The Interview Release Cancelled Celebrities Reaction

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Sony cancelled the theatrical release of The Interview yesterday and Hollywood is not happy. Celebrities immediately took to social media to criticize Sony's decision. The common sentiment was that our right to free speech had been compromised, with Aaron Sorkin leading the charge.

"Today the U.S. succumbed to an unprecedented attack on our most cherished, bedrock principle of free speech by a group of North Korean terrorists who threatened to kill moviegoers in order to stop the release of a movie," Sorkin said in a statement to Deadline Hollywood.

Other celebrities urged Sony to release the film online. "RELEASE 'THE INTERVIEW' TO ALL! WE WILL SHOW IT ON OUR PHONES, IN THE STREETS, OUR HOMES, OUR CARS. Wait, I think I can get it online," wrote comic Marc Maron in a tweet.

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Unfortunately for Maron and anyone dying to see the what has quickly become one of the most controversial films of all time, Sony has "no further release plans” for the comedy.

Click through for more celebrity reactions.

Sad day for creative expression. #feareatsthesoul
— Steve Carell (@SteveCarell) December 17, 2014

Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them. Wow.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014

Really hard to believe this is the response to a threat to freedom of expression here in America. #TheInterview
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) December 18, 2014

I think it is disgraceful that these theaters are not showing The Interview. Will they pull any movie that gets an anonymous threat now?
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 17, 2014

. @JuddApatow I agree wholeheartedly. An un-American act of cowardice that validates terrorist actions and sets a terrifying precedent.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) December 17, 2014

Man, "The Interview" better be pretty funny, cuz there's no way I'm not watching it now.
— Joss Whedon (@josswhedon) December 18, 2014

Sony's decision to pull THE INTERVIEW is unsettling in so many ways. Good thing they didn't publish THE SATANIC VERSES.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 18, 2014

Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I'd also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 17, 2014

While I understand the necessity to pull The Interview, it makes me furious. Free speech is the most admirable tenet in our constitution.
— dax shepard (@daxshepard1) December 18, 2014

Keep hoping all this lunacy over THE INTERVIEW is just gonzo marketing but Sony canceling release is sadly real. I feel for you, @Sethrogen!
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) December 18, 2014

RELEASE 'THE INTERVIEW' TO ALL! WE WILL SHOW IT ON OUR PHONES, IN THE STREETS, OUR HOMES, OUR CARS. Wait, I think I can get it online.
— marc maron (@marcmaron) December 17, 2014

#TheInterview Is that all it takes - an anonymous threat and the numbers 911 - to throw free expression under the bus? #PussyNation
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) December 17, 2014

No one should kid themselves. With the Sony collapse America has lost its first cyberwar. This is a very very dangerous precedent.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) December 17, 2014

I am so mad the hackers won. This precedent is scary and disappointing on so many levels.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) December 17, 2014

Sony is a disgrace. Sickening.
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) December 18, 2014

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