12 Things You Didn't Know About December's Biggest Movies

1. The Interview Caused North Korean Hackers To Infiltrate Sony Pictures, Stealing 5 Movies

And finally, it's the movie that's sure to be dominating news headlines around Christmas, the Seth Rogen and James Franco-starring political comedy The Interview, revolving around two entertainment journalists roped into a CIA plot to assassinate North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un. Almost as soon as the first trailer was released, North Korean officials condemned the film, though of course, this only stirred up even more publicity for the project. Things calmed down until late November when Sony Pictures, the distributors of The Interview, were hacked, with five movies, Fury, Still Alice, Annie, Mr. Turner and To Write Love on Her Arms (the latter four of which are unreleased in most territories), being leaked online in DVD quality. The hack further crippled Sony's computer infrastructure, reportedly leading to employees resorting to chalkboards rather than iPads. Speculation spread that North Korea may have been behind the attack in some form, and though their government vehemently denied this, a message purporting to be from the hackers later posted a list of demands, including that "the movie of terrorism" (surely referring to The Interview) be pulled from release. This obviously won't be happening and is just great free PR for the movie, while it's easy to imagine that Rogen and Franco are laughing their a**es off about the whole situation. Sony? Not so much. Which December movies are you most looking forward to? Shout it out in the comments!