Update, 10:17 p.m., Tuesday: After the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor announced it would show "The Interview", other select theaters said they would show it too, according to Fox 2.

Cinema Detroit at 3420 Cass Ave. in the former Burton International School will show the flashpoint film starting Jan. 2.

It also will be screened at the State Wayne Phoenix Theatre in Wayne and the Quality Goodrich in Ann Arbors.

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Original article, earlier Tuesday:

The Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor will be among the limited number of theaters around the country that will show the controversial Sony film "The Interview," beginning Christmas Day. 

In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, the theater said:

We will be screening Sony Entertainment’s "The Interview" starting Christmas Day at the State Theatre.  Sony announced that "The Interview" will have a limited theatrical release in the United States on Christmas Day. The film will open December 25 and run through January 1, with two showings each day.

Distribution of the film was canceled after Sony's computers were hacked and violent threats were issued against theaters if they showed the film. The FBI eventually concluded that North Korea was behind the hacking. The fictional film is about a plot to kill the leader of North Korea. It stars Seth Rogen.

Many theaters declined to show the film. Still, Sony was criticized for not distributing the film, at least digitally. 

Michigan Theater Executive Director Russ Collins, who is also director of the national organization Art House Convergence, recently wrote an open letter to Sony Entertainment Inc.'s chairman and CEO, Michael Lynton, and Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group co-chair, Amy Pascal, regarding the release of the controversial new comedy.

"Circumstance has propelled 'The Interview' into a spotlight on values, both societal and artistic, and in honor of our support, we want to offer our help in a way that honors our long tradition of defending creative expression," Russ stated in his letter.  “Art house cinemas are committed to the ideas of freedom of expression, artistic freedom, richness and diversity in cinematic choices. We are appreciative of what Sony has been through; this was always about simply supporting a colleague and letting them know we were here to help.”