Seth Rogen and James Franco have canceled all of their upcoming scheduled press appearances this week for The Interview as a result of the threats made by the Sony hackers, Gossip Cop has learned. An NBC rep confirms to Gossip Cop that a slated Franco and Rogen joint interview with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show” is no longer happening. Additionally, The Interview is set to have a special screening in New York on Thursday, but whether it takes place at the appointed theater, as planned, is subject to change based on security issues.

As Gossip Cop previously reported, the so-called “Guardians of Peace,” the group claiming responsibility for hacking Sony, is threatening the safety of people going to movie theaters showing The Interview. Invoking 9/11 and promising revenge over the “greed” of Sony, the group issued a statement on Tuesday that read: “We have already promised a Christmas gift to you. This is the beginning of the gift. We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places The Interview be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to.”

The statement continued (in broken English), “Soon all the world will see what an awful movie Sony Pictures Entertainment has made. The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. (If your house is nearby, you’d better leave.) Whatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment. All the world will denounce the SONY.”

The Department of Homeland Security, however, says there’s “no credible intelligence” that terrorist acts are being plotted against movie theaters in the U.S

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