North Korea has threatened “merciless” war against the USA if a James Franco and Seth Rogen comedy called “The Interview” is released. The movie involves a plot to assassinate North Korean hereditary dictator Kim Jong-un. A North Korean state spokesman called the movie an “act of war” and a “blatant act of terrorism” and “reckless US provocative insanity.” The spokesman called the film’s director a “gangster filmmaker” and said that North Koreans had greeted the production with “a gust of hatred and rage.”
Rogen, who is also one of the directors of The Interview, has since responded on Twitter saying: “”People don’t usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they’ve paid 12 bucks for it.”
Franco and Rogen play a talkshow host and his producer who are invited to interview Kim Jong-un, and are subsequently recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assassinate the leader.
North Korea threatens war on US over Kim Jong-un movie