North Korea has promised "merciless" retaliation if a forthcoming Hollywood movie about killing Kim Jong-un is released, say agencies.
A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said in state media that the movie's release would be an "act of war".
He did not mention the title, but a Hollywood movie called The Interview with a similar plot is due in October.
Hollywood actors James Franco and Seth Rogen star in the action-comedy film.
Rogen, who is also one of the directors of The Interview, has since responded on Twitter saying: "People don't usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid 12 bucks for it."
Franco and Rogen play a talkshow host and his producer who are invited to interview Kim Jong-un, and are subsequently recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assassinate the leader.
The film's teaser trailer, posted on Youtube, shows a lookalike actor playing Kim Jong-un, as well as fight scenes involving what appear to be North Korean tanks and helicopters, and a nuclear missile launch.
The North Korea spokesman was quoted by the state KCNA news agency as saying: "Making and releasing a movie on a plot to hurt our top-level leadership is the most blatant act of terrorism and war and will absolutely not be tolerated."
He added that the "reckless US provocative insanity" of mobilising a "gangster filmmaker" to challenge the North's leadership was triggering "a gust of hatred and rage" among North Korean people and soldiers.
"If the US administration allows and defends the showing of the film, a merciless counter-measure will be taken," the spokesman was quoted as saying.
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 12:28 am
by Lord Jim
That actually looks kind of amusing...
"reckless US provocative insanity"
Well, Mr. Un would certainly be the world's foremost authority on "reckless provocative insanity"...
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:27 am
by rubato
If there were no collateral damage outside N. Korea I'd really look forward to the Un-dictator starting something.
yrs,
rubato
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:53 am
by Lord Jim
BTW, there's nothing wrong with "speaking to dolphins"...
I've done that a couple of times, and will no doubt do so again when we hit The Atlantis in August...
It's no stranger then speaking to your dogs...
It's when you think the dolphins are speaking back to you that there's a problem...
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:21 pm
by TPFKA@W
Lord Jim wrote:BTW, there's nothing wrong with "speaking to dolphins"...
I've done that a couple of times, and will no doubt do so again when we hit The Atlantis in August...
It's no stranger then speaking to your dogs...
It's when you think the dolphins are speaking back to you that there's a problem...
Have you had this happen?
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:08 pm
by Lord Jim
No, but they're clever buggers...
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:40 pm
by TPFKA@W
I just wanted to add how much I dislike Seth Rogan. He is fat, disgusting and completely untalented and I will never forgive him for taking an opportunity like the Green Hornet and ruining it. I want to add that he is a clueless idiot and Canadians should disown him. (I think he's Canadian, if he isn't I offer my deepest apologies to all of Canada for suggesting that he is.)
Dolphins otoh are wonderful but should not be made to perform.
Re: WWIII will be fought over a movie
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:11 pm
by Lord Jim
I will never forgive him for taking an opportunity like the Green Hornet
I'm with you on Rogan...Especially in The Green Hornet...
He was the most un-Super Hero I've ever seen...
Seth Rogan is no Van Williams...
I took Tati to see that monstrosity in 3-D when it came out, and the only thing worthwhile about the movie were the 3-D special effects...(The hornet flying out over the audience was pretty cool)
Rogan was godawful; an embarrassment; the worst casting decision since John Wayne played Genghis Khan...
Frankly, I don't see how this guy continues to get work; he's so untalented and unappealing he makes Adam Sandler look like Humphrey Bogart ...
