and it was probably to North Korea’s mortification.
The film gained world-wide attention when “North Korean” hackers attacked Sony Pictures and leaked number of major motion pictures before their official release dates. The company suffered heavily in the cyber attack, and pulled ‘The Interview’ from theaters.
Sony tried to smother complaints by releasing the film online, in selective theaters and on-demand.
To take another step in its distribution makeover, Sony is also streaming ‘The Interview’ on the streaming gigant Netflix.
The film stars the “Pineapple Express”-duo James Franco and Seth Rogen.
Where Franco plays a TV host of a hit talk show, and is of course greatly admired by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
He and his producer-friend (Rogen) are invited to North Korea to take on an epic interview of the reclusive head-of-state. While preparing for the Interview of a life time the pair is approached by the CIA to do a highly classified assassination mission for them, which in turn results in a lot of comedy or errors.
‘The Interview’ has amassed more than $46 million in on-demand rentals and theaters. The film’s budget has been more than covered at $44 million.
