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Sony Vows to Release 'The Interview': 'It Will be Distributed' Says Studio

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(Photo : Reuters) A week after caving into hacker demands and canceling the premier of "The Interview," Sony Pictures now vows that the show will go on.

A week after caving into hacker demands and canceling the premier of "The Interview," Sony Pictures now vows that the show will go on. 

"Sony only delayed this," Boies said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. "Sony has been fighting to get this picture distributed. It will be distributed. How it's going to be distributed, I don't think anybody knows quite yet. But it's going to be distributed."

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If it doesn't make its way to theaters, the studio may release "The Interview" through Crackle, Sony's free streaming service available via PlayStation, Xbox, Roku or smart TV, reports the New York Post.

The announcement comes after the studio had apparently given into demands by hackers, who had publicly humiliated Sony by releasing troves of sensitive information and private emails into the public. The hackers also made thinly veiled threats of violence by making references to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Their harassement was in retaliation for "The Interview's" negative protrayal of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

The studio pulled the movie just before its release and its stars Seth Rogen and James Franco cancelled all public appearances promoting the film.

As recently as Friday, the hacker group, which calls itself Guardians of Peace, sent a new email threat to Sony executives with new demands. According to CNN, the email said: "It's very wise that you have made the decision to cancel the release of 'The Interview.' It will be very useful for you."

The also made the impossible demand to "never let the movie released, distributed or leaked in any form of, for instance, DVD or piracy," said the email. "And we want everything related to the movie, including its trailers, as well as its full version down from any website hosting them immediately."

Also on Friday, President Obama said Sony "made a mistake" by cancelling its theatrical release of the movie.

"Sony's a corporation," said Obama. "It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced," Obama said. "Having said all that, yes, I think they made a mistake ... I wish they had spoken to me first."

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