North Korea calls James Franco and Seth Rogen’s new movie an “Act of War”.
The last we heard from North Korea on Seth Rogen and James Franco‘s new movie, The Interview was that Kim Myong-chol an assistant to the North Korean dictator said it showed the “desperation of the US government and American society.” North Korea responded today with harsher words than before.
A spokesman for the ministry said in state-run media that releasing the movie would be an “Act of war” on the United States’ behalf and claimed that the DPRK would take “stern” and “merciless” retaliation if it is not banned, according to the Associated Press.
In a statement carried by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency, a foreign ministry spokesman said the film was the work of “gangster moviemakers” and should never be shown.
“The act of making and screening such a movie that portrays an attack on our top leadership… is a most wanton act of terror and act of war, and is absolutely intolerable,” the spokesman said.
In his statement, he called on the US administration to ban the film from being screened and warned that failure to do so would trigger a “resolute and merciless response.” [via]
According to BBC, North Korea is currently holding three Americans in custody. The latest to be detained is said to be a tourist named Jeffrey Edward Fowle who reportedly left a Bible at a hotel.
The Columbia Pictures feature film centers on James Franco as a late-night talk show host who scores an interview of a lifetime with Kim Jong-Un (Randall Park). But, the CIA decides to turn the host and his producer, Seth Rogen, into assassins.
Columbia Pictures is probably super excited about all of this free press. Without spending any money, James Franco and Seth Rogen‘s new movie has international press. Without having to do a single thing the filmmakers were able to market their movie to the entire world.
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