Steve Carell’s North Korea Movie 'Pyongyang' Canceled in Wake of Sony Hack

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Source: Yahoo News

...New Regency has pulled the plug on its Steve Carell movie Pyongyang, which Gore Verbinski had been prepping for a March start date, an individual familiar with the project has toldTheWrap. Based on the graphic novel by Guy Delisle, Pyongyang is a paranoid thriller about a Westerner’s experiences working in North Korea for a year.

Delisle spent two months living in North Korea’s capital, where according to Wikipedia, he struggled with the difficulties of outsourcing and the bureaucracy of the totalitarian closed state.



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[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Corporations, clearly, do negotiate with terrorists.

No fearless comedy is happening, there.

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2. if you think far-right, anti-abortion, anti-gay, Obama hatin' zealots aren't getting ideas now

think again...

[project_bluebook]

3. North Korea needs a good spanking

Too bad there isn't anyone with big enough gonads to do it.

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6. The war machine makes money on keeping a 'feared' enemy on the horizon

The GOP-led war machine loves to keep various countries in the 'just about to get a nuclear weapon' stage in order to stage big budgets that fund their main contractor constituents.

[SkyDaddy7]

4. THINK ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THIS IS SETTING!!

I am distraught!

North Korea is now our MASTER!!! And there are many supporters of this move here on DU! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

[JVS]

7. The precedent was set a few years ago when China insisted that Red Dawn be rescripted...

so that instead of being about China invading the US, it would be North Korea invading.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Bit difference would be that American films do huge business in China which also has a huge film

business. Exerting some pressure via market share and investment streams is pretty different from this.

[JVS]

11. Both are similar approaches.

China threatens access to their market, and thus the bottom line of the company.
N Korea threatens the public image of the company, and thus the bottom line of the company.

[SkyDaddy7]

14. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

It was changed so the movie could be shown in China it was not FORCED BY THREAT OF VIOLENCE!!

[blackspade]

5. So the fear is up to 11 now....

I can't believe this shit.

[olddots]

9. will Randy Newman be threatened for writing

Short People ???

[Ykcutnek]

10. Corporate cowardice is now ruining American art. nt

[Chemisse]

12. What a bunch of cowering cowards.

They say 'boo' and we run away. It's embarrassing.

[Chemisse]

13. There is just one way to say a big FU to N Korea after kissing their asses in this way:

Just put this movie out on the internet, free for all to see.

So instead of just a small portion of people in this country seeing it, EVERYBODY could see it, thanks to the N Korean antics.