‘The Interview’ Movie: North Korea ‘Toughest Counteraction’ Against The U.S. While Sony Plans To Release Film For Free

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BY Gracie Smith Dec 23, 2014 11:16 AM EST

It's not just Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton who fired back at President Barrack Obama's opinion about "The Interview" movie controversy. North Korea also sent a verbal attack promising to literally fire back at the U.S., calling it "the ill-famed cesspool of injustice"

"The DPRK has already launched the toughest counteraction," a statement from the North Korean government said, written on the nation-run news agency, KCNA.

According to the statement, North Korea and its army are "fully ready to stand in confrontation with the U.S. in all war spaces including cyber warfare" after President Obama's statement strong about the Sony hacking.

The FBI had previously confirmed that the DPRK was behind the cyber attack which resulted in a huge loss for the movie company.

The article from Pyongyang, pointed out that the reclusive country's attack will not only be over the "undesirable reactionary film" which is "The Interview" movie, it will also target "the White House, the Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland, the cesspool of terrorism."

Meanwhile, despite its earlier decision to cease the Seth Rogen and James Franco movie from being released on Christmas, Sony Entertainment has not given up on it yet.

According to Daily Mail, the studio is planning to release the film for free.

"Sony has been fighting to get this picture distributed. It will be distributed," Sony CEO Lynton reportedly told CNN during an interview.

He added, "'How it's going to be distributed, I don't think anybody knows quite yet. But it's going to be distributed."

The company is currently looking into putting it on Crackle, the streaming service that it owns. YouTube and Netflix are also reportedly being considered.

On the other hand, George RR Martin offered to show the satirical movie at his independent theatre in Santa Fe, the Jean Cocteau Cinema.

The controversy surrounding the film also made it more desirable for the movie-going public. "The Interview" movie earned a perfect score of 10 on IMDB and a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.