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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: More Than Just Bad Press: 'The Interview' Gets Pulled [Watch (HLS stream): More Than Just Bad Press: 'The Interview' Gets Pulled](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WVOLFeTm.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2014-12-17. At least one theater chain has pulled "The Interview," and the movie's New York City premiere has been canceled. How real are the threats?_ by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 17, 2014 9:12 AM UTC  Stars of 'The Interview' James Franco and Seth Rogen, left and center, appear on 'Good Morning America' on Dec. 15, 2014 Stars of 'The Interview' James Franco and Seth Rogen, left and center, appear on 'Good Morning America' on Dec. 15, 2014Ida Mae Astute by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Dec 17, 2014 9:12 AM UTC Some movie theater chains are pulling Sony’s film _The Interview_ from their lineups in the face of the threat of a Sept. 11-style attack against theaters who screen the upcoming movie. Hackers who go by the name Guardians of Peace and who stole untold amounts of sensitive data from Sony Pictures Entertainment made the threat on Tuesday. The hackers oppose the release of Sony’s comedy, which portrays the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Sony reached out to movie theater owners following the threat to say the studio is going forward with plans to release the film, but that it would support theaters’ decisions not to show the movie… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/theaters-pull-sonys-interview-after-hacker-threat-violence-n269761?cid=par-time-article%5F20141217) Theaters Pull Sony's 'The Interview' After Hacker Threat of Violence ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3637332/theaters-pull-sonys-the-interview-after-hacker-threat-of-violence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3637332/theaters-pull-sonys-the-interview-after-hacker-threat-of-violence/"},"headline":"Theaters Pull Sony's The Interview After Hacker Threat of Violence","datePublished":"2014-12-17T09:12:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:11.117Z","description":"The studio said it would support theaters' decisions not to show the movie","url":"https://time.com/3637332/theaters-pull-sonys-the-interview-after-hacker-threat-of-violence/","keywords":["movies","North Korea","Crime","Hacking","Sony"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdc05af45965f353/69876f490b72e36ba76dcac7/460569944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdc05af45965f353/69876f490b72e36ba76dcac7/460569944.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"460569944","caption":"Stars of 'The Interview' James Franco and Seth Rogen, left and center, appear on 'Good Morning America' on Dec. 15, 2014","creditText":"Ida Mae Astute","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3637332/theaters-pull-sonys-the-interview-after-hacker-threat-of-violence/","name":"Theaters Pull Sony's The Interview After Hacker Threat of Violence"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"More Than Just Bad Press: 'The Interview' Gets Pulled","description":"At least one theater chain has pulled \"The Interview,\" and the movie's New York City premiere has been canceled. 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