Even the back-up plans are busted! After Sony killed The Interview, theaters had planned to show the other anti-North Korea movie, Team America, over the holidays. But now, Paramount has killed that idea. Seems like Hollywood has lost its backbone: definitely not the same group that used to stand up to Nazis and communist Russia and all kinds of injustice, is it?
There’s been more fallout from the North Korean hack on Sony. Now the studio says it has totally killed the film: no direct-to-video, no DVDs, no streaming. Ever. The ripple effect means an upcoming thriller set in the country is also being banned. And now the U.S. government could get involved, maybe deciding that any cyber attack from outside the country is terrorism, and an act of war. Essentially it’s, being a bodyguard for the studio system, which now seems scared to allow political artistic creativity.
It’s not that Hollywood has never adjusted due to current events. The original Spider-man trailer was axed after the World Trade Center Towers went down. And Neighborhood Watch got bumped because of the George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin situation. But the movies were still released.
At one time, Hollywood was willing to take on America’s political foes head on. Remember Red Dawn? The Soviets actually invaded the U.S. heartland and kids fought back with everything they had. They won. Both in the movie, and in the sense that it espoused the American Spirit.
But now, Hollywood is high-tailing it. And some major players aren’t happy about it, just check Twitter. Rob Lowe said via Twitter, “Saw @SethRogen at JFK. Both of us have never seen or heard of anything like this.”
And neither have we. So our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, hit the streets to see if you think Hollywood has totally lost its guts…
