The Interview (USA Blockbuster) (2014)

The Interview:

Written by Dan Sterling (screenplay) and Seth Rogan (Story)
Directed by Evan Goldberg (Known for This is The End (2013), Pineapple Express (2008) and Superbad (2007)
Seth Rogan (Known for This is The End (Alongside Evan (2014)

Box Office:

• Budget: $44,000,000
• US Gross: $6,105,175 (Theatre)
• Opening Weekend: $1,085,515 (USA) (Theatre)

Production Companies:

• Columbia Pictures
• LStar Capital
• Point Grey Pictures

Release:

Released on December 24th 2014 - Through digital and selected art houses theatres

Distribution:

• Columbia Pictures (2014) (USA) (theatrical)
• Xbox Video (2014) (USA) (video) (Video-on-demand)
• Google Play (2014) (USA) (video) (Video-on-demand)
• YouTube (2014) (USA) (video) (Video-on-demand)

Cast:

• James Franco (Known from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Pineapple Express, The Green Hornet - Dear friends with Seth Rogan)
• Seth Rogan (Known from Pineapple Express, Donnie Darko (debute), Superbad - Stars in most of his own directed films)
• Randall Park (Major acting debute, had small scene in The Office (USA)
• Diana Bang (Television actress from The Killing, Fringe, Bates Motel)

Marketing:

• Gained worldwide attention including death threats towards the stars and the directors of the show
• Was at one point, banned from being released due to fear from North Korea's retaliation until President Obama lifted the ban
• September 11th attacks mentioned during a threat from the hacker community nearing the film's release - many theatres refused to show the film out of fear of a terrorist attack
• Only selected art houses in America would show the film, however, the film was available to rent and buy from digital on demand stores such as Xbox Video and Google Play
• The drama that this film caused since it's announcement created a large amount of hype