After Sony experienced a security breach, a lot of intrigues and anomalies have aroused.
Besides movies,certain e-mail exchanges between Sony executives, which mentioned delicate topics, have been revealed after the company has been hacked, Deadline reported.
Almost 100 gigabytes of data reportedly stolen from Sony have been released on the internet. Experts said that the leaked documents appear to be authentic. Some of the leaked information included forthcoming films, watermarked screeners, confidential reports, celebrity aliases and the company's budget.
New movies from Sony has been distributed on illegal file-sharing sites. Copies of DVD screeners of unreleased Sony movies has been distributed on illegal file-sharing sites including the upcoming "Annie." "Fury" has been downloaded by more than 888,000 computer users on Nov. 27. Other movies included, "Still Alice," "Mr. Turner" and "To Write Love on Her Arms."
On the other hand, one of most controversial leak so far has been the conversation between the executives of the company. Sony Pictures Entertainment chief Amy Pascal reportedly e-mailed producer Scott Rudin, posing a question on what she should ask United States President Barack Obama at a November 2013 fundraising breakfast, according to The Telegraph.
Rudin replied with a question if the president would like to "finance some movies." Pascal then said, "I doubt it," and asked if she should ask President Obama if he liked Django. Rudin responded "12 Years," referring to a movie that featured a black actor. The pair continued to mention other films that had black actors in it in the e-mails, according to BuzzFeed.
The two also conversed about the American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie. Rudin was upset that David Fincher, a director he was rooting to work on the "Jobs" movie, was being pulled by Jolie to work on a competing Sony movie, a remake of "Cleopatra," according to CNBC. Jolie is supposed to act the title role.
Rudin allegedly accused the actress as a "minimally talented spoiled brat." He also mentioned that Jolie has a "rampaging ego."
After the the e-mails have been leaked, Rudin made a statement expressing his dismay.
"This is not about salacious emails being batted around by Gawker and Defamer," the disgraced producer said. "It's about a criminal act, and the people behind it should be treated as nothing more nor less than criminals."
However, Rudin made another public statement Thursday, but this time, he apologized to those whom he have offended with his e-mails, according to CBC.
"Private emails between friends and colleagues written in haste and without much thought or sensitivity, even when the content of them is meant to be in jest, can result in offense where none was intended," he said. "I made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny, but in the cold light of day, they are in fact thoughtless and insensitive - and not funny at all. To anybody I've offended, I'm profoundly and deeply sorry, and I regret and apologize for any injury they might have caused."
FBI is still investigating the events that led to the Sony hack events. There have been accusations that North Korea planned the attack due to a Sony movie that depicted the assassination of their leader, Kim Jong-un. Although the country condemned the movie itself, North Korea disputed the allegations against them.
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