When a group claiming credit for the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment threatened violence against cinemas showing The Interview earlier this week, the fate of the movie’s big-screen life was all but sealed.

Sony Pictures “made a mistake” in deciding to shelve a film about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even though the studio suffered significant damage in a hacking attack the FBI blames on the secretive Communist regime, US President Barack Obama has said.

A draft script for the new James Bond film has been stolen and leaked by hackers, producers have confirmed.

A draft script for the new James Bond film has been stolen and leaked by hackers, producers have confirmed.