'The Interview' Will Be Showing in Theaters on Christmas: Sony

Sony Pictures has announced a limited release of the movie "The Interview" and it will showcased in several theaters on Thursday.

The film was not released in response to threats by hackers of terrorist attacks similar to 9/11 if theaters ran the show. Sony was the target of  data breach by hackers from North Korea and the incident snowballed into an international row with Sony employees and clients' privacy compromised along with emails and scripts and movies revealed online.

The movie is about two bumbling journalists roped in to assassinate a South East Asian dictator by a government spy agency.

Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton said Tuesday that the Seth Rogen, James Franco North Korea farce ''will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day.'' He said Sony  was continuing its efforts to release the film on more platforms and in more theaters.

''We have never given up on releasing 'The Interview,''' Lynton said in a statement Tuesday, reports the Associated Press. ''While we hope this is only the first step of the film's release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech.''

Barack Obama who was critical of Sony's decision to shelve the film praised the decision. Seth Rogen who is the co-director of the movie tweeted:

''The people have spoken! Freedom has prevailed! Sony didn't give up!'' said Rogen on Twitter.

''VICTORY!!!!!!!'' said James Franco, who co-stars in the film. ''The PEOPLE and THE PRESIDENT have spoken.''

Here's a list of theaters across t he US showing the movie on Christmas

Alabama:

-- The Edge 12 (Irondale)

Arizona:

-- Harkins Valley Art (Tempe)

-- The Loft Cinema (Tucson)

California:

-- Los Feliz 3 Cinemas (Los Angeles)

-- Cinefamily (Los Angeles)

-- Cinémas Palme d'Or (Palm Desert, CA)

-- Foothill Cinema Stadium 10 (Azusa)

-- Santa Paula 7 (Santa Paula)

-- Perris 10 (Perris)

-- Agoura Hills Stadium 8 (Agoura Hills)

-- Sterling 6 (San Bernardino)

-- Granada Hills 9 (Granada Hills)

-- East Hills Mall (Bakersfield)

-- Commerce 14 (City of Commerce)

-- Van Nuys Plant 16 (Van Nuys)

-- Fontana 8 (Fontana)

-- Janss Marketplace 9 (Thousand Oaks)

-- University Village 10 (Riverside)

-- Westminster 10 (Westminster)

-- Palladio 16 Cinemas (Folsom)

Colorado:

-- Alamo Drafthouse Littleton (Littleton)

Florida:

-- The Sun Ray Cinema (Jacksonville)

-- Prado Stadium 12 (Bonita Springs)

-- Edison Park 8 (Fort Myers)

Georgia:

-- Plaza Atlanta Theatre (Atlanta)

Indiana:

-- Georgetown 14 Cinemas (Indianapolis)

Kentucky:

-- Maiden Alley Cinema (Paducah)

Michigan:

-- Alamo Drafthouse Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo)

-- Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor)

Minnesota:

-- St. Anthony Main Theatre (Minneapolis)

Missouri:

-- Alamo Drafthouse Kansas City (Kansas City)

-- MX Movies (St. Louis, Missouri)

New York:

-- Alamo Drafthouse NYC (Yonkers)

-- Flix Stadium 10 (Lancaster)

-- Auburn Movieplex 10 (Auburn)

-- Canandaigua Theaters 10 (Canandaigua)

North Dakota:

-- Fargo Theater (Fargo)

Ohio:

-- Grandview Theater (Columbus)

-- Tower City Cinema (Cleveland)

Oklahoma:

-- RiverWalk Movies (Jenks)

Oregon:

-- Living Room Theaters (Portland)

Pennsylvania:

-- Southside Works Cinema (Pittsburgh)

South Carolina:

-- Terrace Theater (Charleston)

-- Nickelodeon Theater (Columbia)

Tennessee:

-- The Belcourt (Nashville)

-- The Franklin Theatre (Franklin)

Texas:

-- Alamo Drafthouse Dallas-Fort Worth (Richardson)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline (Austin)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock (Lubbock)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park (Katy)

-- Alamo Drafthouse New Braunfels (New Braunfels)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Park North (San Antonio)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Ritz (Austin)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter (Austin)

-- Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (Austin)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park (Houston)

-- Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes (San Antonio)

Wisconsin:

-- Grand Cinema Theatres (New London, WI)

Virginia:

-- Alamo Drafthouse DC (Ashburn)

-- Hollywood Cinema (Martinsville)

Here's where the movie starts showing next week:

-- Laemmle's NoHo 7 (North Hollywood, CA)

-- Movieland Cinemas (Coram, NY)

-- The Fox Theatre (Dallas, OR)

Additional theaters will likely join the list in some time