Events company Secret Cinema has said it will hold a simultaneous screening of an as-yet unannounced film in London , Rome and San Francisco on Sunday to `` protest against censorship . '' Secret Cinema has not specified what has prompted its move . But its announcement follows the decision by Sony Pictures this week to cancel the release of its movie `` The Interview '' after a cyberattack and threats against moviegoers from a group of North Korea-backed hackers . Critics have slammed that decision as caving to hackers and muzzling free speech . Washington outraged over Sony decision . The Secret Cinema screening is being held in partnership with the global free speech campaign group Article 19 . `` Secret Cinema passionately believes in the freedom to create and is looking for partners to join them in hosting a screening that will happen simultaneously across the globe , '' a Facebook page created for the event says . `` The film , for the moment is secret . `` Please come dressed in a dark suit , and bring a small gift for a stranger . '' Any proceeds raised from the London event -- to be held at an as-yet undisclosed location in the capital 's east -- will go to Article 19 , Secret Cinema said . Tickets go on sale Friday . The company urged anyone else around the world who wants also to hold a screening to get in touch . Balloon activists vow to send copies of 'The Interview ' `` The Interview , '' which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco , is a comedy with a plot that involves a plan to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un . U.S. officials say they think the attack on Sony was ordered by North Korea 's angry leadership . North Korea 's government has denied responsibility for the crippling hack , even as its state news agency applauded it as a `` righteous deed . '' North Korea deep into cyberwarfare , defector says . Three U.S. movie theaters -- the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Dallas-Fort Worth , the Plaza Atlanta Theatre and Cleveland 's Capitol Theatre -- planned to screen `` Team America : World Police '' instead of `` The Interview . '' But Paramount Pictures canceled that , too , the theaters said . A spokeswoman for Paramount declined to comment . Released a decade ago , `` Team America : World Police '' used puppets to lampoon Kim 's father , Kim Jong Il , memorably featuring him singing about his loneliness at the top of the despotic state .
Secret Cinema announces a simultaneous screening in London , San Francisco , Rome . - The film is released on DVD and Blu-ray by the Weinstein Company. - In New York City, the premiere takes place at the Museum of Modern Art. Sony canceled plans to release `` The Interview '' next week after a cyberattack , threats . Secret Cinema has not yet disclosed what film will be shown .