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Sony To Stream ‘The Interview’ Online Beginning This Afternoon

A banner for "The Interview"is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A U.S. official says North Korea perpetrated the unprecedented act of cyberwarfare ag... A banner for "The Interview"is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A U.S. official says North Korea perpetrated the unprecedented act of cyberwarfare against Sony Pictures that exposed tens of thousands of sensitive documents and escalated to threats of terrorist attacks that ultimately drove the studio to cancel all release plans for "The Interview." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) MORE LESS
By Catherine Thompson
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December 24, 2014 11:56 a.m.
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Sony Pictures plans to stream “The Interview” online beginning Wednesday around 1 p.m. ET, CNN Money reported.

Sony said the film will be available on YouTube and Google Play, as well as through the Microsoft Xbox video game console and a dedicated website, SeeTheInterview.com. The film will cost $6 to rent and $15 to buy.

After initially canceling the North Korea-set comedy’s release due to threats from a hacking group, Sony announced Monday that it had also greenlit limited screenings of the film at movie theaters beginning Christmas Day.

This post has been updated.

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  1. I thought it would already be up on the Torrents.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    To retaliate North Korea will stream Kim Jong Il’s version of Videodrome…

  3. This was all a publicity stunt by Sony? Who could ever have imagined?

  4. Ka-CHING!!! Every red-blooded (and red-nosed) Faux News aficionado will gladly pony up six bucks to stick their thumb in the eye of them there Nawth Kareeuns.

    Because: Americuh! ™

  5. SONY has finally determined the price of freedom, because “freedom isn’t free.” You can rent freedom at $6, for one-time use, or purchase lifetime ownership for only $15! How patriotic of SONY to respond to the massed cry of Americans for justice against tyrannical gook dictators!

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