Update: The Interview is now available on both Google Play and YouTube Movies. Sony’s dedicated site to digitally watch the film is up as well, https://www.seetheinterview.com.
Sony has just announced that starting at 1PM EST or 10AM PST today, December 24th 2014, you will be able to rent or own The Interview. Yesterday, Sony announced that the film would be having a limited theatrical release on Christmas Day, but this morning they have announced that you will able to watch it today. It will be available from Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft’s Xbox Video, and from www.seetheinterview.com. The last of which is a dedicated site to stream the film, but all of these sources will start offering the film at 1PM EST/10AM PST today. It will be streaming in HD and will be $5.99 to rent and $14.99 to purchase.
Statement From Google
“The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies
Last Wednesday Sony began contacting a number of companies, including Google, to ask if we’d be able to make their movie, “The Interview,” available online. We’d had a similar thought and were eager to help—though given everything that’s happened, the security implications were very much at the front of our minds.
Of course it was tempting to hope that something else would happen to ensure this movie saw the light of day. But after discussing all the issues, Sony and Google agreed that we could not sit on the sidelines and allow a handful of people to determine the limits of free speech in another country (however silly the content might be).
So starting at 10 a.m. PST in the U.S., you can rent or buy “The Interview” on Google Play and YouTube Movies. It will also be available to Xbox Video customers and via www.seetheinterview.com.
