Report: Sony to authorize screenings of The Interview

Report: Sony to authorize screenings of The Interview
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You just might be able to see The Interview on Christmas Day after all: The Wrap is reporting that Sony Pictures will release the controversial comedy simultaneously in theaters and via video on demand.

The Plaza theater in Atlanta and the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin have said they will distribute the film, and the Art House Convergence, a coalition of small independent movie theaters, told Sony on Monday its members were "willing and anxious to screen" The Interview, The Wrap says.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.