“We stand by our (‘The Interview’) director members Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and hope that a way can be found to distribute the film by some means, to demonstrate that our industry is not cowed by extremists of any type,” said Directors Guild of America chief Paris Barclay.
Free speech advocates and foreign policy hawks have slammed Sony’s decision to pull “The Interview” as cowardice in the face of a hidden enemy.
McCain said it set a “troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future.”
But Sony vigorously defended the move, and said it still hoped to release “The Interview” on a different platform — perhaps on demand or even online for free.
“We have not caved, we have not given in, we have persevered and we have not backed down,” studio boss Michael Lynton told CNN.
“We have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie.”
When asked how the film might be released, Lynton replied Sony was considering “a number of options” — including putting it on YouTube for free.
Despite the controversy and the damaging hack, Lynton said he would have made the movie again, but acknowledged: “Knowing what I know now, we might have done some things slightly differently.”
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