The Sony hacking scandal continued reverberating throughout the Hollywood film industry on Wednesday as Steve Carell's slated new movie, Pyongyang was canceled. The announcement was made just hours before Sony scrapped the release of the controversial Seth Rogen comedy The Interview, which was scheduled to premiere Christmas Day. The studio's decision to cancel the release of the film about a CIA assassination plot targeting North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was prompted by threatening messages alluding to 9/11-style terrorist attacks against cinemas. Scroll down for video Scrapped: New Regency has canceled the production of a new film about North Korea with the working title Pyongyang based on an eponymous graphic novel by Guy Delisle
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New Regency decided to cancel production of the thriller based on graphic novel by Guy Delisle
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Movie was to be directed by Gore Verbinski, with Carell playing an American living in Pyongyang
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The cancellation comes in the wake of Sony hacking scandal
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Sony announced it will not be releasing The Interview next week over terror threats
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