Steve Carell's North Korea-Based Thriller Scrapped After Sony Scandal

On the heels of news that major theater chains caved to scary threats by hackers and won't be showing Sony's "The Interview," New Regency announced that its new movie based in North Korea is also cancelled. The thriller film, which was set to star Steve Carell and be directed by Gore Verbinski, would have been titled "Pyongyang." The plot involved a Westerner recounting his experiences of working in North Korea for a year. The film, written by Steve Conrad, would have been based on Guy Delisle's...