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The Interview’s Theatrical Release Pulled: Celebrities Like Judd Apatow, Jimmy Kimmel, Rob Lowe Are Appalled — Read Their Shocked Tweets

Seth Rogen and James Franco
Celebrities react after The Interview is pulled following the Sony hackers terrorist attack

Update: Celebrity comment continues to pour out on Twitter about Sony's decision to pull The Interview: See what Jimmy Kimmel, Ben Stiller, Dax Shepard, David Walliams, Damon Wayans Jr., and others had to say.

Sony has decided to pull The Interview's theatrical release date following a 9/11-like threat from the Sony hackers and celebrities like Rob Lowe and Judd Apatow are not happy.

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The decision to pull the upcoming North Korean comedy came on Wednesday, Dec. 17, after select theaters in the United States announced they would not be screening the movie come it's now-axed Christmas release date.

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"In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release," Sony Pictures announced in a statement. "We respect and understand our partners' decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theater-goers."

On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the hackers, who are behind the handful of compromising emails written by Sony execs that were leaked to the press, issued a threat which warned, "Warning…We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places 'The Interview' be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to…Remember the 11th of September 2001."

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Following the alarming threat, Sony called off the film's New York City premiere which was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18. The film's stars James Franco and Seth Rogen also backed out of all scheduled press.

While Sony believes in the "safety of employees and theater-goers," the celebrities below clearly disagree:

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