George R.R. Martin blasts Sony for pulling "The Interview"

Add George R.R. Martin to the growing list of people upset with Sony Pictures.

The studio pulled "The Interview" from its Dec. 25 release in the wake of a recent cyberattack, a move which affects the "Game of Thrones" author directly. He owns the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"The level of corporate cowardice here astonishes me," the author wrote in a post on his LiveJournal blog. "It's a good thing these guys weren't around when Charlie Chaplin made 'The Great Dictator'. If Kim Jong-un scares them, Adolf Hitler would have had them s------g in their smallclothes.

"I haven't seen 'The Interview,'" he continued. "I have no idea how good or bad a film it is. It might be hilarious. It might be stupid and offensive and outrageous. (Actually, I am pretty sure about the 'outrageous' part). It might be all of the above. That's not the point, though. Whether it's the next 'Citizen Kane' or the next 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', it astonishes me that a major Hollywood film could be killed before release by threats from a foreign power and anonymous hackers."

A number of movie theaters had planned on showing "Team America: World Police" in lieu of "The Interview." The 2004 film from "South Park" creators Matt Parker and Tre Stone also parodies North Korea. Martin wanted to play the film in his theater, but those screenings were also nixed.

"The cowardice is contagious, it would appear," he wrote in another post. "Regal. AMC. Cinemark. Sony. And now Paramount. Where does it end? I guess I should contact our new North Korean masters to ask them what movies we will be allowed to show at the Cocteau."

On the blog, Martin listed his "Current Mood" as "Infuriated."