--- title: Kim Jung Un Might Watch Seth Rogen, James Franco Movie About His Death description: Sort of like going to your own funeral canonical: https://time.com/2911534/the-interview-james-franco-seth-rogen/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-23T12:55:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:33:52.965Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kim Jung Un Might Watch Seth Rogen, James Franco Movie About His Death og:description: Sort of like going to your own funeral og:url: https://time.com/2911534/the-interview-james-franco-seth-rogen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Jung Un Might Watch Seth Rogen, James Franco Movie About His Death twitter:description: Sort of like going to your own funeral twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kim Jong Un Will Probably Watch Seth Rogen's Movie About Assassinating Him  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 23, 2014 12:55 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 23, 2014 12:55 PM UTC North Korea has [slammed](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10914088/North-Korea-slams-US-film-The-Interview-about-Kim-Jong-un.html) the upcoming Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy about Kim Jong Un’s assassination as an example of the “desperation” of American society, but a spokesman for the North Korean leader says he will probably watch the movie anyway. Probably because the movie seems awesome. _The Interview_, due in theaters in October, stars Rogen and Franco as a talk show team who are tasked with assassinating the North Korean dictator after the CIA finds out he’s a fan of their show. Kim Myong-Choi, executive director for the Center for North Korea-US peace and an unofficial spokesman for Kim Jong Un, said the North Korean leader would watch the film despite the fact that it lampoons his own death. But Myong-Choi also said Rogen and Franco’s joke about assassinating foreign leaders is a little too real. “A film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the U.S, has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine,” he told[ _The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10914088/North-Korea-slams-US-film-The-Interview-about-Kim-Jong-un.html)in an interview. “And let us not forget who killed Kennedy—Americans.” “In fact, President Obama should be careful in case the U.S. military wants to kill him as well,” he added. Rogen wrote on Twitter that he hopes Kim Jong Un likes the movie. Watch the trailer here: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2911534/the-interview-james-franco-seth-rogen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2911534/the-interview-james-franco-seth-rogen/"},"headline":"Kim Jong Un Will Probably Watch Seth Rogen's Movie About Assassinating Him","datePublished":"2014-06-23T12:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:33:52.965Z","description":"Sort of like going to your own funeral","url":"https://time.com/2911534/the-interview-james-franco-seth-rogen/","keywords":["movies","North Korea","Assassination","james franco","James Bond","Seth Rogen","the interview"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2911534/the-interview-james-franco-seth-rogen/","name":"Kim Jong Un Will Probably Watch Seth Rogen's Movie About Assassinating Him"}}]}] ```