Ex-Sony Boss Has Seen ‘The Studio’ — And He Wants a Word With Seth Rogen

The former Sony Pictures CEO is out with a new book, which has him talking about his disastrous decision to green-light Rogen's ‘The Interview’ and the infamous cyberattack that followed.

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Ex-Sony Pictures Head Michael Lynton on ‘The Interview’ and Its Insane Fallout: ‘Biggest Mistake of My Career’

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Ex-Sony Pictures Head Michael Lynton on ‘The Interview’ and Its Insane Fallout: ‘Biggest Mistake of My Career’
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Ex-Sony Head Michael Lynton on The Interview, Sony Hack, and Fallout

In an excerpt from his new memoir, the former studio boss opens up about his choice to greenlight the political comedy, which led to fallout the likes of which Hollywood has never seen.

IndieWire

Ex-Sony Pictures Boss Regrets Seth Rogen’s ‘The Interview’ and Says Obama Told Him After the Sony Hack: ‘What Were You Thinking? Of Course That Was a Mistake’

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Ex-Sony Pictures Boss Regrets Seth Rogen’s ‘The Interview’ and Says Obama Told Him After the Sony Hack: ‘What Were You Thinking? Of Course That Was a Mistake’
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Ex Sony Pictures Boss Regrets Seth Rogen's 'The Interview'

Michael Lynton, former Sony CEO, wishes he had thought more carefully before greenlighting "The Interview" from Seth Rogen.

Variety

On November 24, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment experienced a landmark cyber-attack. A hacker group calling itself the “Guardians of Peace” unleashed destructive malware, wiped large portions of the studio’s network, and dumped terabytes of sensitive internal data.

𝘾𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙨: 𝙃𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, by Charles Arthur, covers this pivotal event amongst other cyber attacks.

See our review 👉 https://cybercanon.org/cyber-wars-hacks-that-shocked-the-world

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Seth Rogen Says ‘I Still Don’t Know For Sure’ Who Did the Sony Hack, 11 Years After ‘The Interview’: ‘Probably North Korea, but Maybe With People in America?’
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Seth Rogen on 'The Interview' and Sony Hack: 'Probably North Korea'

Seth Rogen says after 11 years he's finally made peace with 'The Interview' and the chaos that ensued with the 2014 Sony hack.

Variety
We are Legion - The Story of the Hacktivists [Newer Version]

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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Seth Rogen on ‘The Studio’ and How It Was Shaped by ‘Freaks and Geeks,’ ‘Superbad,’ ‘The Green Hornet’ and the Sony Hack

The 43-year-old, whose Apple TV+ series received a rookie comedy-record 23 Emmy noms — including acting, writing, producing and directing noms for himself — reflects on his 25 years in the business.

The Hollywood Reporter
Sony Hack Emails 10 Years Later: Regretting the Decision to Publish

Looking back at the Sony hack 10 years later and why Variety decided to publish the contents of the leak.

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