Sony Pictures Admits Hacking, Film âLeaksâ Were Marketing Stunt
The internet has been abuzz the last several days as news of Sony Picturesâ servers being hacked, reportedly by North Koreans, hit the circuit, with Sony representatives stating that they had been locked out of many of their own computers and social media accounts, as well as several major motion pictures being stolen and distributed through online resources.As it turns out, though, a Sony Pictures employee accidentally spilled the beans, when he let it slip to a reporter that the âhackingâ was all staged, and that the films that were released to the internet, including the remake ofÂ AnnieÂ and the bio-picÂ To Write Love on Her Arms,Â were expected to be âgiant pieces of shitâ that âno one would ever pay to see anyway.ââThe movies that were leaked, with the exception of the Brad Pitt movieÂ Fury, are all movies no one has any interest in seeing anyway,â said the unnamed source. âOh boy, a remake ofÂ Annie,Â a classic that everyone was sick of decades ago, with an âurbanâ cast. Wow. TheÂ To Write Love on Her ArmsÂ movie â hell, I work at the studio, and even I donât know what that is. Another Kat Dennings flick. Again, truly underwhelmed. Thatâs why the studio let these movies end up online.âThe source says that Sony executives hatched the scheme to hire a group of hackers to âinfiltrateâ their systems and lock everyone out â that way even most people who work for them wouldnât know it was just a ruse to drum up excitement for their films.âI only found out because I overheard some studio heads talking. âMy God, I canât believe weâre actually giving away these movies!â they were saying. With the holidays coming up, andÂ AnnieÂ coming out nationwide, I think they wanted people to go see it. Itâs weird how it works â if people think that something is worth stealing, then theyâll actually pay for it. Capitalism!âSony Executives could not be reached for comment.